Sentences with phrase «by votes in parliament»

Their names are then agreed or rejected by a vote in parliament.

«Liberal Democrats believe the UK should intervene only when there is a clear legal and / or humanitarian case, endorsed by a vote in Parliament, working within the remit of international institutions wherever and whenever possible.»

Not exact matches

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

Poland's biggest political standoff in years began on Friday when opposition lawmakers objected to plans by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to curb media access to parliament, and blocked the plenary hall podium ahead of a budget vote.

In late September, Russia's Parliament voted to restrict foreign ownership of local media to 20 %, a move that could affect U.S. companies such as Disney, which has a Russian TV channel, and force the sale of the independent Russian financial paper Vedomosti, which is part owned by News Corp.'s Dow Jones and Pearson.

Rebels said the vote could strengthen Cameron's position at budget talks in Brussels next month because he will be able to say his hands are tied by the British parliament.

So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.

Tsipras, locked in fraught negotiations with EU leaders in Brussels until Monday morning, indicated that he would carry the Athens parliament, despite some defections, in a vote on the package by Wednesday.

A Borrowing Authority Bill was viewed as a «money bill» and therefore regarded as a «vote of confidence», and would result in the defeat of the government if not approved by Parliament.

In reaction to the vote by the Legal Affairs Committee, Michael Izza, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, pointed out that a number of the changes voted through by the members of the European Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positivIn reaction to the vote by the Legal Affairs Committee, Michael Izza, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, pointed out that a number of the changes voted through by the members of the European Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positivin England and Wales, pointed out that a number of the changes voted through by the members of the European Parliament seem to align the EU audit reform proposals more closely with international standards, which he considers a positive.

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

Thus when Prime Minister Julia Gillard (an avowed atheist who makes Nancy Pelosi seem like Margaret Thatcher) nonetheless announced that a «gay marriage» proposal would get a «conscience vote» in the federal parliament, she was accused by her lefter - than - left opponents of being... undemocratic.

The same is true in Sweden, where the Swedish parliament voted 271 to 20 to condemn a resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that supported the right of conscientious objection for physicians.

Richard Reddie highlights the key events that led to the historic vote by the British parliament exactly 200 years ago to outlaw the slave trade, in this... More

Passed by a large majority (360 out of 602 votes), the German law was proposed by members of Parliament belonging to all the parties currently represented in the German national legislature, the Bundestag.

In March, the European Parliament's Environment committee rejected the traffic - light system by 32 to 30 votes and that Committee's report is due to be discussed and adopted by MEPs next week in StrasbourIn March, the European Parliament's Environment committee rejected the traffic - light system by 32 to 30 votes and that Committee's report is due to be discussed and adopted by MEPs next week in Strasbourin Strasbourg.

And in 2011, in the wake of heavy lobbying by infant - formula makers, the European Parliament fell short of the vote needed to prevent a disputed DHA claim from being made on formula labels.

The vote in the European Parliament Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee took place this morning with MEPs voting for one of the three Objections tabled by European Parliament by Green MEP Keith Taylor.

If enough MEPs support the objections, tabled by Green MEP Keith Taylor, the proposals will be voted on by the whole Parliament next week in Strasbourg.

But these were rejected by his fellow MEPs in the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) last week, meaning only the objection to sugary baby food was put to the vote at today's plenary session in Strasbourg.

UK Green MEP Keith Taylor tabled three objections to the delegated acts — part of the Food for Specific Groups (FSG) regulation — in December, which were voted on by the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) today (14th January).

Without it the MPs can now force a block on the triggering of Article 50 by means of a vote in parliament.

And with the prospect of another hung parliament this May, all the talk of a vote - by - vote minority administration propped up by nationalist MPs means we could be going back to the 1970s in more ways than one.

Even so, May could have reacted to the 52 per cent vote to quit Europe by saying that she would hand the negotiations to a group of ministers who believed in this outcome and then put the result of the talks in due course to parliament and the people.

He defended the coalition's legitimacy by pointing out that the votes received by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were higher than the number cast for the SNP in the Scottish parliament regional list.

This group of voters became dissatisfied with the Westminster government during the Thatcher era, felt forgotten by New Labour, and voted Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) en - masse in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

In several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidencIn several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidencin the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidence.

Its six points for parliamentary reform (universal male suffrage; no property qualification to become an MP; payment of MPs; equal sized constituencies; voting in secret; and annual parliaments) had first been proposed as a package in the 1770s by John Cartwright.

It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be held within the time frame of the article 50 negotiations and not be left to verbal assurances — not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative party by next autumn, nor indeed where the balance of power might be in any future government or hung parliament.

