Ministers address parliament and portentously announce that lessons will be learnt and changes made.

He was more careful when addressing parliament.

The about-turn followed widespread protests from teachers, backed by a petition signed by nearly 300,000 people and a series of experts who addressed parliament about the need for vaccinations.

No one goes to jail for utterances that are within the bounds of the law legislated by our democratic parliament.

Lesser authority lies in the hands of the democratic parliament and the popularly elected president.

Too expensive to raze, the citizens placed their new democratic parliament into one of the many great halls.

Only on that basis do unelected judges properly override democratic parliaments.

The republics inevitably sent to the federal parliament deputies only concerned to defend the interests of their own regions.

Police prevented the protesters finishing the final mile of their journey to the federal parliament building because they did not have official permission.

Under this proposal there would be a directly elected federal parliament.

The new constitution would make the country a federal presidential republic with a unicameral federal parliament.

He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the federal parliament in 1878.

In any case, a quarter of seats in the upper and lower houses of the national parliament are reserved for military appointees.

He has been a member of the national parliament since 2001.

He eventually set up a national parliament and drew up a written constitution.

Any proposal goes through unless a national parliament objects within six months: but this requires a government allowing parliament time to vote against something to which it has already agreed.

Yet none of the smaller ones would say that because we are not one of the biggest we should not bother to send anyone to the national parliament.

However, the political declaration will be open to changes if parliament votes for a closer relationship.

Although the prime minister appeared to rule out a no-deal departure yesterday, unless parliament votes for it, billions have already been spent on preparing for that scenario.

The discussion focused on what to do if parliament votes to stay in a customs union.

All that's before the risk that parliament votes it down anyway.

The government hints that even if parliament votes the deal down first time, that may not be the end of the matter.

But several separatistminded parties are jointly expected to hold a majority in the regional parliament and will back the referendum plan.

The regional parliament cancelled a session scheduled for today.

Legal advisers to the regional parliament have said that would break the assembly's rules.

The narrow majority for independence in the regional parliament suggests that there will be no immediate surge of support for a breakaway state.

The regional parliament has power over wide-ranging matters, including health services, education, environment, and postal services.

Her hopes of becoming speaker of parliament were dashed by the defeat.

After five years as deputy speaker of parliament, he cuts a reassuring figure, needing neither rosaries nor profanity to reach out to the voters.

In 2010, he failed in his bid to become deputy speaker of parliament.

They will be tasked with electing a new president, the speaker of parliament and two deputy speakers.

As of 2013, 28 different people have served as speakers of parliament.