While we are deeply disappointed to see the bill
defeated at second reading, the Liberal government now has an important opportunity and responsibility to advance the measures within the bill.
We have said all along that Labour will not frustrate the triggering of Article 50 and to that end we are asking all MPs to vote for the
Bill at its second reading next week.
He said: Your Honour, honorable senators, I'm happy this afternoon to have the opportunity, particularly after having heard from Minister Carr earlier today, to speak
at second reading of Bill S - 245, An Act to declare the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project and related works to be for the general advantage of Canada.
The Parliament Act allows a Commons bill to be forced through the Lords a year after it was initially passed
at second reading in the Commons.
Living proof that aspirins work, The Shadow Home Secretary made a swift recovery after the migraine which — she claimed — prevented her from
voting at second reading.
The Bill, brought forward by Tory former minister Tim Loughton and which
passed at second reading, also seeks to see how the Government can extend civil partnerships to opposite - sex couples, plus to include a mother or second parent's name on marriage and civil partnership certificates.
At second reading Labour's amendment to reject the bill was defeated by 283 to 223, a fairly standard coalition majority of 60.
@joepike @jeremycorbyn @GranadaReports that won't be an issue, I'll be voting with the whip
at second reading next week.
Meanwhile, the party leadership is still keeping quiet on what disciplinary action — if any — those 13 frontbenchers who rebelled against the three - line
whip at second reading will face.
Yet at the second reading of the Bill in the House of Commons the main line of defence of the increasingly isolated Andrew Lansley, who is clearly out of his depth, was that the Tories are only carrying on where Blair left off and completing the job he failed to finish.
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is now urging the government to follow through on a promise made last year to include a ban on cold calls by claims management companies in the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill, currently
at the Second Reading stage in the House of Commons.
This is said to have been the choice presented to Labour
MPs at the Second Reading vote of the government's welfare bill last night.
Miliband's backing for the bill
at second reading caused a substantial revolt at a meeting of Labour MPs with senior figures, such as the former home secretary David Blunkett, who warned that for the first time in 25 years he was going to defy the Labour whip.
The LibDem grassroots are mobilising to seek to fillet the NHS Bill that their MPs voted
for at second reading.
Some 48 of 232 Labour MPs opposed the Government's welfare bill
at second reading after Labour's own amendment was defeated as expected.
He revealed that he had made a recommendation to the shadow cabinet that there should be a «reasoned amendment» put
forward at the second reading.
So Labour would have voted with the
government at second reading of the Article 50 bill, but explained that its support was conditional on winning a key concession.
The government backed down on a programme motion but won a thumping
majority at second reading, moving an elected Lords to the next legislative step, or perhaps, steepe — stretching out to the horizon as we enter months of trench warfare.
The shadow Cabinet has agreed to support the government's bill, voting in favour of the
legislation at second reading, but will oppose the critical programme motion which Tory rebels plan to use to wrongfoot the coalition.
[22] «Among his first roles has been to lead for the Conservatives on the Home Energy Conservation Bill, for which he declared his party's support
strongly at Second Reading.
Yet its leadership and majority of MPs passed the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
at Second Reading on Monday of last week to give people the choice over a flawed AV system.
That's why we did the principled thing of voting in
favour at second reading, despite the view that in the current economic climate reform of the Lords wouldn't be our priority.»
On September 6, 2012, Bill 30, Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2011
carried at Second Reading and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.
As a bill progresses, however, the motivational why becomes much clearer and the ease with which it can be deduced much simpler — to the point where,
typically at second reading, the stated motivation is usually laid bare and available for all to read in Hansard.
The House of Lords constitution committee has highlighted «significant» concerns with the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, which is
now at second reading stage in the Lords.
In 2013, private member's Bill C - 560 proposed to amend the federal Divorce Act to create a rebuttable presumption of ESP, but
failed at second reading in the House of Commons, despite polling that suggested the vast majority of Canadians would support such a measure.
Yet at the second reading of the Bill in the House of Commons the main line of defence of the increasingly isolated Andrew Lansley, who is clearly out of his depth, was that the Tories are only carrying on where Blair left off and -LSB-...]
Ironically the bill has not been making progress in the House because the Tories keep talking to the maximum allowed, despite the other parties» urging that it be
passed at second reading and sent to committee.
At the Second Reading of Bill 204, MLA Drever advised that Bill 204 was drafted in consultation with «stakeholders such as police services, women's shelters, market and nonmarket landlords, housing organizations, and advocacy groups.»
Last year, Corbyn's support soared after caretaker leader Harriet Harman instructed Labour MPs to abstain from voting against the Conservative's welfare
bill at the second reading.
At second reading in the Lords, Lord Cormack even suggested the bill was necessary to allow councils to close roads so people attending such ceremonies could do so safely.
Lady O'Loan, moving her Bill
at second reading, said: «It simply can't be consistent with conscience to say «I can not do this but I will you order you to do it».
Harriett Baldwin, the Tory backbencher, says she will back the bill
at second reading but not at third reading.
So he will rebel by voting against the Lords reform bill
at second reading.
The Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party will vote against it at 7 pm on Wednesday, but Labour has made the «difficult decision» to back
it at second reading — guaranteeing it will pass.
Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not voting against
it at Second Reading), said:
MPs are allowed to talk about a proposal as long as they stick to the subject and Mr Dismore - known for his long speeches in the Commons in the past - surpassed his own record and scuppered the bill
at its second reading.
And my hope is that we will return to it, in the next Parliament emboldened by the overwhelming vote in favour of our Bill
at second reading.
A recent attempt by Conservative MP Peter Bone to rename the August bank holiday «Margaret Thatcher Day» also failed after MPs rejected
it at second reading.
While last week's vote on the Government's Article 50 bill
at second reading was widely described as «historic», the sessions between Monday and Wednesday could have a big impact on how Theresa May negotiates Brexit.
Update: Smith is supposed to be
at the second reading of the borders, citizenship and immigration bill in about 10 minutes.
Parliament voted shortly after midnight on Monday to support the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
at second reading, which seeks to transfer European laws onto the UK statute book when Britain quits the EU.
The SNP were taken aback by the amount of abuse they got online when they abstained with Labour
at the second reading.