Sentences with phrase «back benches»

"Back benches" refers to the seating arrangement in a legislative body, where members of a particular political party who hold lower-ranking or less influential positions sit towards the back of the chamber. It can also refer to those members who may not have prominent roles or responsibilities within the party or government. Full definition
The minimalist interior features low - backed bench seats in the first and second row, an integrated roll cage and a painted steel floor in place of carpet.
5, with front buckets and molded back bench in cloth or leather.
But his view is not shared on the Conservative back benches.
Diversity on the bench will come only if there's a strong back bench to draw from.
How to: Find a barbell press station or a low - back bench inside a power rack and position the barbell at a height that is just above your head.
The rear passenger seating is arranged in a 60/40 split - back bench design that allows access to the trunk area.
Comfortable and easily removable center bucket seats and back bench seat.
Whether on the front or back benches of the House of Commons I will continue this work.
After George Osborne's Budget triumph, if the going gets rocky for the Prime Minister in the months ahead — in his attempts to re-negotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership, for example — the clamour from the Tory back benches for Mr Osborne to move next door from No. 11 to No. 10 Downing Street earlier than Mr Cameron would like will grow among those backbenchers who cheered his Budget wildly and waved their order papers in a frenzy.
Cargo space is a different story, as the hatchback's back bench folds forward to open up a whopping 50.4 cubic feet of total room.
Suddenly it wasn't just a few malcontents on the Tory back benches plotting against him.
I am very much interested to see the two Amendments which have been put on the Order Paper by back bench Members of the Socialist Party.
Prior to setting up his own communications business, he was on the Conservative Party's professional staff working for Ministers and high - profile back bench MPs, where he masterminded and devised a number of community campaigns which saw the Conservative Party holding to a number of highly marginal seats.
If things plough on as they are, it will mean that in effect 50 back bench places will go.
In 1992 he was elected MP for Chingford and from 1992 - 97 he was Secretary of the Conservative Back Bench Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs Committee.
Ignore the deficit hawks, the Tory partisans and the faint - hearted on your own back benches.
It made visible the tensions between the Party's front and back benches over strategy, policy, and the future of the Coalition itself.
Or he could stand up to his euro - sceptic back benches.
The Times has followed up on its report on how Theresa May challenged the complacency of the arch Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg in her series of back bench briefings in No10 when he claimed that a border poll could be won anytime despite Brexit, Mrs May said, «I would not be as confident as you.
That has obvious potential for a Conservative, Eurosceptic, back bench rebellion.
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The GL had one more passenger for the trip south on Sunday, which meant that our luggage almost reached the roof in the cargo space behind the upright middle row and atop the still-folded back bench.
Speaking of the school run: The Atlas» neatest trick is the sliding middle row of seats which allows laughably easy access to the generous back bench.
Now consider its trucklike attributes: A removable back bench seat and flat - folding front passenger seat provide enough cargo space to load an 8 - foot ladder from the rear or to carry three bikes.
Seating in the Trax features twin buckets up front and a 60 / 40 - split back bench.
These days, rather than mismatched chairs, sleek seating and pared - back benches finish off a large wooden table.
The extent to which EU issues still galvanise his party could clearly be seen at last Wednesday's prime minister's question time, when his decision to attack Mr Brown on the subject was met by loud cheers from Conservative back benches.
The light - coloured wooden tables and bar stools are perfect for small groups and to enjoy refreshing cocktails, while the high - backed bench in the shape of a wave inspires more intimate conversations.
While the design is contemporary in concept, designer Jorge Rossello, includes the use of various traditional elements such as richly upholstered tall wing chairs and backed benches, beveled mirrors and rich woods.
David Cameron was Prime Minister, the UK was still in the EU, Jeremy Corbyn was a back bench MP, Ellie Goulding was at number one with Beating Heart and we were a week away from the release of Transformers: Age of Extinction.
You can buy an extra seat that fits on the back bench so your older child can also ride along.
The Compagno has a standing board for the older child, in addition to the seat, and both the front seat and back bench are padded and plush.
A sit and stand double stroller is designed to have a front seat for the younger sibling, and a back bench with a standing area for the older child.
(c) If the number of MPs are cut by 50, how will this effect the balance of MPs between the front and back benches?
That disappointment is nothing compared with the words which the Leader of the House uttered, but let me say this to those outside and to everyone in this House; the Leader of the House and the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, have been supporters of these rights throughout their time in office and on the Back Benches, they have worked incredibly hard to secure us our free vote, and I thank them wholeheartedly for their continued support, whatever small print they were forced to read out.
he asked, with much laughter from his back benches.
While the Labour front bench's amendments got nowhere and appeared wearily repetitive, the former Shadow Chancellor — one of the leading members of Labour's Shadow Shadow Cabinet now exiled on the back benches — had more success with his new clause on another Commons vote, tempting the seven Tory MPs into the Aye lobby with Labour and the SNP and reducing the Government's majority to 33, the lowest during the three days.
So they need to decide whether to stay in parliament on the back benches.
These aren't the gripes of a lawmaker confined to the minority or the back bench of the Legislature: DeFrancisco is the number two Republican in the Senate, the deputy majority leader.
He also heaped praise on Theresa May and left the door open to the possibility of a return to frontline politics, saying: «If the chance came to serve again then of course I would happily say yes, but I'm very happy being on the back benches at the moment because it gives me the opportunity to do all sorts of other things.»
While there is continuous muttering on the back benches about the party being held hostage by the Liberal Democrats, the truth is that the Conservatives are getting the better part of the bargain by far, as demonstrated by the huge loss of council seats suffered by the Liberals in May.
The same old MPs who were the leading Maastricht rebels — Sir Bill Cash, Iain Duncan Smith and Bernard Jenkin — are now spearheading the campaign for a «hard Brexit» on the back benches.
So she told Crabb he'd better return to the back benches.
He described the candidate as once a ranking member of the upper chamber, saying he will not occupy the back bench in the hallowed chamber if elected.
Green was loyal — and no doubt will remain so on the back benches — but he was no Michael Heseltine.
He after all supported Tony Benn in the 1988 leadership challenge, so perhaps he didn't just sit back for all those 30 years on the back benches.
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