Also, other Members of Parliament and several lobbyists were found guilty of contempt of the Parliament for disclosing confidential information or giving false evidence to Parliamentary Committees.

The committee found the government to be in contempt of Parliament.

The following have been held to be contempts of Parliament: 1.

It was the first time that a Canadian government had been found in contempt of parliament.

There is a legal offence called contempt of Parliament.

Some jurisdictions consider contempt of parliament to be a criminal offence.

It is currently a contempt of parliament to use the logo wrongly.

"If he says 'No' obviously we have contempt of Parliament.

The House would then decide whether to cite the brothers for contempt of Parliament.

These rights do not apply to enemy aliens or to persons arrested for contempt of Parliament.

In addition, it is contempt of Parliament, since we were elected by millions of citizens and are their representatives.

If the witnesses did not appear, the committee would report that to the Commons as a whole as a contempt of parliament.

Whiteman has been told to produce the relevant papers or be at risk of being in contempt of Parliament.

Actions that may constitute contempt of parliament include:

For witnesses giving testimony to an Australian parliamentary committee, giving misleading evidence can be considered a contempt of parliament.

A cabinet being found in contempt of parliament is without precedent in Canada or any other Commonwealth country.

MPs later voted unanimously to find him in contempt of Parliament for providing misleading information about his spending.

MPs accused of Contempt of Parliament may be suspended or expelled.

He was cleared of contempt of Parliament but was told his behaviour was "inappropriate and ill-advised".

The motion declared the government to be in contempt of Parliament over its withholding of costing information for prison construction and the F-35 procurement.

March 21, 2011: A House of Commons committee recommends that the Conservative government be found in contempt of parliament.

The opposition said Mr Harper's government was in contempt of parliament for failing to provide the estimated costs for a number of spending programmes.

Strauss alleged that this was an infringement of his absolute privilege of free speech and as such was a contempt of Parliament.

Contempt of Parliament consists of interference with parliamentary privilege and of certain acts that obstruct the house and its members in their business.

DePape's protest featured as the front cover illustration for a book on contempt of parliament published in Ireland in January 2012.

The individuals would be in "contempt of parliament" if they had "without reasonable excuse failed to attend before the House or a committee after being summoned to do so".