Sentences with phrase «democratically elected house»

• Rightwing Tory MPs complain that a reformed, democratically elected House of Lords would compete with the House of Commons (70 Tory rebels sign letter opposing Lords reform, 9 July).

There are a number of challenges, but I think there is a very clear message that needs to be sent to them as well, which is that the democratically elected House of Commons has voted for this,» he told BBC News.

Michael Ellis, Tory MP for Northampton North and parliamentary aide to Theresa May, told Sky News: «We can not have a situation where the unelected [House of Lords] overrules the democratically elected House of Commons.

Not exact matches

«That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion that legislative decisions of this nature should be a matter for democratically - elected lawmakers; and supports the current situation in which no prisoner is able to vote except those imprisoned for contempt, default or on remand.»

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on his swearing in as the sixth democratically elected Governor of Ondo State.

But more than this, reformers are left wondering whether the House of Lords will ever become a democratically legitimate body either by way of incremental changes or, as many of us would prefer, a «big bang» event which replaces the upper house with an elected chaHouse of Lords will ever become a democratically legitimate body either by way of incremental changes or, as many of us would prefer, a «big bang» event which replaces the upper house with an elected chahouse with an elected chamber.

Speaking out against the bill the Earl of Caithness said axing hereditary peers would leave the Lords with an appointed system only and delay progress towards a democratically elected upper house.

One side, backed by rank - and - file teachers and their democratically - elected representatives, sees poverty and segregation as central issues to be addressed though education reform as well as health and housing programs; the other side, backed by wealthy interests, sees poverty as an excuse and unions as the problem.

Some judges no longer have a strong sense of their own limits or indeed of the strengths of others such as tenants, housing managers and democratically elected politicians.