All activities of the houses of Parliament have been suspended.
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In that attack the target was the Houses of Parliament.
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His nomination must be confirmed in both houses of parliament.
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The law easily passed both houses of Parliament last week.
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From here, at least, the Houses of Parliament look magnificent.
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Heavy tire marks were also left outside the Houses of Parliament.
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Both houses of parliament will vote on the tax next week.
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Both houses of parliament had agreed to the dates, he added.
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Some people, many weeping, laid flowers outside the Houses of Parliament.
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That will require approval in both houses of parliament, and a referendum.
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Lawmakers from the two houses of parliament take part in the Aug.
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It flew next to the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday.
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Both houses of Parliament would have to vote on the final deal.
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The official announcement to the Houses of Parliament was made on February 22.
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A new constitution reserved majorities for ethnic Fijians in both houses of parliament.
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Junior doctors and medical students demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
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Few institutions combine these two things quite as explosively as the Houses of Parliament.
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IN 20153 the world's first traffic light was installed outside the Houses of Parliament.
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Demonstrators from pro-EU group Open Britain protest outside of the Houses of Parliament.
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The government marked the event with a joint session of both houses of parliament.
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It swept the elections and now controls both houses of Parliament with large majorities.
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On Wednesday, both houses of Parliament were repeatedly adjourned in response to the protests.
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She chained herself to the railings at the gates of the houses of Parliament.
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Amending the Constitution requires the support of two-thirds of both houses of Parliament.
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Young demonstrators hold placards at a protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London.
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Now, I'm not suggesting you must lie across the road outside the Houses of Parliament.
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The following month British authorities arrested a man carrying knives near the Houses of Parliament.
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In June 1780 Gordon marched a riotous crowd of 50,000 to the Houses of Parliament.
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A vote is scheduled to take place in Spain's upper houses of parliament on Friday.
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After that, Conte will need to face a confidence vote in both houses of parliament.
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He later held talks with Szydlo and the speakers of the two houses of parliament.
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The internet network in the Houses of Parliament is used by MPs, peers, and staff.
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Nobel laureate Suu Kyi's party commands a large majority in the two houses of parliament.
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The move followed approvals of the bill in both the lower and upper houses of parliament.
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The BNetzA's advisory board, made up of lawmakers from both houses of parliament, meets on Sept.
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That's, FYI, sitting below what appears to be the British houses of parliament and Big Ben?
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To be successful the override requires three-fifths of the votes in both houses of parliament.
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A cavernous space beneath the Houses of Parliament, it threads escalators down through huge concrete columns.
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Income from the Houses of Parliament gift shop helps to offset the costs of running Parliament.
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With the support of some independents, they could muster slim majorities in both houses of parliament.
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Both houses of parliament are due to reconvene on November 27th for the year's final session.
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An attacker then approached the grounds of the Houses of Parliament and stabbed a police officer.
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Nominees for such high-profile positions need approval by both houses of parliament to become effective.
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An Air Ambulance on the scene after gunfire echoed close to the Houses of Parliament, London.
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The sun sets behind the Houses of Parliament after an attack on Westminster Bridge in London.
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Mattarella's first consultations were with the leaders of both houses of parliament, and neither commented afterwards.
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"I'm a musician, and I'm not interested in being in the Houses of Parliament," he said.
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The League and the Five Star Movement jointly hold a majority in both houses of Parliament.
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EU member Poland will hold elections to the lower and upper houses of parliament on Oct.
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A view of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from a black cab in London.
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Demonstrators for and against Brexit protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Sept. 4.
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Both houses of parliament held a rare joint session behind closed doors before stating their resolutions.
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To become law, it would need passed by both houses of parliament and then signed by Ramaphosa.
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To do so he must be chosen by a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament.
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People leave after being evacuated from the Houses of Parliament in central London during an emergency incident.
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Sergio Mattarella's first consultations were with the leaders of both houses of parliament, and neither commented afterwards.
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The new law has been rushed through both Russian houses of parliament in the last two weeks.
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Amendments need approval by two-thirds of both houses of parliament and a majority in a referendum.
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Across the Thames from the Houses of Parliament, a postcard vendor displayed the English and British flags.
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From there, we ran to Parliament Square -- a public square outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
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Her party won by a landslide in November and holds large majorities in both houses of Parliament.
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Lawmakers in the lower and upper houses of parliament are immune to criminal prosecution under Russian law.
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Under Russian law, lawmakers in the lower and upper houses of parliament are immune to criminal prosecution.
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The bill will have to pass through both Houses of Parliament for it to be formally approved.
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Pro-Brexit demonstrators hold Union Flags as they protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Nov.
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In order to amend the constitution, Le Pen would need both houses of Parliament to approve an amendment.
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A woman in maroon scrubs is eating on her own, looking directly out at the Houses of Parliament.
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For the bulk of legislation to be signed into law, approval from both houses of parliament is required.
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There are reports on social media of shots being fired outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London.
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The old Manchester Central railway station has more than enough room to house the two houses of Parliament.
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To become law, the reforms would need passed by both houses of parliament and then signed by Ramaphosa.
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Bills need the support of both houses of parliament and the approval of the President before becoming law.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito control majorities in both houses of parliament.
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The committee recommended that both houses of Parliament move to other nearby buildings in 2022 to expedite repairs.
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However, there is little time to pass his deal through both houses of Parliament before the Brexit deadline.
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The proposed new law faces final approval by both houses of parliament on Friday, seen as a formality.
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Late Monday evening he convened leaders of the Italian houses of Parliament to meet with him on Tuesday.
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The cabinet head, though, is preceded by the speakers of the two houses of parliament in this regard.
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The Houses of Parliament may look prim and proper but what goes on inside isn't always completely innocent.
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Democratic lawmakers have been up in arms since the bills were voted by the Republican-controlled houses of parliament.
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It took the Great Stink of 1858, when the stench made the Houses of Parliament unusable, to produce action.
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Meanwhile the creaking Houses of Parliament could be turned into a museum or cultural venue, maybe with philanthropic funding.
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Now that it's passed through both houses of Parliament, Trudeau has to decide the date when legalization is official.
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To pass, an impeachment motion requires a two-thirds majority of all the members in both houses of parliament.
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Darroch will suggest to the White House that Trump does not visit Britain's houses of parliament, the Sun reported.
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Rowley confirmed the identity of the attacker, who plowed a car into a crowd near the Houses of Parliament.
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Today, she's telling me all about the ten-day trip from London's Houses of Parliament in Westminster to Gaza.
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A medic is seen near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament on March 22, 2017, in London, England.
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Only once both houses of parliament approve changes to the constitution will it be sent to Ramaphosa for ratification.
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Such a ruling would have to be ratified by a two-thirds majority in the two houses of parliament.
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And then on Tuesday, the government turned that proposal into reality, passing the measure through both houses of Parliament.
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The watering holes, 10 in all, are operated by the two houses of Parliament, the Commons and the Lords.
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Thousands of people took part in a rally just down the road from the Houses of Parliament in London.
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Masood then sprinted to The Houses of Parliament and knifed to death a fourth person, unarmed police constable Keith Palmer.
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Revising the charter needs the approval of two-thirds in both houses of parliament and a majority in a referendum.
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He will consult with the presidents of both houses of parliament and all main party leaders before making his decision.
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Erecting one near the Houses of Parliament or Buckingham Palace—the most prestigious locations in England—has become almost impossible.
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The German upper and lower houses of parliament decide which countries go on the list of safe countries of origin.
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The NLD's sizeable majority ensured a comfortable win for Suu Kyi's pick in a vote by both houses of parliament.
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He also asked for safeguards to prevent any tinkering in the rate without the approval from both houses of parliament.
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Any change must be approved by two-thirds of both houses of parliament and a majority in a public referendum.
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Regulations around the power will be subject to parliamentary procedure, and will require the approval of both Houses of Parliament.
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Any constitutional amendment requires approval by two-thirds of both houses of parliament and a majority in a national referendum.
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Formal revision requires approval of two-thirds of both houses of parliament and a majority of voters in a referendum.
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The bill has to pass both houses of parliament to become a law, a process that usually takes several months.
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Revisions require a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament and a majority of votes in a public referendum.
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On Thursday, the two houses of Parliament and the military will put forward three candidates for the nation's top offices.
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In the next few months, both houses of Parliament are likely to take apart her plans for a hard Brexit.
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Macron's party would need 180 seats in the Senate to reach the three-fifths majority in both houses of parliament.
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Poland, the European Union's biggest eastern member, will hold elections to the lower and upper houses of parliament on Oct.
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When a new session opens, the government lays out its legislative agenda in a speech to both Houses of Parliament.
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Shortly after these works are finished, the Houses of Parliament will undergo a massive, £3.5 billion ($4.5 billion) restoration program.
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The National League for Democracy controls large majorities in both houses of Parliament, ensuring the bill will easily become law.
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Five days before he was stopped, Ali visited potential targets such as Westminster Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and Whitehall.
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"The clear indications are that the White House are not even planning to address both houses of parliament," the source said.
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Turnbull announced both houses of parliament will be dissolved and every politician, including senators, will need to run for re-election.
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The new prime minister was aiming to obtain votes of confidence from both houses of parliament over the following two days.
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That means the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the New Komeito Party now have a majority in both houses of parliament.
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Rulings by the constitutional court have left the country with different electoral laws for each of the two houses of parliament.
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She also had a "residency" at the Houses of Parliament and won the Brunel African Poetry Prize in 2013, NPR reports.
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Our live blog followed reaction as UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond spoke before a Treasury Committee at the houses of parliament.
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The bill has received assent from both of India's houses of parliament and is awaiting presidential approval before it becomes law.
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Beyond the Mall and St. James's Park are the classic London landmarks — Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
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Opinion London — CLOSE by Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, there stands the statue of a woman brandishing a spear.
