Instead of a public vote, Ben & Jerry's is calling for
a free vote in parliament on marriage equality.
Former British prime minister John Major has called for
a free vote in parliament on whether to hold a second EU referendum.
Not exact matches
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.