cross-bench
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“The oddity is having bishops in the lords at all,” said Peter Ricketts, a retired British diplomat who is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, meaning that he does not represent a party.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
The new cross-bench politicians want to make their first speeches to parliament before speaking on the climate change bill, which may delay its introduction, a Greens official said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2022
“This harms equal status of each Justice,” Mr. Denniston wrote on Twitter, “gives the CJ arbitrary power, diminishes cross-bench exchanges, promotes wool-gathering by lawyers, prizes order over depth, lets technology triumph, looks amateurish.”
From New York Times ● May 18, 2020
A report by cross-bench peer Lord Skidelsky - commissioned by Labour and published earlier this month - recommended that people should work fewer hours to earn a living.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2019
Then Gunnar stands up, and Thrain too, and they go to the cross-bench.
From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by George Webbe Dasent
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