Sentences with phrase «free vote in parliament»

Former British prime minister John Major has called for a free vote in parliament on whether to hold a second EU referendum.

Instead of a public vote, Ben & Jerry's is calling for a free vote in parliament on marriage equality.

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Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

We have the Greens who have won a significant number of votes and the FDP [Free Democratic Party], which is a party that actually wasn't even in the parliament of the last election.

The Conservatives pledged in their manifesto to hold a free vote on a bill in government, in time to allow parliament to decide the future of the Hunting Act 2004.

«Only the Liberal Democrats can be trusted to promote a free and socially just society» — but it seems that only a handful of Lib Dem MPs can be trusted do so in the voting lobbies of Parliament.

As it happens, personally, I've always been in favour of fox hunting and we maintain our commitment — we had a commitment previously — as a Conservative Party to allow a free vote and that would allow parliament to take a decision on this.

The 1923 general election was fought on the Conservatives» protectionist proposals but, although they got the most votes and remained the largest party, they lost their majority in parliament, necessitating the formation of a government supporting free trade.

Turnbull must think with some envy of Angela Merkel, herself an opponent of same - sex marriage, who allowed a free vote in the German parliament only a few months ago.

The Conservatives pledged in their manifesto to hold a free vote on a bill in government time to allow parliament to decide the future of the Hunting Act 2004.

How should a principled MP decide which way to vote, assuming a free vote is permitted, as it was on the first two occasions that Parliament voted on the principle of joining the European Economic Community (on the third occasion in 1971 Labour whipped against)?

Laying down the gauntlet to the Labour leader, Mr Mills — who donated # 1.6 million to Labour since 2010 — adds: «He should understand the imperative to give all Labour Members of Parliament — including those in the Shadow Cabinet, as the Conservatives have done — a free vote allowing them to campaign to leave the EU if they want to.

A Conservative government will give Parliament the opportunity to repeal the hunting act on a free vote, with a government bill in government time», however the pledge has not been delivered.

Former PM says Commons should get free vote on final Brexit deal in which parliament can accept or reject the final outcome, with the option of ordering a second referendum.

Conservative party backbenchers will be given a free vote in the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union in the next parliament, George Osborne has said.

The victory presents Merkel with a quandary, because her coalition partner of the last 4 years, the Free Democrats (FDP), received only 4.7 % of the vote, failing to reach the 5 % cutoff for representation in the German parliament, the Bundestag.

The resolution sponsored by the Greens / European Free Alliance group of Members of the European Parliament with cross-party support, passed by a vote of 534 — 49 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 27 February.