{"id":101047,"date":"2017-03-20T09:31:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T09:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=101047&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=101047"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:36:54","slug":"political-updates-20th-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-20th-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 20th March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99277 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\" alt=\"Political-Updates-Logo-3\" width=\"760\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-705x264.png 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-450x169.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-500x188.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">This week&#8217;s\u00a0Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div   class='hr hr-full hr-no-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96460 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Commons-Logo.png\" alt=\"house-of-commons-logo\" width=\"86\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Queen has given Royal Assent to the Brexit bill, clearing the way for Theresa May to start talks to leave the European Union.<\/li>\n<li><strong>George Osborne MP\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as an editor for the Evening Standard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96461 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Lords-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"house-of-lords-logo\" width=\"107\" height=\"105\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of<strong> Lord Justice Fulford<\/strong> as the first <strong>Investigatory Powers\u00a0Commissioner<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-96464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"scottish-parliament-logo\" width=\"123\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Scottish Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Scottish Parliament has marked 15th March 2017 Commonwealth Day, which included an address to MSPs by the Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury MP, Speaker of the Bangladeshi Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-96463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\" alt=\"northern-ireland-assembly-logo\" width=\"107\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Northern Ireland Assembly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the Northern Ireland Assembly election on the 2nd March, the assembly is awaiting the formation of a government.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\" alt=\"european-parliament-logo\" width=\"198\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This week the Members of the European Parliament will be based in <strong>Brussels<\/strong>\u00a0for <strong>committee 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