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Alex Salmond launches new Scottish independence plan
... It keeps the constitution at the forefront of The Debate, it puts pressure on SNP MSPs to back him, and it keeps his Alba Party relevant...
PMQs: Rishi Sunak accuses Greek PM of grandstanding over Elgin Marbles
... " The Debate then turned to migration, with Mr Sunak claiming Sir Keir wanted closer cooperation with the EU, claiming the Labour leader backed " Brussels over Britain every single time"...
Kenya abortion: Women go to backstreet clinics amid legal ambiguity
... It was this group that led The Debate to help draft the 2010 constitution, which for the first time in the country s history provided a legal, albeit limited, avenue for abortion...
Reform UK denies claim it offered Tory Lee Anderson money to defect
... " Obviously I will keep those discussions completely confidential but let me make it absolutely clear, no cash or money has in any way been offered, what has been offered is the chance to change the shape of The Debate...
Inverness provost caught cleaning windows during meeting
... Mrs Campbell Sinclair said she had continued to listen to The Debate, and had been trying to squeeze in some cleaning into her busy schedule...
Museum reclassifies Roman emperor as trans woman
... The Debate over Elagabalus s gender identity is long-standing and often splits academics...
Concern over delay to abortion clinic buffer zones
... Lord Sharpe added: " This is new legislation on an emotive topic and there are strong views on all sides of The Debate, and determining the appropriate balance will not always be straightforward...
Covid inquiry: What has Sir Patrick Vallance said in his diaries?
... The first entry from his diaries we know about so far comes from May 2020, and focuses on The Debate around how to release lockdown restrictions...
Owen Paterson: Minister Stephen Barclay expresses regret over vote
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Stephen Barclay expresses " regret" over the " mistake made last week"Minister Stephen Barclay has expressed his " regret" over the " mistake" the government made with the vote on Owen Paterson 's conduct last week.
Government-backed plans to review MP standard rules, after Mr Paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules, were withdrawn following a backlash.
Mr Paterson has since resigned his North Shropshire seat in Parliament.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the government of " giving a Green Light to corruption".
Speaking during an emergency debate on the subject, Sir Keir said " the government wants to weaken The System because it keeps investigating and finding against them".
He also accused the Prime Minister - who did not attend The Debate - of " running scared".
And at the beginning of The Commons debate - which is due to last for Three Hours - Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said it was essential to " sort out The Mess we're in".
He Said any review of The Process had to to be done on a cross-party basis.
Mr Paterson's resignation as a Conservative MP came after the government blocked a proposal to suspend him for 30 Days and review the whole investigation system, before backtracking after an outcry from opposition parties and some Tories.
The sanction was recommended by The Commons Standards Committee following a Kathryn Stone that found he had repeatedly breached Commons rules banning " paid advocacy".
Mr Paterson denied breaching Commons lobbying rules, and said The Process for investigating him was Unfair .
Source of news: bbc.com
