Shows such as The Bill pulled in big ratings for STV, but sources have said that because the broadcaster pulls in big commercial impacts with the soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale, it can afford to take a hit elsewhere in the schedule, as well as gaining political capital from the Scottish parliament for screening local shows.
Mohammad Yasin, who was the first to receive one of the packages, said that the government needed to "do more" to tackle Islamophobia, while Rupa Huq, who received one the next day, expressed concern about the adequacy of parliament's screening process.
Other stakeholders also raised awareness among policy makers on the need to introduce newborn hearing screening: in 2003, an association of parents of hearing-impaired children organised a political forum, and in 2004 and 2005 a working group from the FWB's sign language advisory committee addressed members of parliament on the need to provide newborn hearing screening.
A group of physicians opposed to HPV vaccination organized several manifestations including a public meeting with members of parliament, questioning the relevance of vaccination in addition to pre-cancerous lesions screening.
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Australia's race discrimination commissioner, Tim Soutphommasane, said on Monday that it was "reassuring that parliament's security screening protocols are working as intended".
See articleMarton Gyongyosi, a member of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, called in parliament for Hungarian Jews to be catalogued and screened as potential national-security risks.
It was the first British television programme to provoke public outrage; questions were asked in parliament about how anything so horrible could have been screened by the BBC.
One of the event's most anticipated films, Finding the Funk was screened and brought out stars including George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic, Nona Hendryx, Melvin Van Peebles and Questlove.
India's Parliament held a stormy debate Wednesday on whether the film should be screened.
