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单词 adjournment debate
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Definition of adjournment debate in English:

adjournment debate

noun
  • (in the UK) a debate in the House of Commons on the motion that the House be adjourned, used as an opportunity for raising various matters.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After a long and drawn out statement on the matter the Minister ran out of time and the issue was raised again during the adjournment debate.
    • The result adds to the pressure on government ministers following the House of Commons council housing group's report and an adjournment debate in parliament.
    • Government Ministers have now promised to investigate following a recent adjournment debate on the matter.
    • Orkney MP Alistair Carmichel has secured an adjournment debate at the House of Commons next week, regarding the closure of the Northern Lighthouse Board depot in Stromness.
    • The Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park posed questions in an adjournment debate at Westminster on behalf of residents who will suffer from the scheme.
    • The claimant's witness statement emphasises the degree of public concern about the case and refers to the adjournment debate in the House of Commons.
    • A number of northern MPs have indicated they will call for an adjournment debate in the next parliament if the company is given the franchise.
    • It announced that our MP, the redoubtable Oona King, had managed to procure an adjournment debate in the House of Commons.
    • Jenny Tonge, MP for Richmond Park, called for full consultation, while Twickenham MP Vincent Cable secured an adjournment debate in the House of Commons this week on Crossrail.
    • He also advised Mr Holmes to seek an adjournment debate on the matter so that specific circumstances could be discussed concerning a particular company.
    • Those members will have an opportunity this evening in the adjournment debate to debate this matter if they want to.
    • Mr Grogan said that he had applied for an adjournment debate in Parliament about subsidence.
    • Recently, I had an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on home education, having met some home educators in the constituency.
    • The news has also been welcomed by Sheffield MP Meg Munn, who earlier this year raised the issue through an adjournment debate in the House of Commons.
    • Pensions minister Ian McCartney was quizzed about what action the government intended to take to regulate pension funds solvency in Parliament during an adjournment debate.
    • Mr Grogan, who understands the costs are about £2 million higher than had been budgeted for by the agency, is also planning to seek an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on the issue.
    • Meanwhile, Anne McIntosh, Tory MP for the Vale of York, has secured an adjournment debate at the House of Commons in the New Year to discuss the effects of building a park-and-ride scheme near flood plains.
    • The matter was raised during the adjournment debate following the announcement by the company, that the Tallow cigar plant is to cease production.
    • Mr Martlew said he wished to flag up problems in the zero star-rated social services during the adjournment debate.
    • Limerick West Fianna Fáil TD John Cregan, who raised the issue in a Dáil adjournment debate, said the area has taken a proverbial hammering regarding jobs.
 
 
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