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  The Canadian Real Estate Blog
In fact, a parliamentary committee recently called for the sale to be put on ice until these details are made available to the public.
Real Estate in the Northwest Territories has be on the rise for the last three or four years do to an expanding resource sector.
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)released its report as mortgage rates were climbing to their highest level in five years - and as the Bank of Canada was considering raising other borrowing costs to cool what it calls an economy that's operating beyond its non-inflationary capacity.
surerealestate.blogspot.com   (6255 words)

  
  Parliament of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The franchise in parliamentary elections for county constituencies was uniform throughout the country, extending to all those who owned the freehold of land to an annual rent of 40 shillings (Forty-shilling Freeholders).
From 1326 the "three estates" had clerics, lay tenants-in-chief and the burgh commissioners sitting in a single chamber, with powers over taxation and a strong influence over justice, foreign policy, war, and legislation.
The Commons, the last of the "estates" of the Kingdom, are represented in the House of Commons, which is formally styled The Honourable The Commons in Parliament Assembled (commons coming not from the term commoner, but from commune, the old French term for a district).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliamentary_Estate   (6824 words)

  
 Dáil Debates Official Report -11-5-99
Estates in the Sutton area have been built house by house resulting in the phenomenon of people paying huge mortgages for expensive houses and, in one case, living for seven years in what was effectively a building site.
Such estates are a hazard to the safety of the adults and children living on them and seriously detract from the quality of life of residents.
In housing estates in smaller towns, one access road is used for different phases of building and that can lead to a great deal of disruption and hardship for the people living in the first phase of the estate.
www.irlgov.ie /debates-99/11may99/sect7.htm   (10254 words)

  
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Parliamentary vehicles Two vehicles are owned and operated by the authorities on the House of Commons estate: one of them is electric-powered (a delivery van owned by the Refreshment Department), the other (a delivery van owned by the Works Services Directorate of the Serjeant at Arms Department) is not.
Members to or from the parliamentary estate are not primarily the responsibility of the House of Commons Commission.
The estate consequently emits huge levels of carbon dioxide as a result yet efforts to reduce them are undermined by a variety of factors, most notably by the 40% cut made to the budget since 1997.
www.libdems.org.uk /documents/parliament/Green_Parliament_Oct05_pt2.doc   (4730 words)

  
 ASGP | Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Parliamentary immunity protects parliamentarians against civil or criminal proceedings for acts undertaken outside the exercise of their parliamentary function.
In countries where a system of parliamentary immunity is in force, the principle is generally found in the constitution and generally has remained unchanged, with hardly any evolution over time.
Parliamentary immunity in many countries applies from the day the member is elected.
www.asgp.info /forum/forum_item_3.htm   (970 words)

  
 parliamentary sovereignty
The concept of parliamentary sovereignty means that Parliament is the supreme legal authority in the UK.
Parliamentary Sovereignty is regarded as the main principle of the British Constitution.
Parliamentary sovereignty or Parliamentary supremacy is the concept in British constitutional law that a parliament has sovereignty.
www.jointctr.org /?Category=parliamentary+sovereignty   (356 words)

  
 WOMEN MEMBERS OF FINLAND’S PARLIAMENT
During the Diet of the Four Estates, the right to vote was a privilege extended to only a narrow segment of the population.
Outside their parliamentary career, about 23 per cent of the women who are now Members of Parliament work in the social welfare or health sector.
Women were notably active in the parliamentary sessions of 1907, 1947 and 1977, when the percentage of proposals made by individual women Members, and of proposals they instituted, was greater than would have been assumed on the basis of the percentage of parliamentary seats held by women.
www.eduskunta.fi /efakta/opas/tiedotus/naisede.htm   (1856 words)