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Such a ruling would have to be ratified by a two-thirds majority of members in the two houses of parliament.
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The decree is effective immediately, but must be passed by both houses of parliament within 60 days to become law permanently.
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Cover: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, to go to the Houses of Parliament in London, Saturday, Oct.
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Since the law passed through both houses of Parliament last week, demonstrations have swept university campuses in at least nine states.
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A police officer inside the Houses of Parliament was reportedly stabbed, while a car struck multiple people on the Westminster Bridge.
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The PIB was discussed for some 17 years before the governance bill was passed by both houses of parliament in January.
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Revising the charter needs the approval of two-thirds in both houses of parliament and a majority in a public referendum.
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Instead, they gave votes to about 14,000 clan elders, who elected the members of the upper and lower houses of parliament.
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The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a number of people were injured as the car collided with barriers outside the Houses of Parliament.
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A caretaker government might be installed with a limited mandate to draw up a new electoral law covering both houses of parliament.
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A decree enters into force immediately and must be approved by Italy's two houses of parliament within 60 days or it expires.
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Last month a House of Lords report concluded that it was "constitutionally appropriate" to secure the assent of both houses of Parliament.
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Four people were killed, including a police officer, and 40 injured after an attack outside of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament.
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The mainstream option is to move both houses of Parliament, Commons and Lords, out for a period of up to eight years.
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The nominees need approval from both houses of parliament, which is a near certainty as the ruling coalition holds a comfortable majority.
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Accounts of the state of the Houses of Parliament read like descriptions of a squat, highlighting problems with wiring, sewage and mice.
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London&aposs Metropolitan Police say no one is in a life-threatening condition following a car crash outside the Houses of Parliament.
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Reports indicate that an attacker drove along Westminster Bridge, mowing down tourists, and then into the railings outside the Houses of Parliament.
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This time it was Wednesday's attack outside one of the most iconic buildings in the world, the Houses of Parliament in London.
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The draft bill for the Emperor's abdication is to be submitted for both the upper and lower houses of parliament this week.
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Turnbull prompted the election by dissolving both houses of Parliament in May, blaming intransigent independents in the Senate for blocking his agenda.
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The man responsible for Wednesday's terrorist attack on the British Houses of Parliament was a "peripheral figure" known to MI5, May said.
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"The Houses of Parliament are there democratically to represent the people and therefore ostensibly the decision should lie with them," Halford said.
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Abe's ruling bloc has big majorities in both houses of parliament, so his grip on power appears unlikely to be at risk.
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The New Scotland Yard building is located on London's Victoria Embankment, overlooking the River Thames and close to the Houses of Parliament.
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In November 2015 the NLD resoundingly defeated Mr Thein Sein's government, and now holds a large majority in both houses of parliament.
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August 3033 - A car crashes into security barriers outside the UK's Houses of Parliament during the morning rush hour, injuring several people.
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He held talks with the heads of the upper and lower houses of parliament on Wednesday to discuss the spike in violence.
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The London Eye Ferris wheel offers panoramic views of the city, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, and the River Thames.
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Claire won around ten prizes for her research contributions, with the most prestigious awarded by RAEng at the UK houses of parliament.
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Empress Michiko, Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako will attend along with the leaders of both houses of parliament and Supreme Court justices.
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One quarter of the seats in both houses of Parliament are reserved for the military, preventing any constitutional amendments without its approval.
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There are still several steps between the proposal and passage, including debate in both houses of Parliament, and lawmakers may make changes.
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BDP, which is working on a £4 billion restoration of the Houses of Parliament in London, did not return calls for comment.
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The bill now moves to a parliamentary committee where changes can be suggested before a final vote in both houses of parliament.
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If the bill makes it to committee, it is virtually assured of success given the LDP's dominance of both houses of parliament.
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Once his cabinet is sworn in by the president, the government will then face votes of confidence in both houses of parliament.
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On Thursday, the upper house and lower houses of parliament, and the military block in the legislature, will each nominate a candidate.
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The nominations need approval by both houses of parliament, which is a near certainty as Abe's ruling coalition has a comfortable majority.
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CNN caught up with him in November on a rainy day along the Thames, a short walk from the Houses of Parliament.
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MPs are going to move out of the Houses of Parliament in the coming years for a major £3.5 billion restoration project.
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The bill, which blocks killers from escaping prosecution, passed unanimously in both houses of parliament and is now awaiting official signing into law.
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The view over the Thames to the Houses of Parliament from St. Thomas' Shepherd Hall canteen is dazzling in the cold February sunshine.
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Opposition parties in the houses of Parliament will try to slow down the process, tacking amendments to the legislation that is now needed.
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Scratch addressing the Houses of Parliament from President Trump's itinerary if and when he makes a state visit to Britain later this year.
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Police say the driver of the car then entered the estate of the Houses of Parliament and stabbed a police officer, killing him.
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The Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) in London, which went dark for an hour to mark the WWF's Earth Hour.
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Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy holds majorities in both houses of parliament meaning the amended law is likely to be enacted soon.
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The bill, which failed to gain traction when it was first introduced in March, passed unanimously in both houses of parliament on Thursday.
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A statue of Winston Churchill is silhouetted against the Houses of Parliament and the early morning sky in London, Friday, June 13, 2016.
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London police say that a car has crashed into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament and that there are a number of injured.
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Sunday's result leaves Abe with a clear majority in both houses of Parliament, following a landslide win in the lower house in 2017.
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Abe's grip on power has not appeared at risk so far, because his ruling coalition has big majorities in both houses of parliament.
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VICE News sent Simon Ostrovsky to a rally outside the Houses of Parliament in London to put depressed Remain voters on the couch.
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A month later, he carried out further surveillance, this time on MI6 headquarters in Vauxhall, the Houses of Parliament and — once again — Whitehall.
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August 14, 2018 - A car crashes into security barriers outside the UK's Houses of Parliament during the morning rush hour, injuring several people.
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The Houses of Parliament have been the target of terrorist attacks before, and past episodes have involved drivers deliberately steering vehicles into pedestrians.
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Since the early 21625s, Italy has experimented with various electoral systems for its two houses of parliament, which in essence "elect" the government.
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Once it is passed by both houses of parliament, the new law has to be signed by Zuma for it to become law.
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Poland, the biggest post-communist member of the European Union, will hold elections to the lower and upper houses of parliament on Oct.
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The vote is aimed at electing speakers to both the upper and lower houses of parliament, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies respectively.
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London time near the U.K.'s Houses of Parliament, close to where protesters marched to show their discontent against the president and his policies.
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A formal amendment of the constitution requires approval by two-thirds of both houses of parliament as well as a majority in a referendum.
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Granted, the peculiar Italian system of "perfect bicameralism", in which both houses of parliament have the exact same powers, is a recipe for gridlock.
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A motion to change the constitution to that end cleared both houses of parliament in just two days, a record, with almost no dissent.
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Even at just 3% the NcI would gain another 18 seats, giving it 30-40 of the 945 in the two houses of parliament.
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After being mauled by the Constitutional Court, the electoral laws—one for each of the houses of parliament—are based largely on proportional representation.
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Terrorists disrupt the event, proceeding to blow up what looks like most of central London, including several Thames bridges and the Houses of Parliament.
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There are two different systems in place for the two houses of parliament, which means elections would be unlikely to yield a clear result.
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Louis' birth was registered in the London district of Westminster (home to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament), as were George and Charlotte's.
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A pro-European Union (EU) supporter stands draped in an EU flag near the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 29, 2017.
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In November, Senator Dean Smith introduced the marriage equality bill into the Senate and, with support from both houses of Parliament, the legislation passed.
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In a vote among members of both houses of parliament, 414 out of 611 voting lawmakers were in favor of setting up the committee.
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The Queen on Monday lunchtime came to the Houses of Parliament to announce a new programme of legislation which Johnson's government plans to implement.
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On Wednesday, workers erected a large marquee outside Westminster Morgue, near the Houses of Parliament, which can house 102 bodies, doubling the overall capacity.
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An end to the British monarch's role would need the unanimous consent of both houses of Parliament as well as all 10 provincial legislatures.
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Abe has benefited until now from a weak opposition, super-majorities in both houses of parliament, and a shortage of challengers inside his party.
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Pro-EU and pro-Brexit protesters in London discuss the vote and ongoing political processes as they demonstrate near the Houses of Parliament, Jan.
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MPs are to launch an inquiry into the planned £4 billion overhaul of the crumbling Houses of Parliament amid concerns about the huge costs.
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He would need to win the support of two-thirds of members of both houses of parliament and a majority of votes in a referendum.
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In September last year a drone came within 60 feet of a 70-seat EMB170 jet in the skies above the British Houses of Parliament.
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ON TUESDAY the clerk of the House of Commons warned that the proposed repairs to the Houses of Parliament would cost even more than estimated.
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Pro-EU and pro-Brexit protesters discuss the vote and ongoing political processes as they demonstrate near the Houses of Parliament in London, Jan. 227.
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They have been dubbed the "citizenship seven": legislators from both houses of parliament whose eligibility to hold foreign passports came to light two months ago.
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Four people reportedly died, including a police officer and his alleged assailant, and dozens were injured Wednesday during an incident near the Houses of Parliament.
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Queen Elizabeth II on Monday lunchtime delivered a "Queen's Speech" in the Houses of Parliament, setting out a new legislative programme for Boris Johnson's government.
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In an interview at his office in the Houses of Parliament, he told me that he had serious concerns about the source of Banks's funds.
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Once the negotiations with the EU are complete, the deal will be put before both houses of parliament for a vote, May confirmed on Tuesday.
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Both houses of Parliament voted to remove the criminal penalties for the provisions that critics said would hamper dialogue about the Holocaust and distort history.
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The mace, decorated with roses, thistles and pearls, represents the royal authority of the crown, from which the Houses of Parliament derive their own authority.
