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From April 15 to 19, 2013, Her Excellency Diloram G. Tashmukhamedova, Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, led a parliamentary delegation to Ottawa and Toronto at the invitation of the Honourable Andrew Scheer, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons. The delegation was composed of Mr. Abdugafur Mamatov, M.P., Chair of the Canada-Uzbekistan ...

“If politicians in BiH are serious about their stated goal of joining the Euro-Atlantic community, they must be prepared to revisit their entrenched positions”, said Lord Jopling (United Kingdom), Chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security (CDS). Lord Jopling cited the manner in which political leaders in Northern Ireland managed to pull ...

From an environmental perspective, the delegation was informed by the Chair of the Environment Committee, The Right Honourable Lord Dafydd Ellis-Thomas and committee members of the great concern associated with the loss of Welsh coastline, given the dramatic storms that have hit the country in recent years.

Lord Morris had had particularly difficulty as he was one of three Rapporteurs. The United Kingdom delegation would strongly discourage Committees from appointing three or more Rapporteurs in future.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Senior Deputy Speaker, House of Lords; Mr. Simon Burton, Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords; Ms. Alison Giles, Director of Security for Parliament; and Ms. Meg Russell, Professor of British and Comparative Politics and Director of the Constitution Unit, University College London.

Holyrood, the new Scottish Parliament, designed by Catalan architect Enrico Miralles, was officially and formally opened on October 9, 2004. The Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Dan Hays, attended the opening on behalf of the Parliament of Canada. During this visit, he also had an opportunity to travel to Falkirk, Scotland to speak at a ceremony commemorating the centenary of the birth of ...

Lord Purvis of Tweed (U.K.) and Ms. Marie-France Lalonde (MP, CAN) addressed a future Canada-U.K. Trade Agreement, while Mr. McKay (in collaboration with High Commissioner Goodale) and Mr. Darren Jones (MP, U.K.) led the discussion on trade and cybersecurity.

Distinguished guests included Mr. Alex Fergusson, MSP, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament; Lord Dafydd Elis Thomas, Speaker of the Welsh Assembly, as well as MLAs, members of the leaders in the ethnic minority communities and organizations that support new immigrants.

La délégation, dirigée par le député Ed Holder, était constituée des membres suivants : L’honorable Nancy Ruth, sénatrice, L’honorable Jim Munson, sénateur, M. James Rajotte, député, M. Mike Sullivan, député. Les membres de la délégation étaient accompagnés d’Elizabeth Kingston, secrétaire administrative de l’Association interparlementaire Canada – Royaume-Uni. Les ...

The delegation concluded its visit in London, United Kingdom, where they met with: Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor; Lord Levy, Special Envoy to Prime Minister Blair on the Middle East; Mr. Paul Hayter, Clerk of the House of Lords and of the Parliaments; and Sir Michael Willcocks ...