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	Speaker (politics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In most cases the speaker is elected from among the members of the assembly by the members, and whips are not allowed to be among the selection.
		Often the speaker performs his duties in a non-partisan manner, but in the United States, the Speaker is the most powerful position in the United States House of Representatives and participates in legislating.
		Speaker of the Riksdag (Speaker of the Swedish parliament)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deputy_Speaker (490 words)

	Speaker of the British House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land.
		Thus, the Speaker may disallow a closure, which seeks to end debate and immediately put the question to a vote, if he or she finds that the motion constitutes an abuse of the rules or breaches the rights of the minority.
		The Speaker does not vote in the division, except when the Ayes and Noes are tied, in which case he or she must use the casting vote.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Speaker_of_the_British_House_of_Commons (4224 words)

	Deputy speaker urged not to convene session: MMA, opposition in fresh row -DAWN - National; 25 September, 2004
		However, their viewpoint was rejected by leaders of the opposition who said that the deputy speaker was authorized to do so in the absence of the speaker.
		Fresh debate over the question of deputy speaker's powers to convene an adjourned session of the PA before its next scheduled meeting started after MMA's Ikram Ullah Shahid, deputy speaker of the provincial assembly, on Thursday last made public his intentions to convene the session by reverting the speaker's decision.
		Irked by the speaker's decision, Mr Shahid, who is unhappy with the provincial government because of its policies viz-a-viz development process, had told journalists that he would requisition the session to fulfil constitutional requirements.
	www.dawn.com /2004/09/25/nat6.htm (693 words)

	House Session Transcript for 05/10/2005
		Speaker, again, through you, it is my understanding, Representative Sayers, that currently the type of material that’s covered in these courses and eventually tested, deals almost exclusively with food preparation, food handling, the way one serves food in a manner that is certainly healthy and cleanly.
		Speaker, interest arose in addressing the penalties for possession of cocaine one more time, and considering equalizing the amount of cocaine, whether it’s in powder form or in free base form that would subject one to the enhanced penalty for either possession or distribution of those drugs.
		Speaker, I think that in the interest of striking a compromise, we may be having more of the unintended consequences that we found grew out of the policy decisions we made in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
	www.cga.ct.gov /2005/trn/H/2005HTR00510-R00-TRN.htm (10933 words)

	h056b
		Deputy Speaker, on the generic question of who made the decision, the Government made the decision that was made, I imagine, in a similar way to what the government did when the number of visits was reduced from 15 to 12.
		Deputy Speaker, we think the school year, the public school system, the work of teachers and, of course, the work of students in furthering their education are all important.
		Deputy Speaker, the proposed legislation deals with the circumstances in which a class proceeding might be brought, who might bring the claim on behalf of the group, how the proceeding would be conducted and the role the individual members of a class might play, and how the awards, again, should be distributed.
	www.gov.mb.ca /hansard/hansard/3rd-37th/vol_056b/h056b.html (9619 words)

	May 13, 1997 - Hansard
		Deputy Speaker, the leader of the federal New Democratic Party has made no secret of the fact that she is basing her campaign on this provincial NDP government.
		Speaker, there is widespread consensus that while the freedom and the fastpaced life of the street do lure some youth to leave home, the vast majority of children are fleeing from intolerable home situations, plagued by physical and sexual abuse, and alcoholism and other addictions.
		Speaker, when the NDP government passed this legislation, which was introduced by the former Tory government, they stated that despite their initial opposition to the Tory freedom of information Act, they believed it could service Saskatchewan well if administered in the proper spirit.
	www.legassembly.sk.ca /hansard/23L2S/970513H.htm (17901 words)

	House of Representatives Practice Fifth Edition
		The Speaker embodies the dignity of the nation’s representative assembly.
		Speaker Watt who was elected Speaker in 1923, was not a member of the governing coalition parties, but was a member of a party which supported the Government and was the governing parties’ nominee for the position of Speaker.
		The Speaker took the Chair and in the division on the motion of dissent the Deputy Speaker voted against the dissent, which was negatived.
	www.aph.gov.au /house/pubs/PRACTICE/chapter6.htm (14720 words)

	Deputy speaker defends ruling -DAWN - National; 30 June, 2004
		QUETTA, June 29: The Deputy Speaker of Balochistan Assembly, Mr Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, has criticized the opposition leader for threatening to 'break his legs'.
		Mr Bhootani rejected the allegation by the opposition leader that he (Mr Bhootani) had given the ruling against his privilege motion on the directive of an army officer and an agency.
		The deputy speaker said that it was the house that had rejected the privilege motion, and he had merely announced the decision of the majority.
	www.dawn.com /2004/06/30/nat15.htm (310 words)

