Sentences with phrase «alli amendment»

She says peers should not pass the Alli amendment because they are at risk of sending too many amendments back to the Commons.

The «Alli amendment» was enacted in March 2010.

The Alli amendment was withdrawn, but when it was re-presented in March 2010, it was carried by a large majority of the Lords.

Not exact matches

But I was struck by Waheed Alli saying this in summing up: «I also thank the Bishops, former Bishops and theologians who wrote to the Times to add their support to the amendment.

In the House of Lords peers have just started debating an amendment tabled by the Labour peer Lord Alli saying the UK should stay in the European economic area.

Proposing the amendment, Labour peer Lord Alli said it was in line with official party policy and was what the majority of its members wanted.

I am writing to urge that the government back Waheed Alli's excellent reasoned amendment to the Equality Bill, which I understand is to be tabled in the House of Lords on March 2nd.

Indeed, the amazing vote on Lord Alli's European Economic Area amendment, last week, demonstrates that it can be mobilised even when the Labour Whips don't throw their backing behind it.

The claims come as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill tabled in the Lords by Labour peer Waheed Alli on Tuesday.

That was despite the fact that they had been told to abstain on the amendment to the Government's flaship EU Withdrawal Bill, which was tabled by Labour peer Lord Alli.

In March 2010, an amendment tabled by Lord Alli gained cross-party support to remove the ban on civil partnerships being held on religious premises.

Labour peer Lord Alli said the amendments were «a figleaf» to enable those opposed to the bill's purpose to fight it.

Great news to hear Labour's fantastic Waheed Alli's amendment on #SingleMarket #EEA carried with cross-party support in Lords - taking strong stand against reckless hard #Brexit - unusually I went up to Lords to watch result in person!

But peers are also expected to vote on one of three amendments tabled by the Labour peer Lord Alli saying that saying in the European Economic Area - ie, staying in the single market, like Norway - should be a negotiating objective for the government.

.@UKHouseofLords votes 245:218 in favour of Lord Alli's EEA amendments.

Labour peers have been told to abstain on this amendment, which means the government can be reasonably confident that it will be able to vote it down, but, as the Observer reported at the weekend, more than 40 Labour peers are expected to defy the whip and vote with Alli.