Sentences with phrase «control over parliament»

The proposal for a mechanism to allow the recall of MPs has been so mangled that if it goes ahead it will actually strengthen, rather than weaken, the executive's control over parliament.

S / he is appointed to that position by the head of state, but if unable to maintain the control over parliament someone else is appointed and / or new elections to the Parliament held.

Like Iain, I noted the role of ideas, but for me, the key ones were Manchester School Liberalism (as propagated by the pamphlets, letters and speeches of the Anti-Corn Law League); the appeals to class conflict and religiosity (again, as exploited by the League); and Peel's own redefinition of Conservative ideology as a means to preserve traditional aristocratic control over Parliament.

After the opposition won control over parliament, the government created a parallel site of political power in the Constitutional Assembly.

Not exact matches

«What we have is a loss of control over a very large part of the Beaufort Sea,» New Democrat MP Dennis Bevington said in Parliament.

She argues that accrual - based appropriations would provide Parliament with a consistent basis for control and approval over voted spending that is the same as the overall government financial plan».

However, after the fact, Parliament felt that it had lost an important element of control and oversight over Government finances.

The PBO believes that Parliament is losing control over its fiduciary responsibilities, as set out in the Constitution, by approving legislation without knowing the full impact such legislation will have on the budgetary projections

President Trump's personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country that could give Russia long - term control over territory it seized in 2014 and lead to the lifting of sanctions against Moscow.

At last, Britain's Parliament passed the Canada Act in 1982 which gave your country full control over it's affairs.

It was a desire for the UK Parliament to have the final say over Britain's fiscal and economic future, Britain's policies on immigration, and control over business practices in this country.

The so called «repeal» bill being scrutinised in parliament for the first time will itself be repealed at certain key points against her will, merely the beginning of a stormy parliamentary journey over which she has limited control.

If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.

According to the same poll, just over half (51 %) of those who voted Conservative in last year's general election think the UK government should have control over these areas of policy, while only one in three (33 %) think that the Scottish Parliament should.

Respondents were asked, «Which of the following areas do you think the Scottish Parliament should or should not be given control over?»

Compare that with Orban and Kaczynski tight control of their respective governments (including their parliaments and increasing control over the judiciary), and the fact that those have actually taken actions (laws, etc.) towards their ends.

Control over business rates is partially devolved but is expected to be transferred to the Welsh Government in full through the Wales Bill currently being considered by Parliament.

Speaking in favour of the amendment, QC and crossbench peer Lord Pannick said it would enable Parliament to exercise some «control» over the process of withdrawal and fulfil its duty to properly scrutinise.

During a trip to south Wales, he said: «Our starting point would be to say to the other two parties «you know you have got to control the deficit and debt», and have a plan our creditors believe for getting rid of the structural deficit over the next parliament.

Ed Miliband supports giving back more control to national parliaments, and for the UK this must include control over social legislation like working hours and agency workers.

The Liberal Democrats suggest that, «income tax paid by Scottish taxpayers should be almost entirely the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament» and should raise 50 % of the money it spends and have control over income, capital gains and inheritance tax.

It's not quite the same government: after a great international howl of condemnation at the junta, they handed over power to a civilian government controlling by the speaker of the Malian parliament in April 2012.

All is not lost though, as comparative researchby Akash Paun and Robyn Munro shows, smaller parties are less likely to be punished in a coalition if it lasts the distance and, while they may have little control over whether they stay in government or not, the post election arithmetic may mean that Nick Clegg is still the kingmaker in a hung parliament, even if the party is decimated at the next election.

Plans backed by Gordon Brown to increase the Scottish parliament's remit — including giving it greater control over income tax, borrowing powers and criminal justice — are now in great doubt after the Queen's speech made only a fleeting reference to the proposals.

That has been their intention from the start and so the creation of a federalist state, which would exert control over national Parliaments, has long been known.

At the same time, these powers will not give the Scottish parliament the power to defend itself against Westminster austerity measures, and certainly not the full control over macroeconomic policy it would need to tackle poverty, inequality and other significant social policy challenges.

Constitutional democracy began to resemble its present form when, at the turn of the 18th Century, Parliament revolted against the system of press censorship and monopolistic control over the book trade and passed the first Copyright Act, which sought to create a competitive market system based on limited copyrights.

It confirms that whether or not a Bill becomes an Act is ultimately a matter for Parliament rather than the government, although it is a matter over which the government has much influence given its control of the Parliamentary timetable and its majority in the elected chamber.

Given the control that governments are able to exert over Parliament — it was not for nothing that the former lord chancellor, Lord Hailsham, referred to the UK's system of government as an «elective dictatorship» — the content of the Queen's Speech takes on an added significance in that it enlightens us about the laws which are likely to be enacted during the forthcoming Parliamentary session.

[9] The Court rejected the appellants» argument on the basis that municipal councils lack a legislative underpinning for an absolute privilege and lack the self - regulation controls over proceedings and members that are present in the provincial legislatures and Parliament.

Parliamentary privilege also encompasses the legislatures» and Parliament's freedom to have «complete control over their own proceedings and their own members.»

The key constitutional issue in this regard was therefore always going to concern the degree of oversight and control exercisable by Parliament over the exercise of these powers.

And added «After we vote leave, we would expect parliament to legislate to amend or repeal the 1972 Act which gives the European Court control over our law.

It is time for ministers and Parliament to seize back control over this process.

However, the view that revocation allows retroactive approval by Parliament assumes that the UK has control over the timing even after notification.

In addition to increasing consumer awareness, the European Union parliament recently adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which gives consumers more control over their personal data, requires greater transparency of corporate data sharing, and penalizes companies that fail to comply with the new rules.