  
 CIOT | The Chartered Institute of Taxation: Estate Duty Versus Inheritance Taxation 1894
Should the estate duty form be retained or replaced by an inheritance tax, in one of its versions, which would mean taxing individual beneficiaries on what they received instead of levying tax on the aggregated property of the deceased?1
Settled property was to pay the Estate duty only once during the continuance of the settlement, but as a partial compensation to the revenue it was to pay an additional duty of 1 per cent.
that it was a debt due from the estate of the deceased to the State in consequence of the deficiency of his contributions during his life...
www.tax.org.uk /showarticle.pl?n=&id=1566&p=1   (2389 words)

  
 iafrica.com | news | sa news MPs' estate a hot crime target
Acacia Park, a parliamentary estate which provides relatively inexpensive accommodation for out-of-town Members of Parliament in Cape Town, was hit 24 times by crime last year — and twice in the first three months of this year.
During 2004 three people who lived on the estate were arrested — including one man who was the son of a domestic worker.
In both incidents of crime on the estate this year, food was taken, the minister reported.
iafrica.com /news/sa/705144.htm   (390 words)

  
 Fourth Estate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term Fourth Estate refers to the press, both in its explicit capacity of advocacy and in its implicit ability to frame political issues.
Burke, as author of Reflections on the Revolution in France, could have had in mind precisely these three estates, or the three referred to by Henry Fielding in the quotation below.
The term Fourth Estate has less frequently referred to the proletariat in opposition to the three recognized estates of the French Ancien Régime.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fourth_estate   (289 words)

  
 006.05.05: Other Documents
In assisting Members of Parliament in their work in committees, Parliamentary bodies and other Parliamentary activity which facilitates the functioning of the Parliament, and, support of the Parliament’s legislative, oversight and representation functions, accessibility in a real time or near real time manner should be extended to access and use ‘in committee’.
Parliamentary Officials and Administration staff will also need to have access themselves to information in an accurate and timely manner, as it is in part their function to ensure the smooth running of Parliamentary activities such as the running of ‘committees’, and, the provision of oversight and interrogation.
For example, a two-way index between the transcription of Parliamentary proceedings and the full video and audio archive would enable a research assistant to move seamlessly between the written text of the transcript and the ability to view on demand the actual archived recordings of that particular debate in the chamber.
www.parliament.cy /parliamenteng/006_05_05_02.htm   (8353 words)

  
 Seanad Debates Official Report - 22-03-00
Essentially this is about the protection and preservation of one of the most important parts of Ireland's living heritage, Mount Congreve Estate, County Waterford, which is under threat by the National Roads Authority's proposal to route a bypass road through part of the estate.
I understand that Mount Congreve trustees agreed last year to the undertaking of various tests and surveys on the property and their results will be incorporated in the environment impact statement, which is due to be published shortly.
Dúchas, the heritage service, is involved in ongoing discussions and we hope there is a positive outcome for both the estate and the gardens, which are an important part of the estate.
www.irlgov.ie /debates-00/s22march/sect7.htm   (2204 words)

  
 W for We Think Lack of Democracy Is the Problem by Jørn K. Baltzersen
In the novel it is clearly stated that the parliamentary estate has long since been abandoned, and Parliament’s power is long gone.
The loss of parliamentary power and whether the estate had been abandoned in the movie was not so clear to me. Moreover, V’s funeral at the end, when he is sent with a tube train under Downing Street in the novel, turns into a funeral under the Palace of Westminster in the movie.
It is the claimant to being mother of parliamentary democracy all over the world that is being demolished.
www.lewrockwell.com /baltzersen/baltzersen22.html   (1659 words)

  
 PARLIAMENT HOUSE ESTATE
By the very nature of things, Parliament House Estate as a whole and the Chambers of the two Houses in particular are subject to strict security precaution all round the year.
The approach roads which cut across the Parliament House Estate and form part of the Estate are not allowed to be used as public thoroughfares.
The outer wall of the corridor on the ground floor of the building is decorated with a series of panels depicting the history of India from the ancient times and India’s cultural contacts with her neighbours.
www.parliamentofindia.nic.in /ls/intro/p2.htm   (4160 words)

