http://www.newstin.co.uk/uk/u-k-house-of-commons Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90936184 By Andrew Gimson Have your say Read comments Michael Martin, the Commons Speaker, will on Wednesday make a statement that will show whether he deserves to remain in office. It is more than conceivable that Mr Martin will play... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90936184 2008-12-02T00:01:00Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90940987 Key statement: Speaker Michael Martin, facing calls for his resignation, is due to make a statement to MPs at the Commons Labour was accused of plotting a political 'stitch up' with the Speaker as the furore over the arrest of... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:30:16 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90940987 2008-12-02T01:30:16Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90931929 Christopher Galley, the 26-year-old civil servant at the centre of the Damian Green affair, regularly leaked documents to the Tory frontbencher for nearly two years because he believed they would be "used in a responsible... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:42 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90931929 2008-12-02T00:04:42Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90931967 The Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, was mired in further controversy over the arrest of shadow minister Damian Green after a leaked email showed that the leader of the house, Harriet Harman, has called for a... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:41 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90931967 2008-12-02T00:04:41Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90931947 We welcome last Wednesday's debate in the House of Commons on the issue of asbestos-related pleural plaques. In October last year the House of Lords ended 20 years of established legal practice that those suffering anxiety as a... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:43 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90931947 2008-12-02T00:04:43Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90932296 Time to have another go at individually driven learning Central planning has failed. It has not spotted and filled the nation's "skill gaps" or raised productivity, or ensured economic growth by delivering qualifications, says... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:06:27 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90932296 2008-12-02T00:06:27Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90900983 The Conservatives have been sent an email by mistake, which details a meeting taking place tomorrow organised by the Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman to discuss the Speaker's Statement to the House. Invited to the... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:04:54 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90900983 2008-12-01T20:04:54Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90906959 Canadian opposition picks Dion as next leader : Canada's main opposition party said Monday that Liberal leader Stephane Dion will be the country's next prime minister if a coalition of opposition parties succeeds in toppling... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:42:02 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90906959 2008-12-01T18:42:02Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90807054 Justice Secretary Jack Straw today said that he had been "surprised" at the raid on the Parliamentary office of Tory frontbencher Damian Green. He said: "Everybody who has been made aware of these unfolding events of course is... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:44:17 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90807054 2008-12-01T11:44:17Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90783439 It was the sixth and last day of the Lords' debate on the Budget. This was the day of action and decision, and after to-day nothing in British politics will ever be quite the same. It was clear that the backwoodsmen had come... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:15:42 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/90783439 2008-12-01T09:15:42Z