Sentences with phrase «further vote in the parliament»

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BRUSSELS (Reuters)- Marine Le Pen's far right National Front scored a stunning first victory in European Parliament elections in France on Sunday as critics of the European Union registered a continent - wide protest vote against austerity and mass unemployment.

The precedent of not putting private member bills to vote further limits the powers of the private members in the Parliament.

Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart of the University of Nottingham have released a new pamplet - «The Bumper Book of Coalition Rebellions», which documents the 239 backbench rebellions so far in this Parliament, in which 544 votes have been held.

It comes as the Scottish Parliament prepares to vote today (20 February) on the introduction of new rates and bands of income tax1 from April this year, which will result in further fiscal divergence between Scotland and the rest of the UK.

In Scotland the clamour for a Scottish parliament was far more apparent, with 75 % voting for it.

Four hundred million people across Europe will be able to cast their vote in May's elections to the European Parliament, with polls suggesting gains for far - left, far - right and Eurosceptic parties.

During the Smith Commission negotiations on further devolution to Scotland, it was agreed to transfer legislative power from the UK parliament to Holyrood to allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in future Scottish Parliament parliament to Holyrood to allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in future Scottish Parliament Parliament elections.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

Further, once in parliament the Greens are more likely to vote with Labour policy than the Conservatives would be.

If Westminster's relationship with Holyrood comes increasingly to resembles that between a federal and state parliament in a decentralised federal system, many will feel that McKay does not go nearly far enough and a more hard - edged version of «English votes for English laws» is called for.

Marine Le Pen's far - right Front National led the French vote in the European Parliament elections.

Alan Christie: now that the Smith report on further devolution of powers to Scottish Parliament is out, how is that likely to impact SNP voting intention in Scotland?

MBRUNO Alan Christie: now that the Smith report on further devolution of powers to Scottish Parliament is out, how is that likely to impact SNP voting intention in Scotland?

In the independence White Paper published on Tuesday, the Scottish government pledged another # 100m a year for childcare in the first budget and a further # 600m by the end of the first parliament, subject to a «yes» vote in the referenduIn the independence White Paper published on Tuesday, the Scottish government pledged another # 100m a year for childcare in the first budget and a further # 600m by the end of the first parliament, subject to a «yes» vote in the referenduin the first budget and a further # 600m by the end of the first parliament, subject to a «yes» vote in the referenduin the referendum.

And now, with the UK parliament's vote in favour of three - parent babies, we are about to go a step further and actively replace damaged genes with working versions.

* The British National Party (BNP) is a far - right, whites only, political party that gained 0.7 % of the popular vote in the 2005 election and has no seats in the British parliament.

Local elections are coming up next month in Turkey, and so far we've seen politicians» opponents accuse them of grandstanding for votes by storming out of a debate in Davos and speaking Kurdish in Parliament.