单词 | morning sitting |
释义 | > as lemmasmorning sitting morning sitting n. Parliament (a) (during the late 19th cent., until 1902) an afternoon sitting of the British House of Commons; (b) a sitting of this House taking place in the morning . ΚΠ 1866 Hansard 18 June 184 535 The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, he believed it was not usual to make a formal Motion on the subject of morning sittings. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 2/2 The notice that a bill will be opposed..prevents any stage of a bill being taken during..the last ten minutes of a morning sitting. 1894 Daily News 17 Jan. 5/3 There have been twenty-three morning sittings of the House of Commons since the beginning of the present session. A ‘morning’ sitting, as most people know, opens at two o'clock in the afternoon, and ends at seven. 1906 T. L. Webster in May's Treat. Law Parl. (ed. 11) ii. viii. 213 Sittings of the house known as ‘morning sittings’ were sometimes held..from two o'clock until seven o'clock... The standing orders..which regulated these sittings were repealed, 1st Dec. 1902. 1924 Economica No. 11. 141 The House has..changed its habits with regard to its hours of sitting since the close of the eighteenth century. Morning sittings used to be the practice of the House and evening sittings were regarded as most objectionable. 1960 Eng. Hist. Rev. 75 456 In his ministry of 1868–74 Gladstone could find time for his important measures only by frequent recourse to special ‘morning sittings’ lasting from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. 1965 Times 13 Aug. 5/3 Opportunities for brief speeches and morning sittings of the House were two other matters referred to the committee but lack of time prevented their consideration. 2003 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 9 Jan. The first week of family-friendly morning sittings of the House of Commons was bound to disappoint. < as lemmas |
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