Sentences with phrase «favour of an amendment to the bill»
Peers voted by 366 votes to 268 in favour of an amendment to the bill to have a «meaningful» parliamentary vote on the final terms of the Brexit deal.
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Peers voted 294 - 244 in favour of an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill designed to enshrine European environmental protections in UK law.
In a major shock, the House of Lords voted 245 to 218 in favour of a cross-party amendment to the Government's flagship EU Withdrawal Bill.
«The reason why we have not specified a threshold in the Bill is, as a number of hon. Members said, that we want to respect the will of the people who vote in the referendum, without any qualifications... People may choose to abstain, but the amendment would create an incentive for people who favour a no vote to abstain.
In turning up to the House of Lords, Gould did a great deal more than vote in favour of an amendment by the Labour peer Lord Rea to deny the health and social care bill a second reading.
Raab amendment to immigration bill is defeated despite 97 MPs, many of them Conservative backbenchers, voting in favour
Lord Hannay, a former UK ambassador to the EU who is expected to take the lead in tabling amendments to the bill, indicated that peers were likely to ensure that the provisions of the bill would be nullified unless MPs and peers voted in favour of its measures after the next election.
MPs voted 365 votes to 187 in favour of supporting the proposed amendment to the the Constitutional Reform bill.
Although remain - supporting Tories overwhelmingly voted in favour, some are still threatening to rebel when the Commons considers amendments to the bill next week, citing issues such as the rights of EU citizens to stay in the UK.
More than 100 Tory MPs planned to register their opposition to the marriage (same - sex couples) bill by voting in favour of a series of amendments to water down the measure.