	What does the Deputy Speaker Do?
		If it is required, the Deputy Speaker also rules any matter brought before the House to be contrary to the rules and privileges of Parliament and hence out of order.
		During the daily Question Period, when the Government is held to account for its policies and conduct, the Deputy Speaker ensures that it is conducted in a civil manner and that Members have a chance to participate.
		Although the Speaker is supposed to be impartial and non-partisan, the Deputy Speaker can continue to vote on issues of importance to the riding.
	www.chuckstrahl.com /view_page.php?id=495 (388 words)

	Mbete Re-Elected As Deputy Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Deputy Speaker Baleka Mbete was on Monday re-elected for a second five-year term, weathering a challenge from the Democratic Party - the first in its role as official opposition - in which the party nominated its own candidate for the post.
		The DP did not oppose the earlier nomination of Dr Frene Ginwala, who was returned as Speaker for a second five-year term.
		Gibson told Sapa the decision to nominate Smuts had been taken after the ANC told the DP on Monday morning it had not yet settled on a candidate for Deputy Speaker.
	www.anc.org.za /elections/news/en061505.html (467 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 2 - 02 March, 1922 - APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY SPEAKER.
		He has proposed as Deputy Speaker a member of the House who is not definitely opposed to the Treaty.
		It is usual, I think, in these cases—at least, if there are two parties in the House—if the Speaker is on one side that the Deputy Speaker be chosen by courtesy from the other side, it being understood that both should be non-partisan.
		If the Deputy for College Green and his friends will find a place where you can conveniently admit the public in reasonable numbers I am sure there would not be the slightest objection on this side.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/DT/D.S.192203020002.html (3475 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Deputy speaker's election postponed
		The election for the deputy speakership of the Lok Sabha, scheduled to be held tomorrow, has been postponed till the next session of the house.
		A decision to this effect was taken by the speaker, G M C Balayogi in consultation with the leaders of all political parties represented in the house.
		She said the election for the deputy speaker's post could be postponed for some time and a consensus could be evolved on the issue.
	www.rediff.com /news/1998/aug/03dy.htm (411 words)

	United Kingdom Parliament
		1980/89-2001 and 2002- Deputy Chairperson of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords Baroness Lockwood of Dewsbury
		1997- Deputy Chairperson of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords The Baroness Turner of Camden
		In 2006 she was among the 8 candidates for the new post of Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /United_Kingdom_Parliament.htm (728 words)

	Deputy Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The appointment was announced by Speaker of the House John B. Harwood during the opening session of the House earlier this month.
		The Deputy Speaker of the House presides over the House in the absence of the Speaker.
		Representative Inman, who during the last session of the House was the Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore, is also a member of the House Committee on Corporations and, during the 1997-98 session, was Chairman of the General Assembly's Joint Committee on Water Resources.
	www.rilin.state.ri.us /leg_press/1999/january/depspeak.htm (276 words)

	RULES OF PROCEDURE-SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER AND PANEL OF CHAIRMEN
		(2) The sitting of the Assembly for the election of the Speaker shall be presided at by the out-going Speaker or, in his absence, by the person nominated by the Governor under sub-rule (2) of rule 6 (hereinafter in this rule referred to as the Presiding Officer).
		(4) The Speaker or the Deputy Speaker shall not preside at a sitting of the Assembly when a resolution for his removal is being considered.
		(10) The Speaker or, as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker, shall stand removed from office on the resolution being passed by majority of the total membership of the Assembly.
	www.pap.gov.pk /laws/procedre/rulchp3.htm (843 words)

	Deputy Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		(d) The Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker from the Government Caucus be the Deputy Speaker within the meaning of the House of Assembly Act; and
		(e) Subject to Clause (d) the power and duties of the Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speakers under the Rules and Forms of Procedure be as assigned by the Speaker;
		(f) The annual salary of the Deputy Speaker, established pursuant to the House of Assembly Act, be divided equally among the three Chairmen of Committees and Deputy Speakers.
	www.gov.ns.ca /legislature/legc/dep_spkr.htm (160 words)

	XII LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session IV, (Budget)
		Speaker, Sir, I raise this point with a very heavy heart and I am as heavy at heart as all my colleagues would be because we always keep the Defence Forces in very high esteem.
		Speaker is here and all our colleagues here are responsible -- we will avoid that.
		You were the Speaker of the Kerala Assembly.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls12/ses4/0216039901.htm (1518 words)

