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6 Jan 2010, 4:38 am
Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt have written to all Labour MPs calling for the leadership issue to be sorted out “once and for all”. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 2:50 am
“The Bar Council has today welcomed the report on family law reform, Every Family Matters, from the Centre for Social Justice, a leading think tank which is chaired by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, the former Leader of the Conservative Party. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 2:10 am
“Nicholas Green QC, the Chairman of the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has said the Bar Council is willing to lend its support to the Secretary of State for Justice, Ken Clarke QC MP, as he makes tough and potentially unpopular decisions regarding the prison system, though they must lead to a better and more efficient administration of justice. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 1:57 pm
Jacqui Smith is on her feet as I write, opening the third reading debate on the Counter-Terrorism Bill: at about 7 o'clock tonight MPs will finally vote on the government's proposed reserve power to extend detention of terror suspects without charge beyond 28 days, up to a maximum of 42. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 7:31 am
As has been widely reported, the Home Office has decided to exclude the controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders from the UK; here's the letter it sent him notifying the decision. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 1:07 pm
Fresh from her re-election, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced that Queensland will legalise altruistic surrogacy by the end of this year.She also indicated that Labor MP's will not have the choice of a conscience vote: they will have to toe the party line, which is to allow this change through.The Premier's approach is consistent with an all party committee, chaired by former [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 8:14 pm
Hat tip to Tom Harris MP and the Wrinkled Weasel for drawing attention to a rather bizarre Christmas card being sent out by Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 5:40 am
[JURIST] The UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) [official website] announced Friday that it is investigating the alleged mistreatment [press release] of an Ethiopian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee by British intelligence officers. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 1:15 am
They did not specify when the inquiry should take place; but they wanted MPs to agree in principle to hold one, pointing to the precedent set after the Falklands War, 25 years ago. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 1:49 am
“L’Oréal has been forced to pull ad campaigns featuring Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington, after the advertising watchdog upheld complaints by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that the images were overly airbrushed.” Full story The Guardian, 27th July 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 1:14 am
Tory MP John Bercow will get down to work chairing Commons proceedings after being elected Speaker of the House. [read post]
24 Aug 2008, 6:30 am
Leo Abse Leo Abse, 91, colourful Jewish/Welsh solicitor and MP who steered through major changes to family law and the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in 1967,which largely decriminalised gay sex, two years before the Stonewall riots, has died. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 12:57 am
He takes notice of a report by Bulgarian MPs on the elections in Azerbaijan, and the visit of Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov in Moldova during the election campaign there. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 1:05 pm
MPs, by Anjana Solanki Bloomberg BNA, New York Budget Expands Incentives for Taxpayers Who Like Alcoholic Beverages and Electric Vehicles... [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 10:30 pm
The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, has announced the responsible lending conduct requirements for brokers and all other lenders which are not Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions or Registered Finance Companies, will now apply from 1 January 2010 instead of 1 January 2011, as previously proposed. [read post]
12 Apr 2005, 12:09 pm
Thirty government Liberal MPs split from their party in supporting the traditionalist amendment, but members of [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 5:51 am
There have been two important rulings: the Information Tribunal's decision that details of MPs's expenses should be disclosed; and the Information Commissioner's decision that Cabinet minutes from March 2003 [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 9:28 pm
There has been lots of attention paid to the huge growth of the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group (now over 81,000 members), but it is worth noting how many people have taken the time to write the government and their MPs over the past two weeks. [read post]
24 Aug 2004, 11:47 am
According to an Army officer familiar with the report, two MP dog handlers threatened teens, but not as part of interrogations. [read post]
27 May 2009, 9:59 am
The graphics tablet I purchased t’other day continues to provide me with yet more opportunities to waste industrial amounts of time… but as I have now got bored with the drip feed of revelations by The Telegraph (unless something truly spectacular comes up on this front) I end my coverage of MP expenses with the [...] [read post]