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Instead, his office said he would hold a fresh round of talks with the heads of the upper and lower houses of parliament on Tuesday.
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Until recently, Mr. Abe and his party behaved with an air of invincibility, shored up by their two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament.
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Fashion Review LONDON — On Monday, protesters gathered outside the two houses of Parliament, placards raised, to protest the possible formal state visit by President Trump.
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He said it could be delayed until 2021 if both houses of parliament don't get a chance to deliberate on it before next year's elections.
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Moreover, there are many precedents for state visits to take place to our country which do not include an address to both Houses of Parliament.
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Any ruling by the constitutional council on Bouteflika's future would have to be ratified by a two-thirds majority in the two houses of parliament.
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The video also features campaigners in favor of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, who were filmed outside the Houses of Parliament in London recently.
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"An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor," Bercow said on February 6.
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DECADES before he murdered four people outside the Houses of Parliament, Khalid Masood was a schoolboy from well-to-do Tunbridge Wells named Adrian Russell Ajao.
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Mr Renzi's reform amounts to a comprehensive recentralisation of power together with a separate reworking of the balance of power between the two houses of parliament.
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The proposal could still become law without changing the constitution, which requires three-fifths of members of the lower and upper houses of parliament to approve.
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Another possibility, she said, is a minority government, but that would mean having to seek partners to usher difficult legislation through the two houses of parliament.
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About a third of the members of both houses of parliament will be elected on a first-past-the-post basis; the remainder by proportional representation.
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Tuesday's vote will also demand that both houses of parliament be asked to approve any decision to leave the bloc without a deal if talks fail.
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London&aposs Metropolitan Police say that the Counter-Terrorism Command is leading the investigation after a car crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament.
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Protests by the public have become commonplace outside the Houses of Parliament in London, while inside the building May's government has been torn between warring factions.
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The cabinet's draft bill for the Emperor's abdication will now be submitted for both the upper and lower houses of parliament to debate before becoming law.
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The government's nominees need approval from both houses of parliament to take effect, which is a near certainty as the ruling coalition holds a comfortable majority.
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The bar is high: Any changes require the approval of two-thirds of both houses of Parliament and a majority of voters in a national referendum.
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Hours before her arrival, the royal bodyguards perform a ceremonial search of the basement of the Palace of Westminster, where the two houses of Parliament meet.
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The Brexit vote made me think of Barbara Tuchman's book "The March of Folly," and Claude Monet's lovely sequence of paintings of the Houses of Parliament.
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Revising the constitution requires a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament plus a simple majority in a public referendum, a hurdle never yet cleared.
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However across the two houses of parliament, lawmakers who have stated a preference favor removing the amendment by a margin of more than two to one.
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The National League for Democracy holds about 60 percent of the votes in both houses of Parliament, which approved all 18 nominees without objection on Thursday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that the final Brexit withdrawal agreement will be put to a vote in both houses of parliament.
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But despite enjoying strong support in both houses of Parliament, it will likely be a few weeks before the marriage equality bill is voted into law.
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Once the ministers have been sworn in, Conte will have to win confidence votes in both houses of parliament before the government can officially start work.
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Conte's government needs to win confidence votes in both the lower and upper houses of parliament, set for Monday and Tuesday respectively, to take full office.
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According to the police, the driver arrived in London from Birmingham early Tuesday, and drove around Tottenham Court Road and then to the Houses of Parliament.
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This week, the British government will present the full Withdrawal Agreement Bill to try and pass it through both the upper and lower houses of Parliament.
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Outside the Houses of Parliament, Anne McElvoy asks Richard Burgon, a prominent pro-Corbyn frontbencher, whether Brexit or the Labour leader caused the party's crushing defeat.
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The debate has divided the two houses of Parliament, with the lower house opting to consider all options and the Senate insisting on a straight reconstruction.
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Those included more trips to The Shard, a tour of the Houses of Parliament, and a family ticket for Shrek's Adventure, a children's attraction in London.
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They included Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, as well as the heads of both houses of parliament and Supreme Court justices.
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There were a slew of news reports honing in on a few particular deaths, including Marcos Amaral Gourgel outside the Houses of Parliament in February of 2018.
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The Royal Standard was flying above the landmark building about a mile from the Houses of Parliament where four were killed, signifying that she was in residence.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that the final Brexit withdrawal agreement will be put to a vote in both houses of parliament.
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It could heighten chances of deadlock between the two houses of parliament, which might force Turnbull to call an early election, just as he did last year.
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Armed police officers carry their weapons as forensics officers work near a grey vehicle that crashed into the railings of the Houses of Parliament in central London.
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"Both houses of parliament will be recalled, people will go home from work early, and aircraft pilots will announce the news to their passengers," The Guardian reported.
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A second Senate defeat would give Mr Turnbull a constitutional trigger for a rare "double dissolution" of both houses of Parliament and an election, on July 2nd.
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Upon arriving in London, the president would be greeted by Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family at a ceremony near the Houses of Parliament.
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Five minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament and in a gallery that exhibits Tracey Emin and Banksy alongside Hirst, this should attract a more touristy clientele.
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This is especially the case, as it required a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament and cross-party consensus for passage as a constitutional amendment.
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Westminster council helped to develop its own variant of bollard and installed them across the wealthy central borough, home to Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament.
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But the rising costs could anger critics of the lengthy and expensive renewal program set to get underway at the Houses of Parliament over the next decade.
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The giant balloon named "Trump Baby" was released for two hours near the U.K.'s Houses of Parliament, where "Stop Trump" protesters are marching in central London.
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Their main theme has been the defense of democracy under the ruling party, which controls both houses of parliament and also enjoys support from President Andrzej Duda.
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Police said a silver Ford Fiesta collided with a number of cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament at 7:37 a.m.
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LONDON — Idris Elba has told the Houses of Parliament that the lack of diversity in British television is forcing black actors to go to the United States.
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Here's what you need to know: • Emmanuel Macron, the French president, reverted to campaign mode in an unusual address to the joint houses of Parliament at Versailles.
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The platform, with its panoramic views of London landmarks such as St. Paul's Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament, receives hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.
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The Constitution, which was drafted and came into force under military rule, does require a lofty 22017 percent of the combined houses of Parliament to pass amendments.
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He drove across Westminster Bridge in a hired car, knocking down and injuring 50 people before driving the car into the fence surrounding the Houses of Parliament.
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Amazon paid underground operator Transport for London (TfL) 390,000 pounds to change the signage at the station underneath the Houses of Parliament to publicize their cloud computing business.
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Another obstacle to an early vote are the current electoral laws which ultimate arbiter President Sergio Mattarella has said need to be aligned between both houses of parliament.
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She also said that government would seek approval from both houses of parliament on Britain's final deal with the EU – a vote which is independent of today's result.
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In our legal system, the Government will need to take a Bill through both Houses of Parliament to enact our commitments under the Withdrawal Agreement into domestic law.
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Washington (CNN)US officials are offering assistance to British authorities after an attack Wednesday on the Houses of Parliament in London that police there are treating as terrorism.
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The prime minister's announcement triggered the deployment of nearly 2800,28 troops, whose job is to secure sites such as the Houses of Parliament and thus free up police.
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Never one to trail behind its erstwhile colony, British Parliament upped the ante with the announcement that literal pieces of the Houses of Parliament are available for sale.
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The previous day, police had shot dead a British man at the Houses of Parliament after he had rammed dozens of people with his car on Westminster bridge.
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Formally amending the constitution is a politically tough task requiring approval by two-thirds of both houses of parliament and a majority of voters in a public referendum.
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LONDON — JK Rowling and Emma Watson have called on London's new Mayor Sadiq Khan to put a statue of a suffragette outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
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Italy has varying electoral laws for the upper and lower houses of parliament that President Sergio Matteralla says must be harmonised before a national vote can be held.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British police said there had been an unspecified number of casualties including police officers in a "terrorist incident" close to Britain's Houses of Parliament on Wednesday.
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The service was just a few hundred yards from the attack on the nearby bridge over the River Thames and at the gates of the Houses of Parliament.
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Joanna took her stand against circuses holding animals captive by getting an elaborate tiger body paint job ... and posing in front of the Houses of Parliament in London.
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In Parliament Square, across from the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired guns that had been used in the First World War.
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To take office, he needs to win votes of confidence in both houses of parliament and easily won the first in the lower chamber by 368 to 105.
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Women hold only 12 percent of seats in India's lower and upper houses of parliament combined, compared to the global average of about 23 percent, said the IPU.
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That's because lawmakers will first need to take control of the parliamentary agenda before passing a law to block a no-deal Brexit through both houses of parliament.
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Both houses of Parliament voted on Wednesday to remove the criminal penalties, after an emotional session that saw one nationalist lawmaker try to block access to the podium.
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Krasheninnikov said the idea had been put forward by members of the working group and was based on their study of upper houses of parliament in other countries.
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He had lunged at me, trying to kiss me, in a quiet corner of the Houses of Parliament back in 2003 when I was a young political reporter.
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The silence was also observed by survivors and bereaved people at a gathering near Grenfell Tower, as well as in the Houses of Parliament and in government buildings.
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London (CNN)The terror attack that left four victims and an assailant dead near the Houses of Parliament in London showed the worst and the best of British life.
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She is aiming to have her Brexit bill, also known as a white paper, passed through both houses of parliament in order to meet her self-imposed April deadline.
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Cover image: Police forensics officers work at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on August 14, 2018, where a car was driven into the barriers.
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The leader of Australia's conservative coalition prompted Saturday's election by dissolving both houses of parliament in May, blaming intransigent independents in the upper house Senate for blocking his agenda.
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Government department buildings in Westminster and the Houses of Parliament were flying their flags at half-mast on Friday as a mark of respect to those who were killed.
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If the government loses in the Supreme Court, it will surely have to introduce not a parliamentary resolution but a bill to be enacted by both houses of Parliament.
