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- noun UK A
bench placedperpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in theHouse of Lords on whichindependent orneutral members traditionally sit.
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Examples
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Labour, Liberal Democrat and cross-bench peers are discussing joint strategies to torpedo further elements of the bill when it begins its report stage in the Lords on Wednesday.
Ed Miliband: NHS reform defeat could save 6,000 nursing jobs 2012
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Labor has a majority in the lower House of Representatives but it needs the Senate support of either the conservative coalition or all seven cross-bench senators to pass any new laws.
Australia May Revisit Health Plan Rachel Pannett 2010
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If successful, he would join the House as a cross-bench peer, without formal party affiliation.
Lord Feargal Sharkey? UK Music head could be set for life peerage 2010
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Labor has a majority in the lower House of Representatives but it needs the Senate support of either the conservative coalition or all seven cross-bench senators to pass any new laws.
Australia May Revisit Health Plan Rachel Pannett 2010
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Make no mistake: their lordships were glorious – the cross-bench independents in particular.
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Labor has a majority in the lower House of Representatives but it needs the Senate support of either the conservative coalition or all seven cross-bench senators to pass any new laws.
Australia May Revisit Health Plan Rachel Pannett 2010
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Labor has a majority in the lower House of Representatives but it needs the Senate support of either the conservative coalition or all seven cross-bench senators to pass any new laws.
Australia May Revisit Health Plan Rachel Pannett 2010
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Make no mistake: their lordships were glorious – the cross-bench independents in particular.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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In the unending stream of new law it seems that changes have been made to the rules, and that cross-bench sittings may not be okay unless authorised by the Lord Chief Justice or some other grandee.
Archive 2009-09-01 Bystander 2009
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In particular it facilitated the practice of cross-bench appraisals, whereby a proportion of regular appraisals would be carried out by a suitably trained colleague from another court, giving a perspective untainted by familiarity.
Archive 2009-09-01 Bystander 2009
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