  
 Members' Allowances: 3 Nov 2004: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
One of those is the amount of accommodation that is available on the parliamentary estate; another is that those of us with constituency offices incur considerable additional costs, which are not incurred by Members who have all their staff located here.
Members with staff who are based only on the estate get the whole IEP and do not bear the costs of a constituency office, as, for example, I do.
The proposed provision for the reimbursement of parking—for parliamentary duties only—will be fully justified if the House agrees to reduce the mileage allowance as the SSRB has recommended.
www.theyworkforyou.com /debates/?id=2004-11-03.315.0   (7310 words)

  
 Business Administration - Course Descriptions
A continuation of BAD 1121 with emphasis on developing leadership ability, establishing career goals, learning parliamentary procedures and promoting participation in various school, community, social and civic activities.
Designed to cover institutions of real estate finance, sources of funds, mortgage risk analysis, procedures, and policies of financing residential, industrial and commercial properties.
BAD 2743 - REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL I. An introductory course covering the purposes of appraisals, the appraisal process; and the different approaches, methods and techniques used to determine the value of various types of property.
www.icc.cc.ms.us /division_pages/business/course_descriptions.htm   (374 words)

  
 Hain gives speech on SSRB report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
That is why I have always had my staff here in the parliamentary estate, and why I want to ensure that my successor has the same option, if he or she decides that that is in the best interests of constituents.
Friend the Leader of the House and the review body are worried about pressure on the parliamentary estate because of the number of people using the facilities here, I would gently suggest that the report is aiming at the wrong target.
If they continue that practice and exercise their judgment that their staff should be in their parliamentary estate office, they will not be able to do the other things for which IEP provides, because they will have only £5,000.
www.commonsleader.gov.uk /OutPut/Page856.asp   (21520 words)

  
 The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha
Besides, he is assisted by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha and senior officers of the Secretariat on parliamentary activities and on matters of practice and procedure.
The entire Parliamentary Estate is under the authority of the Speaker.
As regards recognition of parliamentary parties it is the Speaker who lays down the necessary guidelines for such recognition.
www.speakerloksabha.nic.in /roleofthespeaker.asp   (2394 words)

  
 The Job | June 24 2005
Officers also constantly monitor the estate’s CCTV cameras and while Parliament is in session there are constant patrols along Westminster and Lambeth bridges and the Thames’ southbank area.
Workers on the estate have a phoneline to report suspicious packages which are carefully inspected and x-rayed by Met officers and dealt with appropriately.
Officers also monitor hundreds of fire alarms across the parliamentary estate and messages are sent, via computer-aided dispatch, instructing to check for potential fires.
www.met.police.uk /job/job964/live_files/7.htm   (1344 words)

  
 Parliamentary Prayer Update - June
Hello and welcome to the Parliamentary prayer update, my name is Gareth Wallace and I work in Westminster for the Evangelical Alliance Public Affairs Department.
An unprecedented number of prayer gatherings (large and small) have taken place across the Parliamentary estate and Whitehall departments.
The Evangelical Alliance Public Affairs department produces a monthly parliamentary magazine, PQ, and a monthly ‘Prayer and Campaigns’ action and prayer sheet.
www.eauk.org /media/media/parliamentary-prayer-june.cfm   (946 words)

  
 Green Parliament Report
The House of Commons uses enough electricity every year to supply a town the size of Newhaven - this is one of the key findings released today in a report into environmental practices on the parliamentary estate by Lewes MP and Lib Dem Shadow Environment Secretary Norman Baker.
The report, released as MP’s return to Westminster, shows that whilst MPs are urging people to take action to tackle climate change and other environmental concerns, their words are not being backed up with action in their own parliamentary surroundings.
Environmental damage of food purchasing: bottled water purchasing has risen 85% since 2001; 1 in 3 beers and ciders purchased are produced overseas; 1 in 3 fish species purchased are from threatened fish stocks.
www.normanbaker.org.uk /press_releases/2005/051010_GreenParl.htm   (425 words)

