parliamentary

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His historical legacy rests not only on his mastery of parliamentary procedure, but on his deployment of the upper chamber’s prerogatives with lethal precision.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The PMB ballot is held at the start of every parliamentary session, where each backbench MP who enters is allocated a numbered white ball, and 20 balls are randomly pulled from a goldfish bowl.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

But they did not oppose his candidacy, parliamentary sources told AFP.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Andy Burnham, the current Mayor of Greater Manchester, is expected to vie for a parliamentary seat in a special election in Makerfield in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

On March 8 the committee was prepared to submit its report, thereby assuring that the controversy would not go away or get buried in some parliamentary graveyard.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis