Sentence examples for rules of parliament from inspiring English sources

The written rules of Parliament guarantee the rights of opposition parties to criticize without fear of retribution by the governing party.

James Chin, a political scientist and the director of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Monash University in Malaysia, said that under the rules of Parliament, the government could still proceed with the panel even if the opposition refused to take part.

Earlier, Brown promised that Labour's national executive would deselect MPs who had broken the rules of parliament, describing the expenses claims of his communities secretary, Hazel Blears, and the Labour MP for Luton South, Margaret Moran, as "completely unacceptable" – his harshest condemnation yet.

Under the rules of Parliament, none of the MPs who have resigned from Labour today have to put themselves forward for re-election in their constituencies.

The speaker then complained that the women were "flouting the rules" of parliament.

Labor's subsequent win wasn't so much a Pyrrhic victory as a stay of execution, and the public's increasing mistrust of the government was as much to do with the nebulous rules of Parliament as anything else.

Carry the argument to an extreme, and the rule of parliament gives way to the rule of the mob.That, of course, is not how most French citizens see things.

His uncompromising policies and harsh tactics in Massachusetts angered the colonists and were instrumental in the building of broad-based opposition within the province to the rule of Parliament in the events leading to the American Revolution.

Acting President Gianni Pittella, who was re-elected to Parliament, will preside over the election of the new President, under Rule 14 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure.

The hearing is organised by the committee responsible for the subject-matter of the ECI (Rule 211 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure).

Candidates for the presidency may be proposed either by a political group or by a minimum of forty MEPs (Rule 15 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure).