Sentences with phrase «back benchers»

According to my Treasury insider, the Government will struggle to win that vote, because many of the Tory back benchers who spoke out in the Opposition Day debate but couldn't bring themselves to vote for a Labour motion will be harder to persuade next time.

The fact is that we have had only two contributions from Labour Back Benchers in the debate.

In addition to providing back benchers with an additional 1.5 inches of legroom, headroom in the aft quarters is up by 0.6 inch and shoulder room grows by 1.8 inches in all locations.

He also told Jo Coburn about his backing for a married couple's tax allowance, which would be supported by fellow Conservative back benchers who «rather feel that they have a government which is not quite Tory enough and this would help, a bit.»

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

Cameron aims to tame back benchers in reshuffle, the Telegraph says this morning.

But when the dust has settled on the unnecessary and ill - judged redefinition of marriage bill, the perceived EU bust up and allegations of disrespect to activists, the reality is that back benchers do not emerge as the «enemy» of Number 10 - and Number.10 does not, in the cold light of the day, default to playing the antagonist.

Left - wing back bencher Mr Corbyn continues to be the bookmakers» favourite to become party leader in September.

The fact of the matter is that the current leader of the opposition is battling some stiff opposition from his own back benchers who apparently did not hear the message from the Australian people at the last election.

Many Conservative Party back benchers voted in favour at 2nd Reading in Parliament, as did Green Party Leader, Elizabeth May.

However, I wonder whether we have ever had such a Bill, because it has attracted not a single voice of support from Back Benchers on Second Reading.

Back benchers went home and urged their local associations to re-adopt them as candidates after a meeting in Downing Street this week about customs after Brexit, according to the Sunday Times.

It also says that we believe that compliance with this principle is essential for Back Benchers to be able to best represent the interests of our constituents and hold the Government of the day to account.

For the benefit of Labour Members, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Justice Secretary, the Prime Minister and Government Back Benchers, will the Chancellor tell the House what is today's policy on child benefit?»

Mind you Corbyn's impression of an oppositional back bencher as if he hadn't won a convincing victory in the very recent leadership election isn't helping.

Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall tells supporters of left - wing back bencher Jeremy Corbyn his policies are from the 1980s and are not right for the country.

The two senior back benchers have established the «social action forum», a committee of MPs and stakeholders tasked with taking the fight to David Cameron over his flagship policy.

My comments along with those of other back benchers are at the end of the review.

The Tory back benchers have only just noticed that they hold almost no power whatsoever to stop these things - expect them to get increasingly irate as this sinks in.

Mr Salter, who entered parliament as part of Labour's landslide victory in 1997, said he wanted to be free to work with Labour back benchers to put forward «positive proposals» on education reform.

Wouldn't gave supported bombing myself, but if it was a free vote, then they weren't rebels, When Tony Blair had a free vote on changing abortion, and was leader of the opposition and he was against the Tory law in 1995 ′ were those labour back benchers who voted in a free vote, rebels?

I was also struck during the Tory conference in Manchester by just how many Conservative back benchers - and indeed some junior and middle ranking ministers - loathe Osborne with a passion.

Without them Flanagan and company would be back benchers in the minority forever, like new political hack Senator Jimmy Tedisco, who spent most of his adult life being irrelevant in the Assembly.

Your back bencher child will feel safe while holding on to the riding handle while standing.

Also, even though this alliance forces Smith to let bygones be bygones with a guy who once reportedly tried to oust him from his majority leader post (that would be Sen. Jeff Klein back in 2008 when the leadership struggle No. 1 took place), it could hardly be any worse than being the deposed former majority leader of the Democratic conference where he's pretty much just a back bencher since losing his power in the 2009 coup.

This battle with his back benchers plays right into the hands of his main leadership rival, Boris Johnson.

After a period on the back benchers Laws returned to government in 2012 as Minister of State for Schools in the Department of Education and Minster of State in the Cabinet Office.

Against this background, the Conservative back benchers» attempt to repeal the Fixed - term Parliaments Act in order to promote their party's vested interests, just like the Prime Minister's attempt to shape devolution with much the same aim in mind, appears ill advised.

The thing is, the Tory back benchers will only rebel when the coalition tries to do something fairly relatively left - wing, at which point we can presumably expect Labour, the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Green to vote with the government against the right - wing Tory back benchers.

Whether this would be acceptable to Tory back benchers and whether enough Lib Dems would even be willing to accept the posts is sufficiently unclear as to suggest that any post-election deal might face trouble further down the road.

It's so great to be a back bencher with no Ministerial ambition and be able to say that.

After the last election, the new prime minister, formerly known for his husky - cuddling and his «greenest government ever» shtick suddenly remembered his back benchers and became, for the most part, a much more traditional kind of Tory.

Who cares what this back bencher does?

And the revolt goes beyond the front bench with a BBC poll showing 63 per cent of Labour back benchers are against the plan.

While admitting that she had not read Labour's manifesto in detail Ms Sturgeon added: «I would be seeking to build alliances with parties like Plaid Cymru and the Greens and back benchers...

The debate will give us all a chance to reflect on what the rest of the country thought about the Budget — which is: not a lot — and the fact that only three Labour Back Benchers have turned up to support the Government's final Budget suggests that the parliamentary Labour party does not think much of it either.

Some in their parliamentary party would be quite happy to carry on with Dave, though I suspect another deal with the Tories would cause Dave even more bother with his back benchers than governing alone as a minority government would.

Smith has been a back bencher ever since.

He should have given a free vote - he rebelled so often when on the back benchers - he lacks the moral authority to impose a 3 line whip.

I do not know where the rest of the parliamentary Labour party are tonight — they may be plotting, once again, if the rumours that have been reported this evening are true — but not one Labour Back Bencher could be prevailed upon to speak in support of the Bill.»

Back benchers who are a bit cranky or eccentric can be dealt with much more easily than a free thinking, common sense type.

As far as my press cuttings indicate, only Clive Lewis of the then shadow cabinet defied the whip and then resigned to become a back bencher.

However forward the world is moving, these back benchers are still holding their adamant views.

Under Cameron, the Conservative's formal position was always against lifting the ban, but there remained strong support among the Tory back benchers and grass roots.

Although the message may have been softened since to appease Unions and Tory back benchers, there is no doubt about the government's intention and the likelihood that there will be legislative changes at some point to achieve this (if only for the rump of schools left by then who have refused to engage so far).