The newly voted - in 15 - member technocratic government was supported by the Coalition, which holds 120 votes in the 240 - member parliament.

It's usually done through the voting by the Member of Parliaments in the Parliament.

«We want to point out that in any discussion with our partners we have to start from a fundamental constitutional principle, the same in the US and Romania, according to which the debates, decisions and votes in the Parliament take place in the name of the sovereignty of the people and can not be the object of any form of pressure,» reads the quoted communiqué issued by the heads of the two Chambers.

Electoral results bear out the opposition's resurgence despite the obstacles and obstructions created by the governing administration: It won the majority of the popular vote in the 2010 parliamentary elections, narrowed the gap to Chavismo in the 2012 and 2013nd finally won a supermajority in the parliament in 2015.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

The European Parliament has been given more powers by successive treaties, but less and less Europeans have bothered to vote in European elections.

By Nancy Platts Trade unions have often been at the forefront of demands for a better democracy for working people, whether it was the Chartists pushing for the right to vote in the 19th century to the Scottish TUC's role campaigning for a Scottish parliament two decades ago.

I have been trying in recent weeks to publicise in my blog and in LabourList the little - known procedures in the event of a hung parliament, under which whatever the results in votes and seats, Gordon Brown will be both entitled and obliged to continue in office until he has met parliament as prime minister and ascertained by the vote on his Queen's Speech whether he still commands a majority in the House.

Recent surveys from November 2017 show that the Democratic Party who dominate the current Parliament, would only receive 8 percent in the next elections, while the current extra-parliamentary, pro-European party «Action and Solidarity» led by Maia Sandu would win 21 per cent of the vote.

a constituency candidate for a component party of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote but is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member of Parliament.

Having ascertained the numbers required by section 191 (7), the Electoral Commission must then proceed to ascertain the number of seats in Parliament to which each remaining party listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote is entitled by adding the number of circles in the column of numbers under the name of that party.

The promise of an In / Out referendum under a Conservative Government late in the next Parliament will draw much of the poison that has plagued the party over the EU issue since Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech - by making it clear to those MPs and party members opposed to EU membership that in such circumstances they will have an opportunity to campaign for a No votIn / Out referendum under a Conservative Government late in the next Parliament will draw much of the poison that has plagued the party over the EU issue since Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech - by making it clear to those MPs and party members opposed to EU membership that in such circumstances they will have an opportunity to campaign for a No votin the next Parliament will draw much of the poison that has plagued the party over the EU issue since Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech - by making it clear to those MPs and party members opposed to EU membership that in such circumstances they will have an opportunity to campaign for a No votin such circumstances they will have an opportunity to campaign for a No vote.

In the Scottish Parliament elections yesterday the SNP lost 6 seats and their majority because their share of the list vote fell by 2 points.

Whips are MPs appointed by parties in Parliament to do what they can to make sure party members vote the way the party wants.

So for example, if Red Party earns 10 electorate seats, but only 5 % of the party vote, they will be represented in parliament by 10 electorate MPs, and parliament will have 105 members.

Almost inevitably, those who voted Labour in 2011 particularly react adversely to the former prospect, Conservatives to the latter, while in both cases they are joined in switching towards Yes by some voters who did not vote at the last Scottish Parliament election.

Held by Labour's Elaine Murray, she is standing again in 2016, defending a majority of 3170 votes and 9.9 % despite having offered to stand down for then party leader Jim Murphy so he could be elected to the Scottish parliament.

Mr Clegg condemned Labour's actions, but told the Commons: «My hope is that we will return to this in the next parliament, emboldened by the historic second reading vote.

In elections for the Scottish Parliament — which, incidentally, have delivered coalition governments, a minority government and now single - party majority government — 73 of the 129 MSPs are elected by first - past - the - post voting and 56 by regional lists.

[81] In eighteen other by - elections held throughout the 2010 — 15 Parliament, the party lost its deposit in 11; [82] in the Rochester and Strood by - election held on 20 November 2014, it came fifth polling 349 votes or 0.9 % of the total votes casIn eighteen other by - elections held throughout the 2010 — 15 Parliament, the party lost its deposit in 11; [82] in the Rochester and Strood by - election held on 20 November 2014, it came fifth polling 349 votes or 0.9 % of the total votes casin 11; [82] in the Rochester and Strood by - election held on 20 November 2014, it came fifth polling 349 votes or 0.9 % of the total votes casin the Rochester and Strood by - election held on 20 November 2014, it came fifth polling 349 votes or 0.9 % of the total votes cast.

Normally shunned into irrelevance by their small stature in parliament, it's on these rare occasions when their voting intentions really matter.