emergency legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofemergencyandlegislation

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emergency
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.si/us
/ɪˈmɝː.dʒən.si/
something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofemergencyandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even in recent years, parliamentary scrutiny of theemergencylegislationhas been woefully inadequate.
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Unless we tackle it almost immediately it will be too late to do so, except foremergencylegislationwhich might appear to be onerously selective.
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My first point concerns the problems ofemergencylegislation.
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We are dealing withemergencylegislation.
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Is it not a fact that we are discussingemergencylegislation?
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As this isemergencylegislation, we should be especially concerned about the protection written into it.
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There is no doubt that when there is an emergency, withemergencylegislation, it is accompanied by very undesirable circumstances, particularly by screening.
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I can see no reason whatsoever whyemergencylegislationwhich is passed out there should not be made available to us in this country.
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It is admitted that this legislation was promoted asemergencylegislationto deal with the specific problem of unemployment.
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In those circumstances thisemergencylegislationcould just about be excused.
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But there can be no question of pinning thisemergencylegislationto its being carried into effect.
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We recognise that someemergencylegislationmay be necessary, but we cannot support the order.
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I do not think it should simply be pushed through inemergencylegislation.
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I can only tell him thatemergencylegislationpasses with the emergency.
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On the whole, most people will agree with me that it wants a very strong case indeed to justifyemergencylegislation.
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We are told that this isemergencylegislation.
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It is high time that theemergencylegislationwas reviewed.
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Will he take steps to deal with this matter, which has been far too long delayed, even ifemergencylegislationis required?
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It is another example of making permanent provision for continuing action at present taken underemergencylegislation.
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There are examples of colonies where we left behindemergencylegislationfrom the colonial era that was subsequently used against the population.
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