Sentence examples for practice parliament from inspiring English sources

In 1623, to put a stop to that practice, Parliament passed the Statute of Monopolies, which declared monopolies illegal.

We voted on amendments covering the absent documents in view of the urgency, but if that text is not amended and, in view of this practice, Parliament really should consider recourse to the European Court of Justice unless Council is prepared to treat us in a fairer and more adult way.

Because that's kind of damaging for everyone involved – and in light of allegations that 500,000 animals die annually in the country due to extreme sexual practices – Parliament are currently drafting a law that will ban zoophilia by mid-December, making the offence punishable with a £20,000 fine.  .

I do not talk very much about custom and practice in parliament, but it is custom and practice that when the government lose a vote on a proposal, they do not bring back a similar proposal in the same parliament.

As the Press Association reports, Peter Jinman, Walter Rader and Sharon Darcy will take up seats on the committee on standards in January and will undertake training in the culture and practices of parliament.

In practice, the Scottish parliament would be invited to refuse legislative consent via a Sewel motion.

It also is what happens between the Christian Democrat federal government and Social Democrat state government in Germany, when they jointly represent Germany in the EU.Electoral progress, fiscal fudgeBorrowing more directly from German practice, the Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly will be elected by proportional representation.

In those long gone days it was accepted practice that as parliament did not even sit until 2.30pm there was nothing to stop an MP earning a second income by any means available – at the bar or in the boardroom – while turning up at Westminster to do justice to democracy in the afternoons.

Ms Sturgeon pointed out that a sunset clause was inserted into the legislation, which she said "allows the policy to be tested in practice and for parliament to take a longer term decision based on actual experience".

The newspaper article stated that the constitutional provisions "in combination with the 'normal practice' of the Parliament essentially provide impunity to the politicians".

For twelve years there has been a practice in this Parliament, which some people jokingly describe as 'playing the piano'.