Not exact matches
Parliament is «haemorrhaging public confidence» by failing to return
early to
debate the crisis
in the Middle East, a Labour backbencher has warned.
More than 120 MPs have signed an
early day motion put by former environment minister Michael Meacher saying that no decision on Trident should be taken until «the fullest possible
debate» had taken place «and a deciding vote held
in parliament».
A few months
earlier, a motion calling for an assessment of the impact of welfare cuts on sick and disabled people was
debated in parliament.
Ministers attempted to dampen the Tory rebellion
early in the
debate by promising MPs a vote on whether to accept her Brexit deal before the European
parliament is asked to approve the terms, probably
in October 2018.
That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's decision to ask the Shadow Committee on Climate Change for
early advice on the Climate Change Bill to inform the final stages of
debate in Parliament; congratulates the Committee and its chair Lord Turner for providing robust advice despite the time pressure; welcomes their recommendation that the United Kingdom should be more ambitious
in its target with cuts
in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; further welcomes Lord Turner's further statement that this should include all emissions, including aviation and shipping; and urges all parties to support amendments to incorporate these changes
in the Climate Change Bill.
Earlier this month, the European
Parliament held a panel about Islam and the environment, urging European Muslims to become part of the green
debate and «turn the strong theology on [protecting the] environment
in the Quran into action.»
New Zealand's Harmful Digital Communications (HDC) Act has undergone extensive
debate in Parliament over 3 years before being passed
earlier this year, but appears to have borrowed heavily from some of the least effective aspects of the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).