#parliament

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#function #get #life #parliament #politician

Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has rights to express their view in a spirit of tolerance. ↗

— Ron Davies

#every #express #i #i think #indeed

The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised. ↗

— Ron Davies

#context #every #exercised #freedom #freedom of speech

Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#basically #bottom #british #coming #doing

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#discovered #final #horrors #into #letting

I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. ↗

— George Stephenson

#been #bill #glad #i #i am

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats. ↗

— Jack Layton

#canadians #democrats #elect #get #here

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. ↗

— John Major

#frank #get #governments #i #i think

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? ↗

— John Major

#conflict #established #happens #parliament #scottish

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#central #challenged #dominated #equality #gender