	NDP \| NDP congratulates new Deputy Speaker
		Ottawa - NDP Leader Jack Layton today congratulated long-time New Democrat MP Bill Blaikie (Elmwood-Transcona) on his appointment as Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.
		This is the first time a New Democrat has held the position of Deputy Speaker.
		Blaikie was first elected to the House of Commons in 1979 and has been re-elected eight times; he is Canada’s longest serving Member of the House of Commons and most recently ran the election of Speaker as Dean of the House of Commons.
	www.ndp.ca /page/3606 (349 words)

	rediff.com: AP deputy speaker quits
		Andhra Pradesh Deputy Speaker K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday afternoon announced his resignation from the post, the legislative assembly and the ruling Telugu Desam Party.
		He was made deputy speaker but this did not placate him and he turned a dissident over the last year.
		Former assembly speaker G Narayana Rao, former MP M Narayan Reddy, former MLA N Narasimha Reddy and former Hyderabad mayor A Satyanarayana were among those who joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Friday.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/apr/27ap.htm (276 words)

	C A Atwal to be LS Deputy Speaker - Sify.com
		New Delhi: Charanjit Singh Atwal of the Opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will be chosen unanimously as the new Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, as he was the lone candidate to file his nomination papers till the expiry of the deadline this afternoon.
		Parliamentary sources said that the Deputy Speaker election was the first on the agenda of Wednesday's proceedings.
		The Akalis had been pressing for their candidate for the post on the ground that they had stood by the NDA through thick and thin, while within BJP there was pressure that the post should be taken by the party.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13493575 (398 words)

	DA takes on deputy speaker
		"The deputy speaker, no doubt, will claim she was acting in her capacity as an ANC MP and not as parliament's second-highest office-bearer.
		Obviously, the speaker and deputy speaker came from a political party, and would inevitably bring some amount of political bias with them.
		Leon said that within minutes after Mahlangu-Nkabinde started her calls, his own phone had started ringing, "bringing reports from outraged DA MPs who were furious that the deputy speaker had called them".
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-7-12_1768057,00.html (569 words)

	The Hindu : International : Sri Lankan House elects Deputy Speaker unanimously
		In a show of unavoidable consensus, Sri Lanka's 13th Parliament today elected candidates from the Government and Opposition to the posts of Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Committees, thereby averting a showdown in the 225-member House.
		While the Deputy Speaker's name was proposed and seconded by the Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, and a Minister, Maithripala Sirisena, Mr.
		No reasons were given for the crossover, but the move would have had an impact in case elections were held to the posts of the Deputy Speaker and the Deputy Chairman of Committees.
	www.hindu.com /2004/05/19/stories/2004051902511400.htm (306 words)

	Mamata gains in Deputy Speaker election episode
		The election of the deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha was getting too close to the bone of the BJP, and of the Congress.
		While it was politically expedient for all parties to defer the election, the Lok Sabha will be without a deputy speaker for six months after the constitution of the House, which is unprecedented.
		The name of Congress MP Manoranjan Bhakta came up as apossibility and it was suggested that Sayeed become the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, a position held by Bhakta, and Bhakta be made deputy speaker.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980805/21750234.html (423 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Deputy speaker
		The deputy speaker is in charge of the proceedings of the House of Commons in the absence of the Speaker.
		The deputy speaker's formal title is Chairman of Ways and Means, one of whose functions is to preside over the House of Commons when it is in a Committee of the Whole House.
		The deputy speaker also presides over the Budget.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk_politics/82119.stm (78 words)

	Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
		Teibi, head of the Arab Movement for Change, was chosen as deputy speaker by virtue of being the head of the largest Arab party represented in the Knesset.
		On Sunday, Knesset member Yoel Hasson of Kadima, the party of Zionist prime minister Ehud Olmert, wrote a letter to Itsek demanding that Teibi be disqualified as deputy speaker for keeping a portrait of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in his office.
		Teibi's appointment as deputy speaker of the Knesset drew angry objections from right-wing Israeli parties.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/060522/2006052203.html (518 words)

	BJP to fight Deputy Speaker election
		NEW DELHI, July 14: Gaining confidence from the assurances of support from allies, the Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up to take on the Opposition and face an election for the post of Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.
		At a meeting of the BJP and allies today, the Prime Minister was authorised to choose the nominee.
		There has been speculation that the matter would be put off to the next session since the BJP was unsure of getting its nominee elected in case of a contest.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980715/19650124.html (168 words)

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