Sentences with phrase «free vote on the matter»

The snap ballot came only days after Mrs Merkel changed her long - held stance on the issue by allowing members of her conservative coalition a free vote on the matter.

We call on the government to publish these proposals as a Bill and give Parliament a free vote on the matter.

But parliamentary sources say that promise has now been transmuted into a motion on whether there should be a free vote on the matter.

Not exact matches

Alternatively, Corbyn could have announced right at the start that he would offer a free vote on the issue as a matter of principle, but would seek to persuade his party to oppose the war.

But their caveat about Welsh MPs remaining free to vote on matters that do have implications for Wales touches on the difficult issue (which the manifesto does not talk about explicitly).

It's a simple matter of democracy: if there's party policy on an issue, that ought absolutely to preclude a free vote.

First, it was announced that there would be a free vote on the issue — a measure traditionally allowed for matters of conscience.