Sentences with phrase «mps voting that day»

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Pursue Justice 2016 comes just days after British MPs voted to recognise Islamic State's treatment of Christians and other minorities, such as Shia Muslims and Yazidis, as genocide.

Top barristers warned the live export trade's days are numbered; the Australian Greens echoed this sentiment, renewing calls for the trade to be banned; Federal Labor MPs re-ignited the debate for mandatory stunning; and all parliamentarians will get the chance to make this happen when Independent MP Andrew Wilkie's legislation to require stunning for all exported animals is voted on in the coming months.

I do not know who I would vote for, now John has stepped down, Abbott carries a lot of baggage with her, telling Blair about his kids going to private school while hers did as well, on the whole I suspect I would vote Abbott, sadly it makes little difference, it does look as if David Miliband will win this one, he is new labour, the new Mp's are mainly new labour, it does look like the days of the working class are over, perhaps one day we will get a party I some how doubt, it, so where does labour stand, we have the Conservative party big business, we have liberals not to sure, we have New labour big business Tory Tory and Liberals.

After a series of terrible polls for Labour in recent days, Corbyn told MPs he planned to enthuse people to vote for the party through the use of «online media».

Their aim has been to prepare the ground for a backbench debate on Thursday in which MPs will hold a symbolic vote on returning to the old days when Prime Ministers had full discretion to call elections as they saw fit.

The first of those circumstance has been tried and tested — a motion of the House of Commons receiving a two - thirds vote of all MPs (not just those voting on the day) to call an early election.

«Demented fury» is not the kind of language I would use but if Wales and Scotland does vote «Yes» by a large enough margin to overwhelm an English «no» it would certainly vindicate those MPs who said that the referendum should not take place on the same day as the elections to Holyrood and the Cardiff Assembly.

MPs voted on Wednesday to approve airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria following an all - day debate.

So many of those who have since tried to evaluate Benn's speech have also commented on how difficult it is to see both why he selected the «St. Chrispin's Day» speech as his strategy and also why so many Labour MPs voted for simplistic bombing as a solution.

For this was the first bill to go through the new English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) system of scrutiny which was approved by MPs just 12 days ago.

MPs will vote on Wednesday on whether the UK should join bombing raids in Syria within days, David Cameron has confirmed.

Only 32 MPs need to vote against the government to wipe out its majority of 63, but canvassing carried out by the leftwing organisation Compass indicates that more than 100 Labour MPs will send a warning to ministers when they sign an early day motion opposing the move to part - privatise the Post Office when parliament returns on 12 January.

The incident took place at the Great Thurlow hunt following days of speculation about whether Theresa May will abandon her general election pledge to grant MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

Three days later, Heseltine was one of around two dozen Conservative MPs who defied the whip to abstain rather than vote against the second reading of the 1968 Race Relations Bill (which banned racial discrimination).

«A productive day in Parliament - with progress on banning illegal scrap metal dealing Main 70 Tory MPs vote to repeal the Human Rights Act»

Clegg's concession made little impression on the many Tory MPs critical of his plans and the government still seems to be on course to lose the vote tomorrow night on the timetable motion that would allow MPs 10 days to debate the bill at its committee stage.

Original proposals to extend the maximum detention time from 14 days to 90 were roundly rejected in the Commons by a vote of 322 to 291, with 49 Labour MPs rebelling.

The government originally wanted increase the time terror suspects can be held without charge from 14 days to 90, but this was reduced to 28 after 49 Labour MPs and opposition parties voted against it, giving Tony Blair his first Commons defeat.

Tory MPs are particularly angry with Mr Gove for suggesting doctors could be given pay rises if Britain votes to leave the EU — on the same day as junior doctors were on strike.

More than 120 MPs have signed an early day motion put by former environment minister Michael Meacher saying that no decision on Trident should be taken until «the fullest possible debate» had taken place «and a deciding vote held in parliament».

The polling, all in Lib Dem - held seats, was done 10 days before last week's key parliamentary vote to increase university tuition fees to up to # 9,000 a year, which saw the party's MPs split three ways and the coalition's Commons majority slashed by three quarters.

MPs voted 299 to zero to «pause and fix» universal credit, because Tory MPs did not vote, though the vote on an opposition day motion is not binding on the government.

And if he did, would those Tory MPs whose votes he will one day need to become Prime Minister ever forgive him?

The following day he was unanimously reselected by his local party as their prospective parliamentary candidate, but in May 2003 he failed to persuade 25 of his fellow Conservative MPs to call for a vote of confidence.

«MPs vote to extend 28 - day detention for terrorist suspects for another six months Main Dominic Raab and David Davis want to know whether the Government will sign up to the European Investigation Order»

Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including MPs debating and voting on the first day of the EU withdrawal bill's committee stage

Less than a quarter of the Labour MPs that signed up to an early day motion expressing concern at the government's plans to reduce funding for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) degrees voted against the government in a Conservative - led motion last night.

Of the 86 Labour MPs that backed the original early day motion criticising the # 100 million cuts 63 voted against the Tory motion, brought during an opposition day debate.

Several days after MPs voted against UK military action in Syria, the Daily Politics asked commuters and shoppers which of the main two party leaders came out on top.

After a second day of impassioned debate in the House of Commons, a total of 498 MPs voted to give a second reading to the short bill granting the government the power to invoke article 50, while 114 voted against.

A few days later, Hewitt and Hoon issued their call for a vote of confidence of Labour MPs in Brown's leadership.

Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs and MPs debating and voting on the EU withdrawal bill

The astonishing developments came a day after three - quarters of Labour MPs voted for a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

He said Mr Corbyn should be allowed to stay away from the Commons on the day of the vote, but should leave his MPs to vote as they wish to avoid «confusing» voters.

Had Cameron lost such a vote against Tony Blair, or even the late John Smith, he would have spent the next day batting off attacks from all manner of MPs.

Coalition MPs are under a three - line whip to attend the opposition day debate on a Labour - authored motion that falls short of opposing higher fees, but calls for the white paper on the future of universities to properly explain the plans before the Commons votes on the fee cap.

The developments came a day after three - quarters of Labour MPs voted for a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

After that vote I put down an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons drawing attention to the fact that almost half of Labour MPs and almost a quarter of all MPs had voted in effect to abolish the House of Lords.

MSPs have voted to extend the right to vote in Scottish elections to 16 and 17 year olds, on the same day that MPs in Westminster struck down an amendment Top 345 16th Birthday Wishes, Messages for 16 Year Olds, Sweet Sixteen Birthday Messages and best wish, Saying photo.

Back in the day, it used to be claimed as one of the glories of the Liberal and National Parties that their MPs had freedom to vote as they chose, while Labor MPs were bound by Caucus solidarity, except in the case of an explicit «conscience vote», which has been traditionally confined to issues of (sexual) morality.

In a Commons speech on the day of the vote, Labour MP Diane Abbott said a compensation package offered by the government to suspects held for over 28 days and then subsequently released «will not survive scrutiny by the courts» and that MPs should not vote with the government based «on a shoddy compensation package that will not stand up and will never come into being».

This was revealed on the same day (yesterday) that MPs voted against a motion brought by Labour that sought to reverse criminal legal aid reforms.