parliament

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Sturgeon, who resigned as first minister in March 2023 and stepped down from parliament at this month's election, issued a statement through her lawyers on Monday.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The five-year parliament, which sits twice a year, has 45 members from across the world: 30 representing three traditional provinces, 10 representing five religious traditions and five representing the diaspora.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Earlier this month a Constitutional Court ruling said parliament had acted unconstitutionally when four years ago it voted against establishing an impeachment inquiry following the report.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

He says now Patrice Lumumba and the other elected Congolese are trading chickens and eggs to set up a government that everybody in the parliament will go along with.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver