House Quote by Sushma Swaraj

As elected representatives, MLAs are accountable to the people and I will not allow anyone to undermine their importance.

— Amarinder Singh

Congress must control their MLAs.

— H. D. Kumaraswamy

Electorates need a simple MLA, even if the person is a big leader.

— Sushma Swaraj

We forget that the main constitutional responsibility of the MLAs and MPs that we vote for is law making, and oversight of the executive…

— Rohini Nilekani

The role of the speaker of the House is to deliver enough votes by understanding and accommodating the individual bottom lines of enough members…

— Jared Polis

At the end of the day, I want to make sure everyone feels supported and has somewhere to turn - and to make this…

— Lindsay Hoyle

As all Members of Parliament know, the ease and flow of making a speech outside the House is not at all the same as…

— Nicholas Soames

The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider…

— Winston Churchill

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

No one is obliged to take a position on the urgent issues of the day, but there are times when our impoverished public sphere…

— Pankaj Mishra

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these…

— Elizabeth Emken

Drafts of domestic legislation must be published, debated and publicly voted on, which gives ample opportunities to civil society organizations and ordinary citizens to…

— Thomas Pogge