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But now that the LDP has an overall majority across upper and lower houses of parliament, it can effectively guarantee the bill's passage when it comes to a vote.
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However, it faces the immediate task of passing through Japan's two houses of parliament, both of which are controlled by a coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
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LDP and its coalition partner the Komeito, which hold majorities in both houses of parliament, also hold the key to which laws get debated and put to a vote.
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Five people died and dozens were injured in an attack near the Houses of Parliament in London on Wednesday, police said, including a police officer and his alleged assailant.
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Officials have also announced the closure of the Palace of Westminster, where the Houses of Parliament are situated and marked by the famous clock and bell of Big Ben.
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While the Conservatives remain likely to gain the most seats in this week's election, a poor result could see the party lose its majority in the Houses of Parliament.
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Under parliamentary rules, written by the ruling military junta, the party or coalition picking a prime minister requires a majority in the combined upper and lower houses of parliament.
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His party, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), won commanding majorities in both houses of parliament last November, allowing them to elect their chosen candidate easily.
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The conservative prime minister had previously said that he planned to call a so-called double dissolution election, under which all seats in both houses of Parliament are open.
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Mr. Turnbull dissolved both houses of Parliament in May, calling a double dissolution election, in which all Senate seats were open for a vote, instead of the usual half.
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Designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing it will be the first created by a woman to adorn the iconic square in front of Britain's houses of parliament.
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The attack on Westminster, in which a man drove into a crowd of pedestrians before stabbing policeman Keith Palmer, prompted scrutiny of security arrangements at the Houses of Parliament.
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"We will put the final withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU to a vote in both houses of parliament before it comes into force," May told parliament.
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No actual murder is committed in A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot in the Houses of Parliament (Other Press, $27.95), but political suicide runs rampant.
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Kit Harington's other HBO series is Gunpowder, a miniseries that follows the legendary events of Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot to blow up the British houses of parliament.
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Both houses of parliament had already approved the proposed law, but the issue went to a national referendum after more than 300,000 people signed a petition expressing their opposition.
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As of July 2019, four of the world's top 15 countries with the highest percentage of female lawmakers in their lower or single houses of parliament are in Africa.
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Britain's Union Jack flag was flying at half-mast over the Houses of Parliament in London, while in Birstall hundreds of people attended a vigil at a local church.
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Since Australians went to the polls on Saturday to elect representatives to both houses of Parliament, nobody has been able to figure out who will form the next government.
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Voters will also choose all members of the upper house for the first time since 1987 after the government dissolved both houses of parliament after the Senate repeatedly blocked legislation.
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Australia's July 2 vote will be a double dissolution election, which means both Houses of Parliament, the House of Representatives and all members of the Senate, will face the electorate.
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RELATED: Houses of Parliament Fast Facts Trump told the White House press pool that he was getting an update on the situation ahead of attending a roundtable on women's health.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British prosecutors have charged a man with harassment and public order offences after he protested outside the Houses of Parliament against a lawmaker who is opposed to Brexit.
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Macron this week called a special meeting of the both houses of parliament at which he told lawmakers he would use a referendum to get parliamentary reforms through if necessary.
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The Social Democrat Party won the ballot with just under 46 percent of votes in both houses of parliament, official results from more than 99 percent of polling stations showed.
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LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - British police said there had been an unspecified number of casualties including police officers in a "terrorist incident" close to Britain's Houses of Parliament on Wednesday.
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Sunday&aposs milestone step comes after both houses of parliament had earlier approved granting equal rights to the tribes that have been governed by discriminatory laws since British colonial rule.
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Since then, committees in both houses of parliament have called for delaying the Swiss signature and giving parliament — and perhaps voters in a referendum — the chance to decide the matter.
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Already there has been talk that he could get a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament to extend his term of office, perhaps by two or three years.
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As the Houses of Parliament were in lockdown, palace staff said they would not comment on security matters concerning the royal family, because that is an issue for the police.
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The amendment to the Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation Act, requested by SBI some three months ago, has now cleared both houses of parliament and should soon become law.
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The vote in the lower house on Friday for Suu Kyi's presidential nominee was never in doubt, given the NLD's outright majority in the upper and lower houses of parliament.
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The government's budget for the coming financial year, sized at a record 96.7 trillion yen ($867 billion), is set to pass both houses of parliament by the end of March.
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Other candidates nominated Both the upper and lower houses of parliament, as well as the military, made nominations for vice president, with one of the three chosen by the Hluttaw.
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Still, the so-called Cirinnà bill — named after its proponent Monica Cirinnà, a Democratic Party senator — isn't guaranteed passage, even with a center-left majority in both houses of parliament.
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David Beckham is helping open The Londoner Macao, a London-themed resort built to look like the Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, and Big Ben rolled into one.
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According to the constitution, both houses of parliament can consider an alternative candidate as prime minister if the 500-member lower house fails to approve a nominee for the post.
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When Nehru was prime minister for the first 14 years of India, even though he had majorities in both houses of parliament, he was devoted to respecting liberal democratic norms.
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Minutes after the attacker plowed his car into the railings by the Houses of Parliament, the entire area was closed off and swarming with heavily armed cops in black uniforms.
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The bill was submitted by the right-wing, EU-skeptic, and nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS), which controls both the upper and lower houses of parliament and picked President Duda.
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Elizabeth soon learns that the Royal Marriages Act prevents Margaret from marrying her divorced lover until she's received approval from both Houses of Parliament and endured a 12-month waiting period.
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The magic number of seats parties or alliances need to secure to form a government is 2750 - 2250 percent plus one of the total number in the two houses of parliament.
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The vote is aimed at reforming the Italian Senate and breaking the persistent deadlock between the lower and upper houses of parliament that has made lawmaking and reform a difficult process.
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LEGISLATIVE ping-pong continues between the two houses of Parliament over the bill allowing Theresa May to invoke Article 50 of the EU treaty, which will kick off the Brexit process.
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See Stunning Behind-the-Scenes Photos of What It Takes" (ArtNet) "Britain's Houses of Parliament are often referred to as crumbling and are scheduled to undergo renovations in the mid-2020s.
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Currently, any law in Italy needs to be approved by both houses of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, often leading to delays in effecting new laws and reforms.
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In the short run, it seems, Brazil avoided a constitutional crisis: a fight between its two houses of parliament over whether one house could simply call backsies on a past vote.
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With both houses of parliament in Mr Kabila's pocket, Mr Tshisekedi is just "renting the seat of power", says Manya Riche, of the Congo Peace Centre at Texas A&M University.
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Last summer Mr Macron stole the limelight by summoning lawmakers to a joint sitting of both houses of parliament at Versailles, the day before a major speech by his prime minister.
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But Green's future was thrust into doubt when the Sunday Times newspaper reported last month that police in 2008 had found pornography on his office computers in the Houses of Parliament.
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Other candidates nominated Both the Upper and Lower Houses of parliament, as well as the military, make nominations for vice-president, and one of the three will be picked as president.
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The magic number of seats parties or alliances need to secure to form a government is 376, or one more than half the total number in the two houses of parliament.
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The new cabinet will face confidence votes in both houses of parliament this week before Gentiloni can formally take office at the head of Italy's 64th government in just 70 years.
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In the two houses of Parliament, where it holds 126 of 945 seats, the movement has ceaselessly censured government policies and produced numerous, though often ignored, bills to push its agenda.
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Most of the estate's 29,22008 homes, in gray blocks and redbrick terraces two miles from the Houses of Parliament, remain inhabited while about a quarter of the estate is being emptied.
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Renzi resigned from office in December 2016, after the former prime minister staked his leadership on a referendum designed to overhaul the electoral system and functioning of the houses of parliament.
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During an address to members of both houses of parliament in London on Wednesday, Felipe said he was confident that Spain and Britain could work towards an acceptable arrangement over Gibraltar.
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Most of the estate's 29,22008 homes, in grey blocks and redbrick terraces two miles from the Houses of Parliament, remain inhabited while about a quarter of the estate is being emptied.
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Commissions in both houses of Parliament approved the decree but recommended that the government ensure that criminal law prevail over administrative sanctions, such as simple fines, in cases of commercial fraud.
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"We are the absolute winners of these elections," he said in Rome at a news conference, adding that the party had tripled its number of lawmakers in the houses of parliament.
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In her 2017 Elementa collection, Ms. Niarchos's credits her admiration of Monet's shimmering Houses of Parliament series for her use of vibrant stones, including carnelians, fire opals, orange sapphires and amethysts.
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Britain's Union flag was flying at half-mast over the Houses of Parliament, Queen Elizabeth's London residence Buckingham Palace and Downing Street, where Prime Minister David Cameron has his official residence.
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Metropolitan Police in London were investigating the event -- in which a car crashed into security barriers outside of the Houses of Parliament during rush hour Tuesday morning -- as a terrorist incident.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A suspected attack outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday is shocking, British Prime Minister Theresa May said, warning that the terrorism threat to the United Kingdom remained severe.
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Mattarella had insisted that a new electoral law be drawn up because at present there is too much divergence between the systems for electing members of the two houses of parliament.
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The ABI said it would like to see formal cooperation between Britain's main political parties in Westminster and between the upper and lower houses of parliament to ensure a Brexit deal.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella wants a new electoral law covering both houses of parliament before the country holds a national election, a source close to the president said on Tuesday.
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Abe has made clear he wants to revise the U.S.-drafted, pacifist constitution, but formal amendment requires approval by two-thirds of both houses of parliament and a majority in a referendum.
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But it would have scant legitimacy: not a single major party has said it would back it in the votes of confidence it would need to win in both houses of parliament.
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But by leaving the question open May has been vulnerable to attempts both in the upper and lower houses of parliament to try to force the customs union back onto the agenda.
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Conte was expected to present his cabinet list to the head of state later on Friday or on Saturday, opening the way for confidence votes in both houses of parliament next week.
