Sentences with phrase «favour of the bill»

More than 80 Members of Parliament voted in favour of Bill C - 246, the Modernizing Animal Protections Act, at second reading in the House of Commons.

The Coalition does note that some pro-choice MPs did vote in favour of Bill C - 484, which reveals the uncertainties in predicting a politician's stance on such a divisive policy.

And my hope is that we will return to it, in the next Parliament emboldened by the overwhelming vote in favour of our Bill at second reading.

Lamb says he is in favour of bill allowing euthanasia for terminally ill adults with prime minister promising free vote

In December 2004 and October 2005, Reid voted in favour of a bill enabling the British national identity card.

While refusing to be drawn on whether a three - line whip would be imposed, the Labour leader said his MPs would be «asked to vote» in favour of the bill when it comes before the Commons.

Assembly Members voted in favour of the Bill last month.

However, Starmer's decision to hail the early vote as a victory could mean shadow cabinet ministers who are conflicted over Brexit, such as Clive Lewis and Diane Abbott, may feel more comfortable with voting in favour of the bill on Wednesday, as they will be able to argue that the party helped shape the process.

However, the Department of Justice has suggested that the Minister need only report when there is no credible argument in favour of a bill passing the Charter test.

The star was Williams, who revealed that she had been one of three Labour cabinet ministers to vote in favour of a Bill of Rights in the 1970s.

The third criteria was whether the MP voted in favour of Bill C - 484 Unborn Victims of Crime Act on March 5, 2008.

Not at second reading, because Labour will vote in favour of the bill at second reading, ensuring it will get through.

Long - time supporters of the New Democratic Party, Liberals, Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and the Green Party, from every region across the country, have been calling their elected representatives to stand up for the best interest of Canada's children in a divorce by voting in favour of Bill C - 560.

In arguing in favour of the bill, MPs and peers have remarked that both the House of Commons and House of Lords begin proceedings with prayers.

14:18 - And here's the result: There were 305 votes in favour of the bill, and just 30 against.

According to him, the APC - led Senate has betrayed its pre-election promises in their refusal to vote in favour of the bill.

But with both David Cameron and George Osborne in favour of the bill, and effectively controlling patronage between them, requests to «help» the Prime Minister today have a certain status.

«The arguments offered in favour of the bill are entirely spurious,» he wrote.

The arguments offered in favour of the bill are entirely spurious.

Labour (although theoretically in favour of the bill) will vote against the timetable motion and, with the Tory rebels supporting them, they should be able to shoot it down.

Among those arguing in favour of the Bill were five members of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, who passionately called on their fellow members to acknowledge the profound ethical case for assisted dying.

Please vote in favour of the Bill.»

Government ministers will speak in favour of the bill but backbench MPs will not be prevented from attempting to «talk out» the legislation.

In July, MPs voted by a large majority in favour of the bill, but the government was forced to drop another crucial vote on the parliamentary timetable after more than 100 Tory backbenchers and the Labour party signalled they would vote against it.

It means that more than one - quarter of Labour MPs failed to vote in favour of the bill, making it by far the biggest rebellion of Mr Corbyn's leadership.

Secondly two Conservative MPs (Peter Bone and Steve Double) voted in favour of the Bill.

Yet over the following three hours, not one Labour backbencher was moved to deliver a speech in favour of the BIll, as shadow Treasury spokesman David Gauke noted in his summing up:

For Jean - Francois Mattei, a paediatrician and opposition deputy who voted in favour of the bill, the bioethics law enters dangerous waters here.

But one theme came up often in the arguments in favour of the Bill that I hadn't given too much thought to before: the apparent need to create «investor confidence» in the renewable energy sector.

In other words, the Quebec Bar Association is in favour of Bill 94 (with reservations) because it is a reflection of existing Charter jurisprudence and because the bill is not reinventing anything.

I encourage everyone in the House to vote in favour of the bill to bring it to committee.

It is time for Canada's elected representatives from all parties to hear the voice of the Canadian public, to stand up for the best interests of children and to resist vested interests by voting in favour of Bill C - 560 at 2nd reading.