Page 7 - Debating Chamber News Today

And camilla to begin. the queen went up and camilla to begin. the queen went up to meet the first minister on the steps of the senedd behind me here, she also met local schoolchildren from the local primary school not far from the senedd here. from the local primary school not farfrom the senedd here. she from the local primary school not far from the senedd here. she went in to the debating chamber in the middle of the senedd and for the first time during the pandemic she was greeted by all 60 ...

Her Majesty reminisced over the many happy memories with the Duke of Edinburgh in this wonderful country during her speech in Holyroods debating chamber at lunchtime on Saturday.

Parliament’s Speaker doesn’t want to stifle MPs’ free speech, instead he’s deputising all MPs to call out bigotry when they hear it.

©Kamira/Shutterstock.com “I am a Scotsman,” Sir Walter Scott once wrote; “therefore I had to fight my way into the world.” This list explains how these 14 buildings fought their way onto Scottish soil. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Craigievar Castle If there is one castle that typifies the jaggedly romantic outline of the tradi...

Roseanna Cunningham. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham’s decision not to seek nomination as an SNP candidate for the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections has cast political minds back to her historic victory in a Westminster by-election 26 years ago. On May 25, 1995, in a by-election called following the death of sitting Tory MP Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, Ms Cunningham was fir...

Maori New Zealand MP ejected from parliament gets dated tie policy thrown out The Maori MP who was ejected Tuesday from New Zealands parliament for not wearing a necktie has been successful in throwing out the dress-code requirement to wear what he calls "a colonial noose." Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 10, 2021 4:18 PM ET | Last Updated: February 10 Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi speaks in Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. 9, after he was ejected from parliament for not wearing ...

The stoush between Rawiri Waititi and the Speaker of the House is absolutely absurd. If Waititi wants to wear a hei tiki shaped taonga around his neck into

Ties now optional in Parliament after Rawiri Waititi booted out for not wearing one 10 Feb, 2021 07:33 AM 5 minutes to read Speaker Trevor Mallard has announced that ties are no longer mandatory in Parliament. Video / Mark Mitchell Speaker Trevor Mallard has announced that ties are no longer mandatory in Parliament. Video / Mark Mitchell NZ Herald Speaker Trevor Mallard has announced that ties are no longer mandatory in Parliament. It comes days after a dress code stoush between him and Māor...

Stoush between Speaker and MP the latest in an ongoing skirmish.

Stoush between Speaker and MP the latest in an ongoing skirmish.