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In the aftermath of Wednesday's attack on Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London, a picture of the alleged attacker receiving medical attention began to do the rounds on Twitter.
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At the weekend, May's deputy, Damian Green, denied an allegation made in The Sunday Times newspaper that police found pornography on one of his computers in the Houses of Parliament in 2008.
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The British late-night host, who lived in London before moving to Los Angeles, took a moment to share his thoughts on the attack at Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament.
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According to unconfirmed media reports, U.K. police shot an assailant after an officer was stabbed and several people were injured outside the Houses of Parliament, the heart of the British political scene.
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Guests will pay $5,995 for the five-night trip, which includes a walking tour of Westminster, the political center of London, taking in the Houses of Parliament and Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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London (CNN)At least one person is dead and many hurt after what police are treating as a terrorist attack at the British Houses of Parliament, according to the UK Press Association.
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For those visiting the British capital, regardless of age or gender, Madam Tussauds ranks alongside Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, London Eye, Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square as a must-see.
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After months of legal wrangling between government and opposition representatives, a joint session of the upper and lower houses of parliament unanimously passed a bill that blocks the privatisation of the airline.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday confirmed his long-rumored plan to shut down the houses of Parliament as part of what opponents believe is an attempt to force through Brexit.
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In a press release, The Londoner Macao announced it plans to model the hotel complex around London's most famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, and Big Ben.
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Benalla is now the target of a judicial investigation and there are also probes under way in the upper and lower houses of parliament into how Macron's office dealt with the incident.
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Though the Carlton now allows women as full members, there are still several clubs in Mayfair that allow only men, and there are still many aristocratic gentlemen in the Houses of Parliament.
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The latest demonstration of what some are characterizing as a Napoleonic style was Mr. Macron's announcement that he would address both houses of Parliament in the regal setting of Versailles on Monday.
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Another electoral law applies to the Senate, and Mr. Mattarella says he will not call new elections until a single electoral system covers both houses of Parliament, the Italian news media reported.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday the government must persuade those who voted to stay in the European Union in both houses of parliament that Brexit is worthwhile.
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The German government and both houses of Parliament have unsuccessfully tried to ban the National Democratic Party, which won 0.4 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections in 2017, the newspaper notes.
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Technically, those interested in beaming visuals onto the Houses of Parliament require approval from both the planning department of Westminster City Council as well as the speaker of the House of Commons.
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On Westminster Bridge, near the Houses of Parliament, another banner read: "Migrants welcome here," referring to the president-elect's statement during the campaign that America should halt all Muslims from entering the country.
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Turnbull officially called federal elections for July 2, several months earlier than originally planned, using rarely invoked powers to dissolve both houses of parliament after the upper house Senate repeatedly blocked government legislation.
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After the second world war the authors of Italy's republican constitution dispersed power so it could not be wielded by any one person or institution, giving the two houses of parliament equal powers.
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Modi's government also secured a major breakthrough with the passage of a historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in both houses of parliament that is expected to simplify India's byzantine tax system.
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The reform will introduce eight different legislative procedures depending on the issues being discussed, the deputy speaker of the chamber of deputies added, creating confusion and disputes between the two houses of parliament.
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LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A suspected attack outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday is shocking, British Prime Minister Theresa May said, warning that the terrorism threat to the United Kingdom remained severe.
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The House of Commons speaker John Bercow said the EU withdrawal bill, passed by both houses of parliament last week, had been signed into law by the monarch, to cheers from Conservative lawmakers.
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On Wednesday, thousands of black taxis lined up in the main streets around the Houses of Parliament and Prime Minister David Cameron's 10 Downing Street residence to choke traffic for around 90 minutes.
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London's Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that a man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism after he allegedly drove through a group of pedestrians and then rammed a gate outside the Houses of Parliament.
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The proposed reforms, making it harder for smaller parties to enter parliament through vote sharing deals, are seen as necessary for the government to dissolve both houses of parliament and call an election.
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The president could give the job to anyone with a high profile institutional role, such as one of the speakers of the two houses of parliament or a judge from the constitutional court.
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Britain celebrates the failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 by letting off fireworks and lighting bonfires with an effigy of the "Gunpowder Plot" leader Guy Fawkes on top.
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Cover Image: A giant balloon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as an orange baby floats above anti-Trump demonstrators in Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament in London on June 4, 2019.
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The House of Lords, the upper chamber of the U.K.'s Houses of Parliament, has said it would approve the legislation, allaying fears that pro-Brexit peers could try to derail the bill.
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After being sworn in, the government will face confidence votes in both houses of parliament, where the coalition allies — the far-right League and the anti-establishment 19933-Star Movement — have clear majorities.
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His administration, led by special advisor Dominic Cummings, has sought to make wholesale changes to how the lobby operates, moving daily briefings with Johnson's spokesperson from the Houses of Parliament to Downing Street.
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But the bell in Big Ben will not ring; the government decided not to ante up the 500,000 pounds ($650,000) necessary to make the bell usable during renovations of the Houses of Parliament.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads The Houses of Parliament are not your advertising billboard, British government officials are reminding anyone eyeing the UNESCO World Heritage Site as a surface for light projections.
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London's Palace of Westminster — home of both Houses of Parliament — is one of the most famous and important buildings in the world, but it's also in constant danger of collapsing or catching fire.
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Speaking to a crowd of gawping journalists and curious tourists outside the Houses of Parliament on November 15th, Jacob Rees-Mogg (also pictured), an influential backbencher, demanded a confidence vote in the prime minister.
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Cover image: Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the investment fund Hermitage Capital Management Bill Browder attends the 'Prospects for Russia after Putin' debate in the Houses of Parliament, central London on Nov.
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Three people were injured when a car hit pedestrians and cyclists before driving into a security barrier outside the Houses of Parliament in London Tuesday, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident.
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That bill was one of two he used to invoke rarely used powers to dissolve both houses of parliament and call the July election, which he fought on his government's record of economic management.
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Mattarella has not yet summoned Conte to give him a mandate but has instead called in the heads of the lower and upper houses of parliament for meetings on Tuesday to discuss the situation.
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Any extension would need to be agreed unanimously by EU member states and approved by the UK parliament, under the terms of a backbench bill currently working its way through the Houses of Parliament.
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"I can confirm today the government will put the deal to a vote in both houses of Parliament before it comes into force," Teresa May told an audience of diplomats and officials in London.
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London police have released the name of the man who killed three people and injured 40 before he was shot to death in a suspected lone wolf terror attack on the Houses of Parliament.
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Macron's prime minister, Edouard Philippe, said the reforms, if approved by both houses of parliament, will speed up the lawmaking process and give more of a voice to groups currently under-represented in parliament.
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The group's first public action was in October 2018, when more a 1,000 of its members assembled outside the Houses of Parliament in London to announce a "Declaration of Rebellion" against the British government.
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About 160 MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit gathered in Church House, near the Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday and signed a pledge to prevent a no-deal exit "using whatever mechanism possible."
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After suffering a series of defeats in both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, the prime minister caved into efforts to filibuster the bill, which is designed to prevent him forcing a no-deal Brexit.
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The queen told lawmakers from both the upper and lower houses of parliament that the government is committed to building "the widest possible consensus" on Brexit, working with parliament, devolved administrations, business and others.
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The vote can be overturned by the lower house, the House of Commons, but shows the deep divisions over Brexit across the Houses of Parliament and could encourage lawmakers hoping to derail her plans.
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The newly appointed prime minister, Omar Razzaz, said in a statement that he had consulted members of both houses of Parliament, and that there was a consensus that the tax bill should be withdrawn.
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Waving banners which read "if you do not act as adults, we will" and "the dinosaurs thought they had time too", thousands of students gathered in front of the Houses of Parliament in London.
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Once speakers to both houses of parliament are elected, hopefully Friday, negotiations can begin to form a government — but that process will likely also to be protracted and could take weeks, if not more.
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Reuters photojournalist Hannah McKay took this picture of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, arriving for the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday.
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In Great Britain, where Trump may not be extended the courtesy of an invitation to speak before both houses of Parliament, betting markets are seeing increasing action on the odds of Trump's possible impeachment.
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Labor Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told India's lower house of parliament on Monday the government will amend a three-decade-old child labor prohibition law, and called on both houses of parliament to support its passage.
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The choir has sung at Westminster Abbey and will perform at the Houses of Parliament and in front of Prince Charles, a longtime patron of AMAR, a charity helping with the girls' rehabilitation in Iraq.
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While Abe's hefty majority in both houses of parliament means he could easily push through the legislation, doing so could risk a perception of political overreach as he extends his reign into a sixth year.
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The cross-party vote was technical and non-binding but shows the deep divisions over Brexit across the Houses of Parliament and adds to speculation that Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership could come under threat.
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Mr Mattarella blocked the choice of two parties that together command majorities in both houses of parliament, and on the grounds that they wanted a minister suspected of seeking to remove Italy from the euro.
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A 31-year-old Romanian tourist who was knocked into the River Thames from Westminster Bridge during an attack on Britain's Houses of Parliament more than two weeks ago has died, London police said Friday.
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In the world's largest democracy, women hold only 12 percent of seats in the lower and upper houses of parliament combined, compared to the global average of 23 percent, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
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ET. As for what's happening on the ground, Britain is poised to begin its departure from the European Union as early as Tuesday after both Houses of Parliament look set to pass the Brexit bill.
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That stance has widened divisions not only within her own party but across both houses of parliament, emboldening the House of Lords, where the Conservatives do not command a majority, to hand her the defeat.
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The winning proposal envisages an elevated memorial site in Victoria Tower Gardens, a park near the Houses of Parliament, and an underground learning center dedicated to the six million Jewish people killed in the Holocaust.
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Police said a silver Ford Fiesta had driven through a group of cyclists and pedestrians during the morning rush hour before hitting a barrier in front of the Houses of Parliament at 7:37 a.m.
