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The Hansard Society, which aims to promote parliamentary democracy, called for backbench MPs to have greater control over what is debated and give the Speaker the power to summon MPs back during recesses in emergencies.

The platform has been referenced both in evidence submissions for the Transport Select Committee and in Hansard - the verbatim report of what is said in Parliament.

In the original song category, the record still belongs to Czech singer-songwriter Markéta Irglová, who was 19 when she shared the prize with co-star Glen Hansard for the ballad “Falling Slowly” from the film “Once.”

The service included several musical performances, organised by Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard.

Was the success of “Once” beginner’s luck or simply sparks cast off by one of its leads, Glen Hansard, Carney’s longtime bandmate in the Frames?