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unusual facts about UK Parliament



Eton, Berkshire

Nationally, since 1997 the ward has formed part of the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor and is currently represented by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party.

External relations of the Isle of Man

The Parliament of the United Kingdom has paramount power to legislate for the Isle of Man on all matters but it is a long-standing convention that it does not do so on domestic ('insular') matters without Tynwald's consent.


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All-party parliamentary group

Other APPGs may be somewhat more frivolous in nature, such as the UK parliament's All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group.

Andrew Rosindell

In January 2012, he proposed that Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories should be represented in the UK parliament like dependencies of Australia, Denmark, France and the Netherlands have been.

Angela Smith

Angela C. Smith (born 1961), Labour Member of UK Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge, previously for Sheffield Hillsborough

Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon (born 1959), Labour and Co-operative life peer, formerly Member of UK Parliament for Basildon

Blacon

Blacon, as part of the City of Chester constituency, is represented in the UK Parliament by Stephen Mosley, Conservative Party.

Buchtar Tabuni

He was arrested on 3 December 2008, in his house in Sentani, near Jayapura, for organizing an 16 October protest supporting the launch of IPWP in the UK Parliament.

Demography of the United Kingdom

The Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills are responsible to the UK Parliament for education in England, though the day to day administration and funding of state schools is the responsibility of Local Education Authorities.

Donald Bruce

Donald Bruce, Baron Bruce of Donington (1912–2005), member of UK Parliament for Portsmouth North

Elfyn Llwyd

In August 2004 Llwyd joined Adam Price in a campaign to impeach then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair over the alleged misleading of the UK Parliament and for allegedly making a secret agreement with then US President George W. Bush to overthrow Saddam Hussein, amongst other charges.

Parliamentary Counsel

However, the post has been held by a number of distinguished lawyers, for example Bernard O'Dowd in Australia, John Ferguson McLennan specialising in Scottish law (which though enacted entirely in the UK parliament from 1707 until 1999, is distinct from English law), and William Philip Schreiner in South Africa.

Richard Gizbert

Martin Bell, former BBC correspondent and former member of UK parliament, testified on Gizbert's behalf at the tribunal.

Secondary mandate

The secondary mandate is a proposed system for indirectly electing the UK parliament's second chamber, as espoused by singer-songwriter-activist Billy Bragg.

Thorpe Thewles

The Member of the UK Parliament for Thorpe Thewles is Alex Cunningham and the local councilor for Thorpe Thewles is John Gardner.