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Prayuth easily defeated Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a charismatic political newcomer, by 500-244 votes in a combined ballot by both houses of parliament, one of which was entirely appointed in a process controlled by the junta.
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Australia's Finance Minister Mathias Cormann dodged the issue of fiscal support on Wednesday, saying he was working to get promised tax cuts across both houses of parliament, which would boost incomes for millions of households.
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"No indoor mass gatherings of more than 100 people applies to pubs & clubs..... May seek enforcement powers from Dail/Seanad," he said in a Twitter post, referring to the lower and upper houses of parliament.
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Mr. Corden drew headlines around the world last month for his emotional "Late Late Show" tribute to London after the recent terrorist attacks there, which killed four people in and around the Houses of Parliament.
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The Institute for Government, a think tank, has predicted the earliest an Article 50 bill could pass through both houses of parliament is the end of February, but expects that early March is more likely.
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The passions, anger and toxicity evoked by Brexit have been most visible in the regular demonstrations outside the Houses of Parliament, where the most vocal of both sides gather with their flags, loudspeakers and placards.
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Corbyn's allies describe the turmoil as a "corridor coup", a reference to the labyrinthine hallways of the Palace of Westminster, home of the Houses of Parliament, where informal business takes place and plots are hatched.
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He said only that the GST would "give strength" to the economy, while thanking opposition parties that, after a drawn-out battle, had come on board to pass the amendment unanimously through both houses of parliament.
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That decision is made by both houses of Parliament, and the country's 250-seat Senate is chosen entirely by the military, which will almost certainty vote to keep junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha in office.
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"The governor-general has accepted my advice to dissolve both houses of parliament effective tomorrow morning, and call an election for both houses, a double dissolution, on 2 July," Turnbull said during a news conference Sunday.
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The oldest son of President Donald Trump has been branded a "disgrace" after he sent out a tweet criticizing London Mayor Sadiq Khan just hours after a terror attack at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday.
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In the world's largest democracy, women hold only 12 percent of seats in the lower and upper houses of parliament combined, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - just over half the global average of 23 percent.
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Fawcett is represented in middle age, with her head held high, gazing straight at the Houses of Parliament and holding a banner that reads "Courage calls to courage everywhere", a quote from one of her speeches.
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The billionaire's comments come after an attack in London in which a man drove a car into people over Westminster Bridge near the Houses of Parliament before stabbing and killing a police officer with a knife.
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Although her uprising was soon crushed by the Roman legions, her presence next to the Houses of Parliament is, in a sense, as inappropriate as a statue of Sherman would be outside the Capitol in Atlanta.
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Sky News quoted sources as saying the government was preparing a bill, legislation that will have to be considered in both houses of parliament in what could be a lengthy process and potentially delay May's timetable.
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Landmarks in other countries across the world – including the Acropolis hill in Greece, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye in the United Kingdom – also descended into darkness briefly to mark this year's Earth Hour.
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"It's the first time to have two-thirds in both houses of parliament, but you can't find any issue on which the two-thirds can agree," said Gerry Curtis, professor emeritus at New York's Columbia University.
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It was not immediately clear if Macron will be able to secure a three-fifths majority in both houses of parliament as it might require negotiations with other groups, including some members of The Republicans party.
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The activity is focused on a public strip of park, known as "College Green," which lies just a few steps outside the main gates of the Houses of Parliament and is traditionally used for broadcast interviews.
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It offers one of London's best views, taking in St. Paul's Cathedral; the Leadenhall Building, a skyscraper better known as the Cheesegrater for its distinctive appearance; the Houses of Parliament; and a swath of South London.
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Cover image: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie arrives to speak at a demonstration held by Fair Vote, outside the Houses of Parliament in London, calling for a fair vote on the EU referendum, March 29, 2018.
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The legislation, which must be approved by both houses of parliament before becoming law, comes four months after League chief and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini vowed to "completely clear out" the central bank's top brass.
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The citizenship law, which passed both houses of Parliament last week, was seen by critics as part of Mr. Modi's broader push to transform India into a place where being Indian is synonymous with being Hindu.
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He dismissed a last-minute pledge by justice minister Dominic Raab for government to write the promise of a meaningful vote into law later on its journey through both houses of parliament as coming "too late".
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The Palace of Westminster, which includes the Houses of Parliament, is a bewildering warren of corridors, and the work of ensuring that it was clear of assailants took time in the immediate aftermath of the assault.
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In 53, the upper and lower houses of parliament approved the adoption of a hybrid voting system that will see 36 percent of seats allocated via a "first-past-the-post" system and 64 percent proportionally.
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Rutte's third cabinet since coming to power in 2010 will find support from the strongest Dutch economic growth in a decade, at over 3 percent, but only has a one-seat majority in both houses of parliament.
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The power vacuum that allowed Hanson to re-emerge showed just how badly Turnbull's gamble of dissolving both houses of parliament, to clear out minor parties and independents he said were blocking his reformist agenda, had failed.
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Both the Conservatives and the two houses of parliament are divided on the issue, pitting those who believe pragmatism and business continuity are paramount against others who see it as part of an ideological battle about sovereignty.
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The company has temporarily fiddled with the signage in the central Westminster Tube station ("alight for Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament"), changing the name on maps and roundels in the station to read "Webminster" instead.
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Analysts expect Italian President Sergio Mattarella to give a law professor with no political experience the go-ahead to try to form a government, which would then be subject to confidence votes in both houses of parliament.
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Addressing a joint session of the two houses of parliament following a Taliban bomb blast that killed at least 64 people and wounded hundreds in Kabul on Tuesday, Ghani branded the insurgents criminals fighting the legitimate government.
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Several parliaments in the world are partially run on solar energy, including the Reichstag in Berlin, the houses of parliament in Canberra, Australia, and Israel's Knesset, which has one of the largest solar panels in the world.
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Turnbull is now seen as likely to opt for a rare double dissolution election, which sees both houses of parliament face voters, arguing that it will clear the Senate of obstructionists and allow long-stalled economic reforms.
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"It is a project which will put Hungary on the map of higher-than-average EU exporters of chocolate," Ghraoui, 62, told Reuters in his downtown Budapest office with panoramic views of the ornate houses of parliament.
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Among these the Australian Greens, an environmental party, and the Nick Xenophon Team, a new centrist party headed by Mr Xenophon, an independent senator from South Australia, are forecast to win seats in both houses of parliament.
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If they fail, the law should complete its passage through the Houses of Parliament by Monday, with Johnson compelled to seek an extension if he has failed to ratify a deal with the EU by October 19.
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"Corruption remains the major source of some of the problems we face as a country and its retarding impact on national development cannot be overemphasized," Mnangagwa told a joint sitting of the country's two houses of parliament.
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The statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett — one of the leading figures in the campaign for women's voting rights in the UK — will stand alongside statues of Sir Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela outside the Houses of Parliament.
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But one man—the man who DJed outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday night—seems to be unphased by the whole "we have literally no idea what is happening from one second to the next" scenario.
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On March 22, 2017, Khalid Masood, a fifty-two-year-old British Muslim, deliberately drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, in London, killing four people, before fatally stabbing a policeman outside the Houses of Parliament.
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The few other people in the room were members of the imperial family, court chamberlains, ladies-in-waiting, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaders of the two houses of Parliament and the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
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"If the CAB passes in both houses of parliament, the United States government should consider sanctions against the Home Minister and other principal leadership," the panel said in a statement, referring to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).
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The measure consists of a package of reforms that would drastically shrink the size and power of one of Italy's two houses of parliament in an effort to reform the country's famously corrupt and inefficient system of government.
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They hold only about 12 percent of seats in both the lower and upper houses of parliament in India, compared to the global average of 23 percent, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an independent organization promoting democracy.
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A life-size statue of a child is placed outside the Houses of Parliament in London on March 7, as part of a demonstration against the visit to the UK by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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It would mean the two houses of parliament being elected under flawed and radically different rules, with the likelihood of one chamber lacking a clear majority, and the possibility of each being controlled by different parties or alliances.
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The crown remains an integral part of that constitution, and in theory the Queen has the power to refuse any bill passed by the other two houses of Parliament (the House of Commons and the House of Lords).
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Deadlock in the lawmaking process is a persistent bugbear between the lower and upper houses of parliament in Italy, making attempts at reform a slow, tortuous process at a time when Italy's fragile economy has needed it most.
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LGBT campaigners have used the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to call for Britain to apologize and push for change, launching a petition, a picket and lighting up the Houses of Parliament with a call for decriminalisation.
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The move ignites the latest battle in a long series of conflicts waged in both parties, the two houses of parliament and across a deeply divided country since it voted in a 2016 referendum to leave the bloc.
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Turnbull, whose Liberal-National coalition is running neck-and-neck in opinion polls with the centre-left Labor opposition, visited Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove in the capital, Canberra, to seek the dissolution of both houses of parliament.
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"The gap between us and them is large and disturbing," Dichter said in summing up discussions with senior members of Russia's upper and lower houses of parliament, the deputy defense minister and the deputy head of national security.
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In a much-touted policy speech to both houses of parliament which was strong on broad principles but carried little concrete announcements, the new president confirmed he wanted to add a dose of proportionality to future parliamentary elections.
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While Big Ben is used as a nickname for the clock, strictly speaking, it is the main bell inside the clock, and it also often refers to Elizabeth Tower, at the north end of the Houses of Parliament.
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What was at stake was whether Macron's LREM and allies would win enough seats to give him a three-fifths majority vote in both houses of parliament, which he needs for constitutional reforms, including plans to overhaul parliament.
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The upper and lower houses of Parliament still need to smooth over differences in their versions of the bill before a final vote this month, but most of the provisions are expected to stand in their current form.
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That effectively gives Palang Pracharat a 250-seat advantage in the race to the 376 votes - a majority of members of both houses of parliament - it needs for its bid to ensure Prayuth stays on as prime minister.
