parliamentary commission

collocation in English

meaningsofparliamentaryandcommission

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parliamentary
adjective
uk
/ˌpɑː.lɪˈmen.tər.i/us
/ˌpɑːr.ləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
of or relating to ...
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commission
noun
uk
/kəˈmɪʃ.ən/us
/kəˈmɪʃ.ən/
a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the ...
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(Definition ofparliamentaryandcommissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparliamentary commission

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The regional council used the procedure of aparliamentarycommission.
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Theparliamentarycommissionamended the scheme to remove that facility.
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There has been much disquiet about the way in which theparliamentarycommissionconducted its proceedings.
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There would have been aparliamentarycommissionfor diverting the railway.
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I do not accept that theparliamentarycommissionwas the appropriate way to handle the matter.
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We may not like what theparliamentarycommissionhas done in this matter.
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Theparliamentarycommissionwas the longest which has ever sat and was chosen for three reasons.
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That brought the work of theparliamentarycommissionto a virtual standstill for several months.
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Lothian regional council's reason for using the procedure of aparliamentarycommissionwas that it would simplify overlapping statutory procedures.
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It is odd that aparliamentarycommissionseeking to take evidence and to be independent should proceed in that way.
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Aparliamentarycommissioninto the assassination of street children has been set up and its report recently adopted.
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Aparliamentarycommissionfound no truth in this accusation.
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Caplan was subsequently exonerated by aparliamentarycommission.
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It was in favour of the proposition that there should be aparliamentarycommissionor committee to supervise the running of the security services.
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There is genuine disquiet about the way in which theparliamentarycommissionconducted its affairs and that disquiet centres on several points.
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This resulted in investigation by aparliamentarycommissionand the eventual decline of the academy.
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From 1972 to 1974, he headed theparliamentarycommissionof public works and hydroelectric resources.
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This perplexed situation was resolved by a specialparliamentarycommission, which sat after 1923.
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A provisional specialparliamentarycommissionwas created to investigate the case more thoroughly.
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He was a member of the permanentparliamentarycommissionfor transport and water management.
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Simultaneously aparliamentarycommissionof inquiry investigated the condition of the state banks.
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He resigned as chair of theparliamentarycommissionon foreign relations in protest of this alliance.
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Between 2001 and 2003 she was chairperson of theparliamentarycommissionon fraud in the building sector.
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In 1830 aparliamentarycommissionrecommended that he be removed from office, finding misappropriations of court funds in 1805, 1806 and 1810.
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She was a member of a specialparliamentarycommissionwhich sought to recommend ways to increase the participation of female immigrants in the workforce.
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