Sentences with phrase «debate at the committee stage»

In his speech on Monday to open the two - day Commons debate on Lords reform, the deputy prime minister said he was willing to allow MPs to debate at the committee stage of the bill whether to pause the legislation after the first elections in 2015.

Not exact matches

As the Children's Schools and Families Bill 2009/2010 hurtles towards Royal Assent via the debating of committee stage amendments, there is a great deal at stake for home schoolers in particular and liberty in general.

At the end of the committee stage of the Article 50 Bill in the Commons, it felt as if the debates on the hundreds of amendments and new clauses had been going on for 40 years.

MPs have already spent almost 50 hours debating the EU withdrawal bill at committee stage and so far the government has not lost a vote.

Clegg's concession made little impression on the many Tory MPs critical of his plans and the government still seems to be on course to lose the vote tomorrow night on the timetable motion that would allow MPs 10 days to debate the bill at its committee stage.

These committee stages are usually hectic, with very large groups of amendments being debated at the same time.

The House yesterday debated the proposal, originally put forward by Parliament First (the All - Party Parliamentary Group on reform of parliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stages of bills should have to be accompanied by an explanation of their purpose in no more than 50 words.

The House yesterday debated the proposal, originally put forward by Parliament First (the All - Party Parliamentary Group on reform of parliamentary procedure which I chair), that all amendments tabled at the committee and report stages of -LSB-...]