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The government aims to push the trade deal legislation, which will remove many of the tariffs that have hindered two-way trade between Australia and the three countries, through both houses of parliament by the end of year.
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At the end of heated debates, the coalition's resolution was approved in both houses of parliament, although four senators from the 5-Star Movement voted against their party, complaining that parliament had been sidelined during the ESM negotiations.
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LONDON — A car struck and injured several pedestrians and cyclists, then crashed into a security barrier just outside the Houses of Parliament in London early Tuesday, in what the police said they were treating as a terrorist attack.
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He commands strong support in both houses of Parliament, and for the complaint to move forward, it would require the support of at least a third of the members of the lower chamber — which is unlikely to happen.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's anti-establishment 53-Star Movement hooked up with conservative parties on Saturday to elect the speakers of both houses of parliament, but there was no sign yet they might extend this pact and form a government.
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The winner should at least find it easier to pass legislation because the so-called double dissolution election for both houses of parliament should ease the political deadlock that has characterised Australian politics since the last election in 2013.
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A YEAR ago, as a young freshly elected president eager to look the part, Emmanuel Macron summoned a joint sitting of both houses of parliament in the former royal palace at Versailles, and spoke loftily of grandeur and destiny.
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Measures making it easier to revoke the concession came into force late in December as part of a broader decree that must be ratified by Italy's two houses of parliament by the end of February or it will expire.
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Dogus sharply closed the gap on the sitting member of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency - home to Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and the British capital's financial centre.
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The Dalai Lama met Deputy Prime Minister Pavel Belobradek, Culture Minister Daniel Herman and the deputy speakers of both houses of parliament during a visit to an annual conference launched by the late Vaclav Havel, the country's first president.
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He was considered almost certain to take the presidency after his nomination last week by Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, which won majorities in both houses of Parliament in elections in the fall.
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However, Corbyn — who is set to resign as Labour leader in the next few weeks after losing last week&aposs general election — appeared to blank to Johnson&aposs attempt at conversation as they walked through the Houses of Parliament.
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But, despite the embattled presence of Prime Minister Theresa May, a quick head count in the Houses of Parliament or the boardrooms of major corporations shows the problems we still have with the reality of women with actual power.
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This is the first poll that has shown the gap between PiS and pro-democratic opposition narrowing significantly in the campaign for the vote in which the deeply divided nation will elect members of the upper and lower houses of parliament.
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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)The former head of Thailand's military junta has been formally elected as the country's next prime minister by members of the lower and upper houses of Parliament, consolidating the military's grip on power following national elections in March.
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However the system is still configured in favor of the military, which gets to appoint a quarter of all lawmakers in the two houses of parliament, and holds a veto on changes to the constitution, and thus Suu Kyi's political aspirations.
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On May 10th, efforts were rewarded with the launch of the Migration Museum at the Workshop, an events space in Lambeth, across the river from the Houses of Parliament—though for now the museum has the space for only one year.
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An event organized on Facebook under the initial banner "London Stays" but changed to "Stand Together" was called off when around 50,000 people said they would attend, exceeding the safe capacity of the square close to the Houses of Parliament.
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The Royal Mint will launch a 50 pence coin to commemorate the anniversary, the Houses of Parliament will host a gamut of events with the hashtag #vote100, while nearby Westminster Hall will put on a public exhibition "Voice and Vote".
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Senate on Friday passed voting reforms after a marathon session lasting over 28 hours, clearing the way for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to dissolve both houses of parliament and call an early election to end a hostile Senate.
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To make the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries — named because fundraising efforts kicked off in 2012 during the 60th year of Queen Elizabeth's reign — accessible to guests, the Abbey added an external tower outside Poets' Corner, across from the Houses of Parliament.
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The inability of lawmakers, so far, to forge a clear path forward has given May a tiny bit of wiggle room to potentially return to the Houses of Parliament with a fourth shot at getting her provisional agreement over the line.
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The military MP, Major General Than Soe, opposed Henry Van Thio because the armed forces needed time to look into whether his stay abroad might disqualify him, said the chairman of the joint houses of parliament, Mahn Win Khaing Than.
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President Sergio Mattarella, the only figure with the power to dissolve parliament, had demanded new voting rules be drawn up because at present there is too much divergence between the systems for electing members of the two houses of parliament.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May said the government would put the final deal to a vote in both houses of parliament, a move that tempered concerns of a more aggressive exit that could do economic damage to Britain and continental Europe .
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Weakened by a June election when she lost her governing Conservatives' majority and an ill-fated party conference that failed to reset her agenda, May wants to steer the bill through both houses of parliament with as little difficulty as possible.
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May, who was appointed prime minister shortly after Britain voted to leave the EU in June, faced down attempts in both the lower and upper houses of parliament to add conditions to legislation giving her right to launch the divorce.
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A joint session of the lower and upper houses of parliament, broadcast live on television, approved the new anti-honor killing law, removing a loophole in existing law that allows killers to walk free after being pardoned by family members.
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Watch: We Meet the Parents Medicating Their Kids with Weed on the First Episode of 'WEEDIQUETTE' on VICELAND The Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016 was passed in both houses of parliament on Monday, paving the way for medical marijuana in Australia.
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The results will also boost the BJP's confidence ahead of an election next year in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, that is a must-win if Modi is ever to realize his hope of controlling both houses of parliament.
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His site-specific series, The Ethics of Dust, is an ongoing, decade-long investigation resulting from cleaning dust and the residue of pollution from monuments such Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament, London and the Doge's Palace in Venice.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's leftist Social Democrat Party won the most seats in both houses of parliament after a national election and will have a combined 221 deputies and senators, final results unveiled by the Central Electoral Bureau showed on Thursday.
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In 2011, Trump's predecessor Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to address both houses of parliament in Westminster Hall, the oldest building in the parliamentary palace, which has also hosted South Africa's Nelson Mandela and France's Charles de Gaulle.
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The shakeup of the state-owned SNCF, a flagship reform for President Emmanuel Macron as well as the biggest reform of the railways since nationalization, is set to go onto the statute books, having been approved in both houses of parliament.
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A freedom of information (FOI) request filed by Press Association and reported by The Guardian found that there were 24,473 attempts to access pornographic websites from computers and other devices in the Houses of Parliament between June and October last year.
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While that will be a relief for the government, the issue is far from over as the measure needs be approved by the senate and then by three-fifths of votes from both houses of parliament, a process likely to take several weeks.
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That stance has widened divisions not only within her own Conservative Party but also across both houses of parliament, which like Britons at large, remain deeply split over the best way to leave the EU after more than four decades of membership.
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It is no coincidence that whereas America's Congress grandly occupies Capitol Hill, the palatial residence of India's figurehead president, built for a British viceroy, looks down from the hill it shares with the main ministries upon the lowly houses of parliament (pictured).
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The three-hour tour begins alongside the Houses of Parliament at Whitehall and passes through areas such as Belgrave Square, which is minutes from the royal residence of Buckingham Palace and Knightsbridge, which hosts the capital's famous department store and tourist hotspot, Harrods.
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After the Senate voted down a controversial labor reform bill on Monday, he used a rare constitutional mechanism, only allowed in Australia after the upper house rejects a bill twice, to dissolve both houses of parliament and put them to a vote.
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The timing of the strike action may come as a surprise to some as it comes just days after the passage of a historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in both houses of parliament that would simplify India's byzantine tax system.
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"In laying out the government's 12 guiding principles for the upcoming negotiations, Mrs May did remove some key question marks about the government's approach and promised that both houses of parliament would get to vote," said JPMorgan Asset Management strategist Stephanie Flanders.
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The Senate obstructed the bill at a meeting in February and if opposition continues at a scheduled review next month, it will be the second rejection and provide Turnbull ammunition to dissolve both upper and lower houses of parliament, according to Australian law.
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BERLIN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The mediation committee of Germany's upper and lower houses of parliament has agreed to reform tax breaks for people who inherit firms, officials said on Thursday, after a bitter dispute between political parties that has lasted nearly two years.
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After their leaders, 5-Star's Luigi Di Maio and the League's Matteo Salvini, joined forces to elect the speakers of the two houses of parliament last week many commentators saw the deal as paving the way to a 5-Star/League government.
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It comes a day after the chairmen of the budget committees in the upper and lower houses of parliament issued a statement in which they blamed the budget delays on government officials, saying "most of the figures simply did not just add up".
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Even if the budget draft has already been approved by one of the two houses of parliament, the numbers and timings of the citizen income supported the 5-Star and the pension reform sponsored by the League have not been unveiled yet.
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President Sergio Mattarella, who is the only figure with the power to dissolve parliament, has insisted that a new voting law must be adopted before calling an election, because currently there is a discrepancy between different systems for the two houses of parliament.
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The backbone of the network was built in the 19th century, after a series of cholera outbreaks and the "Great Stink" of 1858, when lawmakers abandoned the Houses of Parliament because of the stench of raw sewage from the nearby River Thames.
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Conte has used the back-to-back debates in the two houses of parliament to lay out a wide-ranging policy program, promising expansionary measures to boost the stagnant economy and pledging to bring in tax cuts for households, rather than companies.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Big Ben tower at the Houses of Parliament was more badly damaged by German bombs during World War Two than originally thought, experts said on Thursday, as the bill for its restoration rose by 18.6 million pounds ($24 million).
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Mr. Palmer, 48, was unarmed and guarding the houses of Parliament on March 22 when Khalid Masood, a British-born man with a history of violence, suddenly charged toward him and fatally stabbed him after driving a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.
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A committee mediating between the upper and lower houses of parliament in Germany has agreed on a carbon dioxide emissions price of 25 euros per ton from 2021 onwards for transport and heating, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
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In a separate tweet Tuesday morning, Trump referred to a crash outside the UK's Houses of Parliament as a "terrorist attack" committed by "animals," though the incident was still being investigated and the identity of the driver had not been publicly released.
