Sentences with phrase «backbench mps»

Attempts have previously been made by backbench MPs to secure a fixed - term life of four years for the Westminster Parliament.

Take up of shared parental leave has been reported to be as low as 2 % nationally, and campaigners and backbench MPs have pressed the government to replace it with an extended period of paid paternity leave, which is common in Scandinavian countries.

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Morneau was forced to tweak and even back off some of the proposals after an angry backlash from doctors, farmers, tax experts and even Liberal backbench MPs.

But Zahawi said the government opposed a bid by backbench MPs to force town halls to tackle the issue.

Only two years ago, it had been government policy to force all schools to become academies, a plan that had been rapidly sunk by a rebellion by backbench MPs.

The prime minister told backbench MPs last night that he would attempt «one more try» to secure agreement on the constitutional change, before abandoning attempts at Lords reform altogether.

The former work and pensions secretary had accused Osborne and David Cameron of protecting wealthy Tory - voting pensioners at the expense of the working poor, while a number of backbench MPs were openly attacking his chancellorship.

Opposition members are fully aware that it would be constitutionally inappropriate for the Health Committee to interview backbench MPs on their views around devolved matters - just as we wouldn't expect backbench AMs to be giving evidence to Select Committees in Parliament.

Within the Labour party, among backbench MPs and constituency activists alike, one of the most common complaints is that new policies seem to come out of the blue - or from the Downing Street wonks - without being discussed in the party's policy - making process.

The police minister, Nick Herbert, is reported to have summoned 41 backbench Mps from each area to a meeting and asked them to go and find Tory candidates willing to stand on their patch.

Talk to backbench MPs across the party divide and a common theme emerges: a pessimism shared across the red and blue tribes that their party will secure a majority government at the next General Election.

«The Commons,» he writes, «should schedule its own business; select committees need more powers and resources to get to the bottom of the misdeeds of banks or government departments; backbench MPs should have a meaningful opportunity to introduce legislation that has wide support.

Since Commons Committee Chairmen are elected either on a cross-party basis by all backbench MPs, or by the members of the Committee concerned, the procedure that Connarty was referring to is obscure.

Cabinet opponents of the customs partnership plan are backed by the influential European Research Group of Tory backbench MPs.

«They include allowing Labour members to elect the party chairman; launching a «find - a-friend» campaign to double Labour's membership; training Labour Party members to become community organisers; and maintaining, in opposition, the requirement for the Labour leader to have weekly meetings with a committee of backbench MPs.»

Membership of the 1922 Committee is usually restricted to backbench MPs when the party is in government.

Efford said backbench MPs who once questioned whether Corbyn could gain support among traditional voters had been won over by his performance.

One Conservative MP - far from a right - winger - reckons David Cameron lied to the shadow Cabinet and his backbench MPs at least four times in the hours leading up to the coalition agreement with the Lib Dems on 11 May.

Meanwhile, Cameron has launched an «audacious power - grab» against his own backbench MPs, it has been revealed.

Efford said backbench MPs who once questioned whether Corbyn, the MP for Islington North, could gain support among traditional voters had been won over by his performance.

Taken out of context, and interspersed with condescending comments to backbench MPs, Cameron's quote is entirely misleading.»

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is expected to say backbench MPs» # 66,000 salaries should increase to more than # 70,000 from the election.

He criticised the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) which is expected to say backbench MPs» # 66,000 salaries should increase to around # 75,000 after the 2015 election.

Mr Martin rebutted calls from backbench MPs for debate on a no confidence motion against him, saying it was up to the government or opposition to debate the issue.

13:01 - Cameron finishes talking and the debate passes on to backbench MPs.

Backbench MPs have repeatedly expressed frustration with the system.

He had support from both the Conservative and Labour leadership, however many backbench MPs, particularly those from the Labour Party (who held a large majority in the House at the time), viewed Young as someone who had too recently been a member of his party's front bench team and was thus not sufficiently in touch with ordinary MPs.

The flashpoint could come as soon as tomorrow's weekly meeting of the parliamentary Labour party at Westminster, when Brown is expected to address his backbench MPs.

A survey of Labour backbench MPs by The Sunday Telegraph found that just under half of those who responded either refused to support Mr Brown or wanted him to step down.

Plans to beef up the powers of backbench MPs may not become law before a general election, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

But the power - sharing deal showed signs of strain, as some of Mr Cameron's own Conservative backbench MPs joined the opposition building against the change.

Lord Kalms, a former party Treasurer and the founder of the Dixons retail empire, has given voice to the discontent felt by many disgruntled backbench MPs and influential Tory figures who have privately called on David Cameron to dismiss his close ally following a sharp fall in the party's opinion poll ratings.

His comments may seem surprising given the divisions exposed within the Labour party during discussions on the education and inspections bill, with 69 backbench MPs rebelling at the report stage.

That was the first encounter between backbench MPs and the head of the Security Service.

Speaking after the debate, Ms McIntosh said: «The negative behaviour of government backbench MPs today shows that the Labour party simply do [es] not care about the rising fear of crime among the general public.

A series of Labour backbench MPs including Yvette Cooper, Ben Bradshaw and Hilary Benn also backed the government's condemnation of Russia in the Commons yesterday.

Backbench MPs worried about their seats would do well to ask when the number of frustrated renters will overtake the mortgaged homeowners in their patch.

«While it is disappointing that our amendment did not win a majority of votes in the House of Commons, what it shows is that pro-European backbench MPs of all parties are not going to simply submit to a hard Brexit.

Government ministers will speak in favour of the bill but backbench MPs will not be prevented from attempting to «talk out» the legislation.

The vote came as a reminder to David Cameron of the political gamble he is taking, after the prime minister spent hours in the Commons Chamber listening to backbench MPs» concerns and trying to persuade parliament of the case for action.

Mensch now enjoys a level of attention coveted by most backbench MPs.

This is obviously starting to be one of those issues which puts pressure on backbench MPs - and really matters locally.

A lot of backbench MPs only speak out on their constituency when they are in the Chamber, as opposed to chipping in on Commons statements on national or international matters.

The bill itself may also prove to be a true test of how in control the prime minister is of his own party given the level of opposition among backbench MPs and his weakened position in the latest ICM poll, published yesterday, in which 63 per cent of voters said Labour would be better off with a new leader.

'' «My message to those Conservative backbench MPs who seem to think they have the right to force a turbo - charged right wing agenda on our country is this: You didn't win the last election.

Sacking Damian Green will have left Theresa May more isolated in cabinet but more popular with backbench MPs and members, senior party figures have said.

Backbench MPs said the public only see the House of Commons on TV for the so - called Punch and Judy sessions at PMQs, and some of their constituents were not impressed.

Backbench MPs said the public only see the House of Commons on TV for the so - called Punch and Judy sessions at PMQs, and some of their constituents are not impressed.

Appearing before the Treasury select committee of backbench MPs, the chancellor said there would be «very significant financial volatility» if voters chose to leave the EU in the 23 June referendum, which would push up interest rates and tighten credit conditions — making it harder for borrowers to get loans.