Sentences with phrase «backbench amendments»

John Bercow, the Commons speaker, will then choose which backbench amendments to select for debate.

Now, the Guardian's Andrew Sparrow is reporting that backbench amendments with cross-party support are being tabled for the debate on Harriet Harman's motion to set up the committee, which will take place on Monday.

Under convention, government amendments have to be debated before backbench amendments.

But either way, it is worth recording briefly that a Government motion relating to future EU budgets was passed yesterday evening without a Tory backbench amendment.

The Conservative MP for Aberconwy is expected to support a backbench amendment criticising the fact that last week's Queen's Speech did not guarantee a ballot on UK membership of the EU.

«No 10 decides to vote against Tory backbench amendment seeking to stop charities offering abortion counselling»

Not exact matches

The vote, which took place as the Commons debates Lords amendments to the electoral registration and administration bill, will deepen already intense bitterness on the government backbenches over the coalition's stalled constitutional reform agenda.

As much as I'd like to see the VAT rise replaced by an income tax rise, I was under the impression that there was the rule that only governments can raise taxes, and backbench or parliamentary amendments can not?

May's last - minute addition to the 50 government amendments used up much of the Commons time allocated to the bill, which had been set to see potentially substantial backbench rebellions.

Cameron also defended his strategy of allowing backbench MPs to vote for the EU amendment while asking ministers to stay away from the vote.

«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.

However, the substance of the issue could be said to have received something like a technical vote of confidence: a backbench Labour amendment to remove the concept of secret hearings from the Bill was defeated by 164 votes to 25.

Hardly any opposition amendments ever succeed, despite the fuss made by some authors about the greater incidence of backbench rebellions.

Oral Questions - Energy and Climate Change, including Topical Questions Business Statement - Leader of the House Consideration of any Lords amendments - Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds City Council Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and the Reading City Council Bill Private Business - The Chairman of Ways and Means is expected to name opposed private business for consideration Backbench Business - Liaison Committee's Report on Select Committee effectiveness, resources and powers - Sir Alan Beith Adjournment - UK vehicle registration mark regime - Steve McCabe

«The Tory leadership is battling to head off a backbench ambush over a new tax break for married couples... Tim Loughton, the author of the amendment, said that it presented Mr Cameron with a «golden opportunity» to show his Government was capable of enacting true Conservative policies.