Portal:Current events/2008 December 3
December 3, 2008 (Wednesday)
- Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Michael Martin accuses Scotland Yard of not having a search warrant before its officers entered Member of Parliament Damian Green's Commons office and failing to inform Serjeant-at-Arms Jill Pay that she was entitled to request one. (BBC News) (Hansard)
- Zimbabwe's Republic Police quell a march by doctors and nurses to protest against the 2008 cholera outbreak. (BBC)
- Queen Elizabeth II addresses the House of Commons with her traditional Speech from the Throne, outlining the Labour government's legislative program for the 2008/09 parliamentary session. (BBC)