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"As soon as possible following agreement at the EU level, we will bring forward the necessary domestic legislation to amend the definition of exit day," he added, noting that it would need to be approved by both the lower and upper houses of parliament.
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But there are currently few signs that the country has achieved anything like the success it had in the U.S. In mid-2015, German officials discovered that some entity had cracked open the internal server of the Bundestag, one of two German houses of parliament.
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In the UK, which some in the field see as being more liberal than the US in gene editing legislation, MRT was approved by both houses of Parliament last year, following a robust period of investigation, public debate, and multiple rounds of parliamentary review.
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In an address to the Irish houses of parliament Thursday, Barnier said that the Republic of Ireland, an EU-member state which shares a land border with the U.K., was in a "unique position" but pledged that it would receive additional attention in negotiations.
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Legislation to stop a no-deal Brexit, even if approved by parliament on Wednesday, would need to be approved quickly by the House of Lords, the upper chamber of Britain's Houses of Parliament, before parliament is suspended on Monday 9 September until mid-October.
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The claims have come to light amid accusations against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment, and while none are as serious as those made against the movie mogul, they nevertheless paint an unseemly picture of life in the Houses of Parliament.
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Under the current system, the upper and lower houses of parliament have equal powers and critics say this is one of the reasons why Italy has had 63 governments since World War Two, none of them strong enough to survive a full five-year term.
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"There are some fairly serious questions about how the U.K.'s constitutional settlement operates, not least the lack of democracy at the heart of the houses of Parliament," Stephen Gethins, the Scottish National Party's spokesman on Europe in the British Parliament, said in an interview.
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Despite British Prime Minister Theresa May pointing out that Downing Street names its own ambassadors, Boris Johnson, the UK's Foreign Secretary, was asked questions about Trump's suggestion Tuesday in the Houses of Parliament, and it has continued to be discussed as a serious option on UK media.
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Deadlock in the lawmaking process is a persistent bugbear between the lower and upper houses of parliament in Italy which has made reform (of the labor market as well as the constitution) a slow, tortuous process at a time when the recession-hit economy needed it most.
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A controversial shoring up and expansion of state surveillance powers in the U.K. has been agreed upon by both houses of parliament, clearing the way for the formality of Royal Assent and the passing of the Investigatory Powers bill into law before the end of the year.
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Emily Wilding Davison, best known for being fatally trampled by the king's horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913, hid in a broom cupboard in the Houses of Parliament during the census of 1911, so that a woman could list the House of Commons as her address.
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At present, there is a system based on proportional representation for both houses of parliament, but in the Chamber there is a lower threshold of votes needed to elect representatives, and a winner's bonus of seats for any party that gets 40 percent of the vote.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Jack Guy Lafontant, a political novice and medical doctor, took office as Haiti's prime minister on Tuesday following votes of confidence by both houses of Parliament, setting the stage for Haiti to have its first elected government in more than a year.
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According to the BBC, the event in the English county of Kent is just one of dozens that the Edenbridge Bonfire Society is throwing this weekend to mark the date Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up Britain's Houses of Parliament with a whole bunch of gunpowder.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The man who killed four people near Britain's Houses of Parliament on Wednesday had spent time working in Saudi Arabia but did not have a criminal record there or attract the attention of the security services, the Saudi embassy in London said on Friday.
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Under the constitution, a Supreme Court judge can be removed for proven misbehavior or incapacity only by an order of the president after winning a majority in both houses of parliament and after obtaining at least two-thirds of votes from the house members in the same session.
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"Even if Coalition manages to secure a majority Government, it will have materially less influence in the Senate and insufficient numbers across both houses [of parliament] to pass the legislation, which was the trigger for the early double dissolution election," warned Goldman Sachs economists in a Monday note.
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There has been one exception to this rule: Before her coronation in 1953 she wore the State Diadem crown, which she still wears each year for the short carriage journey (accompanied by more than a hundreds guards on horseback) from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.
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U.K. police are treating the Monday night explosion that killed at least 523 at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester as a terrorist incident, exactly two months after a lone attacker mowed down pedestrians with an SUV and stabbed a police officer outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
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The government has previously stated that May would trigger Article 50 by the end of the month, but a so-called Brexit bill could complete its final stages if both Houses of Parliament on Monday, leading to speculation that the formal announcement could be made as early as Tuesday.
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As the 2400-year-old prepares a constitutional change to lower the number of lawmakers in the two houses of parliament by up to a third, an Odoxa poll on Friday showed nine in 23 people like the idea, one of a myriad of reforms in the pipeline. bit.
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A pro-remain protester holds up an EU flag with one of the stars symbolically cut out in front of the Houses of Parliament shortly after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced to the House of Commons that Article 50 had been triggered in London on March 29, 2017.
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Armed police walk past emergency services attending to a man on the floor (top) and a police officer (centre right) outside the Palace of Westminster, London, after a policeman was stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers in a major security incident at the Houses of Parliament.
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EU membership is written into France's constitution and a move to change it would require first the approval of both the National Assembly and the Senate and then either a referendum, or approval from a three-fifths majority in Congress - a combined sitting of both houses of parliament.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - After hosting a G7 summit this week and escorting U.S. President Barack Obama on a visit to Hiroshima, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was widely expected to postpone an unpopular sales tax hike, call a snap election and seek big wins in both houses of parliament.
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The German government and both houses of Parliament have made various failed attempts to ban the party, most recently in 2017, when Germany's highest court ruled that despite the party's threat to the country's Constitution and its Nazi links, it was not relevant enough to pose a real threat.
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The complaint was filed by lower house representative Gary Alejano, who admitted it would be an "uphill battle" to impeach the president given support for him in both houses of parliament but said it would give the people of the Philippines a chance to voice their opinion on Duterte.
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STEP TWO: Pass the legislation New laws in Britain require the approval of both houses of parliament - the elected House of Commons, the main legislative body, and the unelected House of Lords, which is principally seen as a revising and refining mechanism, but does technically have the power to block laws.
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STEP TWO: Pass the legislation New laws in Britain require the approval of both houses of parliament - the elected House of Commons, the main legislative body, and the unelected House of Lords, which is principally seen as a revising and refining mechanism, but does technically have the power to block laws.
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Internationally the list includes some of the world's best known sky-scrapers and historic buildings including the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, London's Big Ben and Houses of Parliament, the Colosseum in Rome, Istanbul's Blue Mosque, the Eiffel Tower, Moscow's Kremlin and Red Square and the Pyramids of Egypt.
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Demonstrators inflated a 20-foot blimp depicting Trump as a baby in a diaper near the U.K. Houses of Parliament, with opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn calling the protests "an opportunity to stand in solidarity" with those Trump has attacked — including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who Trump again criticized during his press conference.
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Under Abe's watch, parliament in 2015 voted into law a defense policy shift that could let troops fight overseas for the first time since 1945, but any formal constitutional revision would require the backing of two-thirds of members of both houses of parliament and a majority of voters in a referendum.
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In a rare address to both houses of parliament which echoed the U.S. State of the Union address, the newly-elected president said that he planned to cut the number of lawmakers by a third in order to drive ahead with the overhaul plans which helped him ride to victory in May.
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The late morning move higher in sterling on Tuesday was believed to relate to headlines suggesting the government will need the support of both houses of parliament to trigger "Article 50" to leave the EU. This was interpreted by markets as slowing down the feared rush towards a "hard Brexit", rather than the inflation data.
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"We cannot ignore the warnings that have been proffered about the possible profound impact that the next months may possibly have on the poorest of our society," the archbishop said during the annual assembly of the General Synod of the Church of England at the church's headquarters, a short distance from the Houses of Parliament.
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But Bercow is one of three lawmakers who would have to sign off on any Trump address should an invitation be extended, the other two being the Speaker of the House of Lords (the upper house of Parliament) and Lord Great Chamberlain (who runs the parts of the Westminster Palace not controlled by the two houses of parliament).
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With that in mind, I decided to actually read the oft-referenced but rarely-quoted Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994 (CJPOA), in an attempt to answer the following three questions: why was the act written, what it did, and how its impact is still being felt 23 years after being passed in the Houses of Parliament.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition has a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament and public worries about terrorism ahead of the Olympics have grown after deadly attacks overseas, although an opinion poll released by Kyodo news agency on March 12 showed 45.5 percent were opposed to the bill while 33 percent favored it.
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He was referring to the bill, proposed by the Justice Ministry, that passed through a parliamentary committee and both houses of Parliament in just three days: The lower house of Parliament voted 167 to 97 in favor of the changes on Wednesday, partly decriminalizing abuse of office just one day after the Senate passed it overwhelmingly.
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Wittily painted with the dreary realism of the paintings that hang in Britain's Houses of Parliament and measuring more than 14 feet wide, the painting was shown at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in the artist's hometown to coincide with Britain's scheduled departure from the European Union on March 29 this year, a date that was postponed until Oct. 213.7.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a law that permits Russian authorities to label non-Russian media outlets as "foreign agents," in a move seen as retaliation against the U.S. The law passed quickly through both Russian houses of parliament over the past two weeks, and was signed into law by Putin on Saturday, according to Reuters.
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The rain pouring into the centuries-old Houses of Parliament in Westminster — which really is, quite literally, failing apart — was one of a series of mishaps that many saw as ridiculously on-the-nose metaphors for the Brexit mess: Half-naked protesters interrupted the Brexit debate on Monday, with their thonged backsides facing down toward MPs as they prepared for indicative votes.
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Demonstrators plan to mock U.S. President Donald Trump with a giant balloon depicting him as a screaming orange baby as tens of thousands march through the streets of London to protest the American leader&aposs visit to the U.K. The diaper-clad balloon infant, with a quiff of hair and a mobile phone for tweeting, is to soar Friday over the Houses of Parliament in London.
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