  
 Several hon. Members who have...: 22 Apr 2004: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Clearly, it is absurd to consider in isolation a specific part of the parliamentary estate instead of examining carefully the estate as whole.
Indeed, if it deflects attention from the genuinely urgent issue of screening people who come into the parliamentary estate, we do them a disservice and put them at greater risk.
It is important that those who believe that we must take a comprehensive view of the security of all the buildings understand that the screen could divert attention from what is genuinely important.
www.theyworkforyou.com /debate?id=2004-04-22.478.2   (331 words)

  
 Auditor-General's Report #3 for 2003-2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In this regard, the Parliament through its Parliamentary Committee structures may wish to re-assess its procedures and practices including the documentation requirements for travel expenditure claims by Members of Parliament as outlined in the Members’ Entitlements Handbook to assist Members in demonstrating that travel undertaken is primarily for Parliamentary business.
In relation to Mr Hayward’s comments on the Narangba Industrial Estate’s industries in Parliament on 8 November 2002, I have considered this issue in terms of the requirements of the Code of Ethical Standards and I have concluded that it is one for consideration by the Member and the Parliament.
For industrial estates other than those that are special industry zoning, Land Management Plans are developed by DSD in consultation with the relevant local Council which award a land classification and development strategy for the area against which development applications are assessed.
www.qao.qld.gov.au /publications/document/0304report3.htm   (13397 words)

  
 Spy Blog: Festung Parliament - missing visitors' passes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
An example of this is the question of Visitors' Passes to the Houses of Parliament raised as a Parliamentary Question:
(2) how many grey visitor passes issued to visitors to the parliamentary estate have been lost since they were introduced; and what efforts have been made to recover them; [194317]
(3) what measures are in place to ensure that grey visitor passes issued to visitors to the parliamentary estate are successfully retrieved from visitors when they leave the parliamentary estate.
www.spy.org.uk /spyblog/2004/11/festung_parliament_missing_vis.html   (425 words)

  
 Complete Tosh, by Neil McIntosh: Great unlikely parliamentary exchanges (i)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This new website lets you search parliamentary records for speeches and written answers, and brings together information on what your MP has been up to from a variety of sources (including the Guardian).
Hey - the "where's the Wifi" conversation is the kind of conversation we're having at work now, but somehow wouldn't expect the politicians to be having for at least ten years yet (based on their adoption of other, more mainstream technologies, like email).
And it's also a great example of why theyworkforyou.com is a wonderful thing - an interesting but entirely ordinary, workaday parliamentary exchange has been brought to light only because a group of volunteers has gone to the trouble of making it properly accessible.
www.completetosh.com /weblog/2004/06/great_unlikely_.html   (452 words)

  
 Information for students
It also gives details of the different training courses available, including how to get access to and use the parliamentary intranet, which is an indispensable tool which you will need to arrange access to as soon as you can.
If you can, ask a colleague to show you round the Parliamentary Estate, especially where the key offices are.
The Library’s specialist and reference staff are happy to help you with work for your Member in connection with his/her parliamentary duties, but please don’t ask them for anything in connection with your own dissertations or other academic work – they can’t assist with that.
www.lse.ac.uk /collections/LSEInternships/parliamentaryInternships/preparingforinternship.htm   (370 words)

  
 ::: Department of the Official Report (Hansard) - Services :::
The reports can be accessed by clicking on the link “Today in the Commons” in the Hansard section of the parliamentary website http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/home.htm.
Government departments deliver parliamentary questions and answers to the Official Report, where they are given headings, sorted, collated and processed.
Annunciator staff provide constantly updated information on the subject of debate, the stage of a Bill’s progress, the person speaking, constituency, the time that person began speaking, Divisions, etc. The information is displayed on screens throughout the parliamentary estate and in Government Departments.
www.hansard-westminster.co.uk /services.asp   (1582 words)

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