Sentences with phrase «elected peers elected»

Clegg told MPs: «It is essential that we make a start by having the first 120 elected peers elected in 2015.

Not exact matches

While he may be a «world - class player» — in President - elect Donald Trump's words — the financial metrics of his time as Exxon's CEO reveal some less than stellar results compared with peers.

In fact, when you line up Ryan against his direct opponent, Vice President Joe Biden, you can see two versions of the same person — at least in that they both came to Washington in their 20s, were elected to office far younger than their peers, and never left.

These high payout companies differentiate themselves from their growth - oriented peers by electing to return earnings to shareholders in the form of quarterly income.

Travelink, American Express Travel, is pleased to announce that during the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) Global Convention in Reno - Tahoe on September 27, 2016, the ASTA Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) set its Executive Committee leadership roster and Michael Dixon, President of Travelink was elected by his peers to an Executive Leadership position.

One more thing that should be noted... if romney is elected he will seek advice from not only god but his bishop and peers.

The voting was done by the PFA (English Professional Footballers» Association) and the 23 - year - old international from Wales was also elected as the league's young player of the year by his peers.

As a McDonald's franchisee and chairman of the National Leadership Council, a group of franchise - owners elected by our peers, representing more than 2,400 McDonald's franchisees in the U.S., I can say with firsthand knowledge that the article «Coffee leaves»em jumpy; McDonald's owners fret cost of new drinks» (Business, Dec. 3) does not represent the truth regarding franchisee alignment with the company and support for our combined beverage business.

While lacking an elected role model in Westminster (the House of Lords has one peer of Chinese descent, the Hong Kong - born Crossbencher, Baroness Dunn) the ranks of Chinese councillors and candidates are slowly growing.

If we are to have two elected chambers, then we should at least use the opportunity not just to remove Peers from the legislature but also to get rid of all Peers titles.

The bill would have made the house predominantly an elected one by 2025, although limited numbers of bishops and life peers would have remained.

Quite extraordinary for peers to test the will of the elected house like this, but just goes to show how deeply flawed the #HousingBill is

The history of this is well - known and we would not want to return to a situation where an elected government, commanding a Commons majority, can be blocked by unelected peers from raising the money it needs when it has made a clear political choice to raise those funds.

Now it looks like we will have an elected Lords, which is accepted by some peers and rejected by others.

(There's talk of a compromise of 120 elected peers by 2015 — or just electing enough Lords to replace the hereditary peers.)

If elected, Faso has proposed to establish a competitive grant program at the federal level to fund qualified nonprofits that provide peer - to - peer counseling services to veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI and other trauma.

Lazy peers will be the first to be ousted from the House of Lords under highly controversial proposals to create a mostly elected second chamber, the Observer has been told.

In February 1974, he was once again elected to Parliament, now for Newham South, but left the House of Commons soon afterwards when he was made a life peer, as Baron Elwyn - Jones, of Llanelli in the County of Carmarthen and of Newham in Greater London.

Continue reading «Senior Tory peers line up to sound sceptical notes about Nick Clegg's proposals for an elected second chamber»»

The current membership of 826 peers will be reduced to 450, of whom 360 would be elected.

Senior Tory peers line up to sound sceptical notes about Nick Clegg's proposals for an elected second chamber

The elected Lords will not be more accountable: on the contrary, peers will have non-renewable 15 - year terms... No, this bill must be defeated at all costs.»

The changes are focused on reassuring MPs that the newly elected peers will not become «ersatz MPs», competing with Commons MPs.

The government on Wednesday set out areas of agreement between it and the joint committee: a mainly elected chamber, elected members voted on a system of single transferable vote, staggered elections with one third coming up for renewal at a time, peers to serve 15 - year terms, current peers to leave in stages, a reduced number of peers, and powers to expel peers.

He will take the number of peers — none of them elected — to around 900.

The peers say with opposition peers being more assertive there is confusion about the Lords» powers and «considerable uncertainty about its relationship with the elected House of Commons».

It is chaired by the party president, currently Sal Brinton, and includes members of the party - at - large elected every three years in an all - member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors.

Continue reading «Simon Fawthrop: A proposal for an elected Senate which would allow existing peers to retain speaking (but not voting) rights»»

• Clegg suggests he would be willing to accept a referendum on Lords reform after the first peers are elected in 2015.

The main report by the joint committee of peers and MPs published on Monday broadly welcomes the coalition's proposals, but calls for a post-legislative referendum and says «a concordat» will have to be agreed between the two elected houses on their respective powers.

• Nick Clegg has signalled that the government could accept a referendum on Lords reform after the first tranche of new peers have been elected in 2015.

He says that if, after the first wave of peers is elected in 2015, MPs want the second or third stage of Lords elections (ie, the ones in 2020 and 2025) to be subject to «some kind of trigger», then he would be prepared to look at it.

In his speech opening the debate on the Lords reform bill, he hinted that the election of the second and third tranche of elected peers, in 2020 and 2025, could be subject to a referendum.

Labour's Toby Perkins asks what's democratic about having peers elected for 15 years, knowing that they don't have to appeal to the electorate.

Downing Street pointed to the 462 MPs who had supported the bill's second reading to hail the «significant majority» who voted to take reform forward, and denied Tuesday night's setback meant there was no longer sufficient time for the first tranche of elected peers to take their seats in 2015.

Those peers who are elected could consider themselves more legitimate than the 20 % who are not elected, he says.

In private the Lib Dems are very gloomy about their prospects of winning a referendum - they think wealthy peers would fund an effective no campaign - and Clegg seems to be conceding that as long as he secures the election of 120 peers in 2015, he could accept a referendum that might stop any further peers being elected.

Lord Grocott is going to have another go at ending the weird ritual of electing hereditary peers

Peers have inflicted a second defeat in as many days against the government, which must now look again at plans to introduce elected police commissioners.

In 2007, he was elected MEP of the Year for Justice and Fundamental Rights by his peers.

Critics have claimed that the proposals could undermine the power of the House of Commons, arguing that the Lib Dems call for peers to be elected by proportional representation would hurt the Conservatives.

Instead, we will probably be treated once again to the obscene spectacle of our elected representatives fighting unelected peers to degrade the democratic powers of citizens.

As in any bicameral system, peers should be elected on a different constituency basis and electoral cycle to MPs.

Conservative MP Sir Patrick Cormack has laid his own proposals which would see all members except bishops and archbishops created life peers, with no elected members.

Others, including Liberal Democrat peer Lord Steel and Tory Lord Howe, argue that the house should be wholly appointed for fear it might otherwise rival the power of the elected Commons.

Independent peers could be elected by having «Independent» (for a list of independent candidates) as a voting choice alongside the political parties.

«Well it is a very sad day for our community when a jurist, an elected Supreme Court Justice, who was, by all accounts respected by both the attorneys of our community and his peers, demonstrates that he has betrayed the trust given to him by us,» stated Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Flaherty.

A century after the People's Budget took on the hereditary peers, let us honour Lloyd George with a Great Reform Act, finally fully electing the Lords, alongside Commons reform, votes at 16, fixed election dates and, perhaps, full PR for local government, too.

In 1919, the German Bundesrat comprising of 69 indirectly elected representatives of Germany's 16 states, replaced appointed and hereditary peers of the Prussian House of Lords.

Campaigners for a largely elected Lords see the appointment as a victory for traditionalists who want to keep elected peers to a minimum.