Sentences with phrase «bill committees»

Since then the reputation of the select committees has steadily grown, while the reputation of bill committees has generally been poor.

First, the Public Bill Committee on bills that are England - only in their entirety would be appointed only from MPs representing English constituencies, and would reflect the party balance in England.

Clearly Sturgeon's party will be a strong force in Westminster, with greater representation on bill committees and select committees.

He was parachuted straight into the influential public accounts committee, education and skills select committee and the finance bill committee within days of arriving.

This was inserted, as a Government amendment, during the Public Bill committee stage of the Bill's passage through the House of Commons.

My response has been the creation of a New Business and Billing Committee which serves several purposes:

In June 2013 the Constitution Unit published Fitting the Bill: Bringing Commons Legislation Committees into Line with Best Practice, proposing a series of changes to Commons bill committees.

With a few honourable exceptions, MPs on the Finance Bill Public Bill Committee take little part in proceedings; such debate as there is, can often be characterised by political knock - about rather than diligent technical scrutiny.

Adrian Beecroft took a beating from MPs on the enterprise and regulatory reform bill committee today, as members of the Labour party aggressively questioned the findings of his controversial report.

After publication, the Code and Draft Regulations have been sent to the Children and Families Bill Committee for consideration during the second reading debate, with full consultation expected to begin in the latter part of this year and regulations for the Code laid out in early 2014.

HB 1044 has been approved by both the House Education Committee and the House General Bills Committee and is headed to the full House.

Last week Sustain submitted evidence to the Trade Bill Committee in Parliament.

First, by putting the power to select Bill committee Members into the hands of Whips representing the interests of their political leaders, their choice will invariably reflect the wish of the Executive who command a majority to get their legislation through as quickly and painlessly as possible.

There typically isn't a report stage when a bill comes back from a Committee of the Whole House, or if a bill returns from a public bill committee without amendment.

The recent expert evidence to the Localism Bill committee showed that not all communities are able to help themselves.

The Chairman, NUPENG and PENGASSAN Petroleum Industry Bill Committee, Mr. Chika Onuegbu, said in a statement, «This is indeed a milestone achievement, especially when you consider that the PIGB is not an Executive Bill.

[3] On 21 June 2011 she became the Convener of the Scotland Bill committee.

Five MSPs are appointed to a Private Bill Committee to consider the Bill.

A lot is by negotiation as she shows, including the careful allocation of offices, membership of overseas delegations, careful slipping or alternatively membership of some lengthy and tedious Bill Committee.

Today, the Government have lost three votes in the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee, because Labour MPs, including a Minister, did not even bother to turn up.

Fellow backbencher Sir Roger Gale offered a more measured reprimand, regaling that when serving on the Civil Partnerships Bill committee he had received cast iron assurances from — amongst others — the MP for Rhondda [Labour's Chris Bryant] that the passing of the bill would definitely not lead to full - blown marriage; not the last to subsequently question the government's «iron clad» assurances.

In a subsequent letter to Andrew Robathan, the former minister of state for the armed forces, James Arbuthnot MP, chair of the armed forces bill committee, welcomed the government response.

It would then be for Members of the House who wished to serve on a particular Bill committee to make representations to the elected Committee of Selection, and the latter would be free to interview such applicants if they so wished.

The (elected) select committee system valued expertise; the (appointed) public bill committee system did the reverse.

Why else would he follow up on the moves made by Senate colleagues Tom Harkin and Lamar Alexander by dusting off the Student Success Act (one of the No Child reauthorization bills his committee passed last year) and offer it up again?

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However Mr Gibb, when quizzed about the departure during the education bill committee on Tuesday, said: «RSCs are very talented people.

The Democrats say the charter bill was the first ESEA bill the committee has passed, while the Republicans call it the second.)

Find bills the committee is considering, reports they issue and delve into the activities of subcommittees.

In my 22 years» experience of the House few debates in Finance Bill Committees have aroused quite such passion or attracted so large and continuous an attendance, at least on the Opposition benches.

Outright opposition will get them nowhere in the confines of a Commons bill committee.

Enable those affected by the scheme to petition Parliament and have their case heard by a select committee convened as part of the bill

16:30 - deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and constitutional reform minister Mark Harper, before draft House of Lords reform bill committee

Andrea Leadsom writes on this site today about her recent experience as a member of the Children and Families Bill Committee, pointing out that there was no Minister for Families to help the bill through Parliament.

HB 1044 was amended in committee to permit charter schools in all school districts but due to a legislative rule the amendment was stripped in the General Bills Committee.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has submitted evidence to the Public Bill Committee of the Children and Families Bill.

As the third parliamentary party they are entitled to all of the parliamentary rights of their new status, with two questions to the Prime Minister each Wednesday as well as chairmanship of two select committees and stronger representation on bill committees.

«For example, giving the Finance Bill Public Bill Committee the opportunity to take evidence from, and question external witnesses, at the start of their proceedings could really help them get to grips with the legislation they are scrutinising.

Scottish MPs will be banned from sitting on the bill committee.

(Evidence to Public Bill Committee, 2014/15 Session)

Bryant then points out that when a bill gets through to a second reading, it usually gets some kind of timetable motion putting it in either a public bill committee or a committee of the whole House.

Although the bill his committee heard was never officially adopted, it set the stage for the Legislature's total elimination of prevailing wages last year.

He is a Chairman of Public Bill Committees.

Similarly, bill committees have been shown to provide a range of opportunities for members to debate with ministers and influence policy.

In May 2010, Humanists UK submitted a memorandum to the End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill Committee, which is scrutinising the The «End of Life Choices (Scotland)» Bill in the Scottish Parliament.