Sentences with phrase «fixed term parliament»

Cameron himself outlined a couple of the downsides of fixed term parliaments in his speech today.

Following this motion, legislation will be brought forward to make provision for fixed term parliaments of five years.

With fixed term Parliaments of 5 years, that means seats would change every Parliament (though it would also mean that the changes were normally quite small).

The coalition deal could also introduce fixed term parliaments of four or five years, ending the ability of the prime minister to call a snap election.

The switch from discretionary election timing to fixed term Parliaments makes a significant change to the majoritarian traditions of government in the UK.

He also confirmed that there will be early legislation on fixed term parliaments, one of the commitments in the coalition agreement between the two parties.

Those of us hoping for a shake - up of the entire system should be bitterly disappointed, even though minor reforms - such as fixed term parliaments and reform of party funding - will at least be forthcoming.

In the middle of a leadership election and in the first weeks of what could be a five - year fixed term parliament, it may seem too early to be talking about parliamentary selections.

The shopping list which has been dusted off includes fixed term parliaments, proportional representation, electronic voting, term limits for MPs, open primaries to select MPs, a written constitution, a smaller House of Commons, House of Lords reform and reducing the power of the whips.

The UK Coalition has proposed «Fixed Term Parliament unless the Coaltion wants an election».

I am in favour of fixed term parliaments oddly enough.

If David Cameron was interested in a quick re run of the General Election then why fixed term Parliaments?

They can no longer be regarded as confidence votes in the government, thanks to a clear definition of what constitutes such a division in the coalition's own Fixed Term Parliament Act.

«We're going to look at fixed term parliaments, reform of the House of Lords, more power for Parliament over the executive,» he said.

It supports fixed term parliaments — so does ours.

Even fixed term parliaments - still bogged down in the Report stages and not yet through - can now go into the long grass, increasing the threat to the Lib Dem backbenchers if they do not behave.

Indeed, in many ways fixed term Parliaments are even worse in concept than AV.

Also on the Politics Show, the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, announced that the Lib Dems will introduce a Bill this week calling for fixed term Parliaments.

Bills designated as «money bills» by the Speaker can not be delayed indefinitely by the (unelected) House of Lords (Parliament Act, 1911 - nothing to do with fixed term parliaments), but they can be defeated in the Commons, which would leave the government without a functioning finance policy.

Not only has he got the bills to introduce fixed term Parliaments, the AV referendum and the reduction in constituencies on his plate right now, but he was back in the Commons this afternoon to make another announcement.

Making the most of the five year fixed term parliament was a consistent plan among the Tory leadership contenders.

Martin Loughlin and Cal Viney's chapter on the Coalition and the constitution is supremely notable for its consideration of fixed term parliaments, voting and House of Lords reform, sovereignty and the EU, rights protection and Scotland and Wales in the UK.

Recall elections are a much better proposal than any idea of fixed term parliaments.

But what about the Fixed Term Parliaments Act?

Fixed term parliaments to be introduced, with caveat that there will be a dissolution if 55 % of MPs support a vote of no - confidence in the government.

However, under the Fixed Term Parliament Act she can not technically call an election.

And the reason is that under the fixed term parliament act, the one thing that's supposed to be putting her off having a general election, that's the one reason you might have one.

The Fixed Term Parliament Act changed all that.

That motion, as set out by the Fixed Term Parliament Act, will require a two thirds majority of the House of Commons.

There also seems to me to be a case for capping the proposal for fixed term parliaments of 5 years, by going for 3 or 4 year parliaments.

It was used again last month by Tory ex-ministers attacking the Fixed Term Parliament Act which has got us into this mess.

The issue of a fixed term parliament and the arrangements for its dissolution should only apply to future parliaments.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

The way many of them talked, it was as if the Fixed Term Parliaments Act (FTPA) 2011 had never happened.

Prior to the fixed term parliaments act, Prime Ministers were (effectively) free to choose the timing of the election.

We need to look at the reality of this parliament and not some nice theory about how a fixed term parliament should work.

But explaining his change of mind, he said: «If I may legitimately say so, I made that commitment eight years ago, it was before the Fixed Term Parliament Act, it was before the EU referendum.»

The Coalition introduced the Fixed Term Parliaments Act in 2011.

If we have a fixed term parliament elected upon a proportional voting system then a threshold of 55 % or higher would be democratic.

Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act 2011, an early election is possible if there is a motion of no - confidence in the current government.

The two parliamentary acts that determine the date of the election — the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 and the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 make no mention of delaying the election.

Envisaged as the twelve month period running up to a known future election date, the snap election called under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, means that the regulated period has necessarily been backdated to the twelve months commencing 9 June 2016 and ending on polling day.

But Fixed Term Parliaments are good for UK democracy and the Act should stay.

Any fixed Term Parliament elected under FPTP or for that matter AV must retain simple majority rules for dissolution, given the distorted levels of representation and voting power they create.

May also faces an additional barrier, the fixed term parliament act.

This is now scheduled by the Fixed Term Parliament Act to automatically happen 25 days before the election date.

This proposal protects the coalition (legitimate in a fixed term parliament), but also allows them to dissolve parliament at will (not legitimate).

Scotland's first minister and leader of the SNP told the Guardian: «With fixed term parliaments, it gives parties in a minority government situation --(where) hopefully the SNP will be in a position of influence — huge ability to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.....»