Sentences with phrase «parliament votes on a matter»

If Parliament votes on a matter agreed as a «non party political» vote, where no party has a policy on the matter, the system of MPs party vote values does not apply.

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«The President of the Republic shall by decree proclaim a referendum on crucial national matters following a resolution voted by an absolute majority of the total number of Members of Parliament, taken upon proposal of the Cabinet.»

MPs from outside of England are able to vote on matters that affect only England, while MPs from England are unable to vote on matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly.

We call on the government to publish these proposals as a Bill and give Parliament a free vote on the matter.

After the SNP gained control of the Scottish Parliament it was a matter of when, not if, a vote on independence would be held.

«We have a good record on consulting parliament - having a vote in parliament if we decide to take any military action and we're conscious of the views of parliament on these matters and the need to be consulted,» foreign secretary William Hague said before the recall announcement was made.

Normally shunned into irrelevance by their small stature in parliament, it's on these rare occasions when their voting intentions really matter.

Labour MP Jon Trickett, who will table an amendment calling for more consideration, said: «It is of course unprecedented for a government to offer parliament a vote on such a matter and that is to be welcomed, but the case has simply not been made that we need to replace Trident, and crucially, that a decision must be taken now.

Critics of devolution often cite the West Lothian question, which refers to the voting power of non-English MPs on matters affecting only England in the UK Parliament.

In the last parliament the Scottish Conservative didn't vote on English matters.

Sir Menzies Campbell, former Lib Dem leader, said that although he was a Scottish MP it would be unfair if he was able to continue voting on matters ceded to the Scottish Parliament which no longer affect his constituents.

The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, on his part closed the debate on the issue and deferred voting on the matter.

The term «West Lothian question» refers to issues concerning the former ability of members of parliament from constituencies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to vote on matters that affect only people living in England and therefore have no direct consequence on their constituents, whilst being unable to influence matters that affect their own constituencies.

The Commons has been absolutely clear tonight that we will not permit our country to be railroaded into a job - destroying hard Brexit, or even a no deal Brexit, without Parliament having a meaningful vote on the matter.

«What makes for a lethal cocktail on this is that the Conservative party wants to devolve 100 % of income tax to the Scottish parliament and then immediately end the right of Scottish MPs to vote on income tax on a matter as substantial as the budget in this parliament of the UK.

Cameron told Channel 4 News: «The point is, in the European parliament, our MEPs have a general approach of not voting on the internal matters of another country, even if we disagree with the particular law that there is.

She insisted SNP MPs would be prepared to vote on English matters, such as the NHS and education — breaking the party's previous commitment not to vote on issues which are controlled by the Scottish Parliament.

In accordance with Article 7 (2) of Protocol No 2 to the Lisbon Treaty, the Commission must review its proposal when at least a quarter of all votes allocated to national Parliaments [3] reject a legislative proposal submitted on the basis of Article 76 TFEU (i.e., any proposal regarding judicial cooperation in criminal matters) for not being in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity.

Unable to benefit from subsequent changes to the law that would have limited the length of the ban, he contested a decision removing him from the electoral roll on the basis of two provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR)-- Article 49 on the application of a more lenient sentence in criminal matters and Article 39 on the right to vote in European Parliament elections.

I hope you won't think that I am putting too fine a point on the matter if I point out that Bill C - 32 (and everything else on the Order Paper) did not die from the vote of non-confidence but from the dissolution of Parliament and the consequent proroguing of the session.