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Allow MPs to elect Speaker of Parliament - Ablakwa The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has underscored the need for the ballot to elect a Speaker in the 8th Parliament is done in secrecy. The legislator who would be returning to the House after winning the parliamentary election noted that the standing orders must be respected. He said MP MPs must be allowed to vote freely and according to their conscience. He admonished his other colleagues to begin a vigorous ...

Rahul Bhattarai Former National Party MP David Carter has been awarded the Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services as a speaker of the House. Sir David Carter on becoming speaker in 2013: "I was reluctant initially to give up my role in agriculture." Photo: YouTube / NZ Parliament The retired MP said it came as a surprise when he received the offer letter for the knighthood about six weeks ago. Carter was speaker of the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017 a...

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council Cllr Brian Tierney has called a Special Confidential Full Council meeting to take place next Tuesday. The meeting will be held to discuss calls for a suspension of flights to and from City of Derry Airport and Great Britain. Among those calling for a suspension is Sinn Fein Cllr Sandra Duffy. She says Tuesday is the earliest that the meeting could be facilitated in line with Standing Orders, although her preference would have been top have t...

Subscriptions are shaping the payments landscape as we know it  Published 3 months ago Nick Raper, Head of UK at Nuapay  Subscriptions are a rapidly increasing trend in today’s payments landscape, particularly since the pandemic began restricting consumers’ access to physical stores. Nuapay’s clients are testament to this, with some video streaming services using Nuapay’s payment solutions seeing a 25% jump in subscriptions in March 2020 alone. Subscriptions provide a method of recei...

Sursa foto: Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea The plenum of the Chamber of Deputies approved, on Tuesday, the numerical and nominal composition of the permanent committees. The permanent committees of the Chamber are the following: * Committee for Economic Policy (chaired by the Social Democrat Party - PSD) * Committee for Budget-Finance (chaired by the National Liberal Party - PNL) * Committee for Industries and Services (chaired by the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania - UDMR) * Committee for T...

Senate chairman, deputy at odds over NAB motion Sadiq Sanjrani raises objections to a requisition notice moved by opposition Pervaiz Rashid accuses Imran of misappropriating donation money. PHOTO: NA.GOV.PK ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani and Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla appear to be at odds over requisitioning of a session of the upper house of the parliament to discuss and admit a privilege motion moved by the latter against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authoriti...

A whole host of cuts to interest rates on savings - and current - accounts have been seen this year. However, there are still a number of banks and building societies offering current account holders the opportunity to earn more than one percent AER on portions of their money. The Lloyds Bank Current Account, Club Lloyds, offers variable credit interest. This account has no monthly fee for maintaining the account if the person pays in £1,500 each month. Lloyds Bank customers may be able to ear...

2020: The Protests That Didn’t Make It The Centre has, since last one year, passed on several legislations which directly and indirectly give effect to social and political restructuring PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak Aishwarya Bhattacharyya, Muzammil Yaqoob 2020-12-19T17:42:07+05:30 2020: The Protests That Didn’t Make It outlookindia.com 2020-12-19T17:50:32+05:30 Also read This year, the Indian subcontinent will be reviewed as a researcher’s delight. Repressi...

COMMENT | Who do we blame for political mess were in? A - COMMENT | Let me state my position clearly. This article is not written in favour of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim or to oppose him. I’m just trying to be rational. Is this the end of the road for Anwar, as some suggest? Has he reached the end of his political career, as others claim? I don’t think so. But some politicians seem to believe so while others are busy whipping up sentiments of hatred to get rid of Anwar for selfish reas...

); Opinion: If there’s a will, there’s a way: provision of maternity leave for TDs is not insurmountable Professor Sarah Childs from the University of London and Dr Fiona Buckley of UCC say we should look to the UK changes for MPs and maternity leave and get on with necessary reform here. By Prof Sarah Childs & Dr Fiona Buckley Friday 18 Dec 2020, 7:00 AM Dec 18th 2020, 7:00 AM 18,334 Views ...