Sentence examples for parliament length from inspiring English sources

The reduction in parliament length was seen as a counterbalance to the new powers granted to the Commons.

The last time interest rates remained unchanged for the duration of an entire full-length parliament was between July 1945 and February 1950, when Clement Attlee was in Downing Street.

"He has kept the Parliament at arm's length," said an international diplomat here, who closely tracks the legislature.

"Change is needed and we need national politicians to reach a consensus because this is about long-term change - it is not just about the length of this parliament".

Three hours into Shaw's work day, I challenge him to race me from Parliament Street to Roncesvalles, a length that covers almost the entirety of what you can consider "downtown".

His political life expectancy is exactly the length of time this parliament lasts at Westminster".

Through the work of these campaigners during the 1830s and 1840s, parliament passed acts to limit the length of the working day for women and children.

But even if we were asking more than that, as soon as the British government starts negotiating, not only will its position immediately leak but it will be discussed, at length, in the 27 parliaments of every other EU member.

Female members of South Africa's third biggest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, have worn the typical domestic worker uniform of knee-length dresses with aprons to parliament in a symbolic gesture for labour rights.

THE fact that Germany has never voted a black man into Parliament is an indication of the sometimes arms-length relationship Germany has with its minorities.

The Parliament robe of a peer is a full-length garment of scarlet wool with a collar of white miniver fur.