Sentences with phrase «government on constitutional reform»

Mr Kennedy, who has made it clear he would continue to work with the government on constitutional reform, left the door open to further links «if the prime minister made a proposal» in areas such as health or education.

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The last hour has seen the political and constitutional reform committee issue a report complaining that the government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October last year.

Mr Brown highlighted constitutional reform as a personal priority soon after being appointed prime minister this summer and the government is expected to publish its own paper on the governance of Britain early in 2008.

In the fourth of politics.co.uk's week - long series of features on the coalition government, we look at the frenzied pace of constitutional reform.

09:00 - Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, before political and constitutional reform committee, on: the coalition government's programme of political and constitutional reform

The vote, which took place as the Commons debates Lords amendments to the electoral registration and administration bill, will deepen already intense bitterness on the government backbenches over the coalition's stalled constitutional reform agenda.

Those measures, which had included lowered campaign contribution rates, a cap on the amount of money lawmakers can earn outside of their government work and reforms to the constitutional convention process, have been seemingly scaled back.

During remarks delivered at a forum hosted by the nonpartisan good government group Citizens Union, the Attorney General outlined what he believes is required to help «cure the disease» of public corruption, including a total ban on outside employment income for legislators, an end to per diems, rules reform to empower individual legislators, and a constitutional amendment to extend legislators» terms from two to four years.

Mark Harper gave evidence to the political and constitutional reform committee, as the consultation on the government's proposals to introduce individual voter registration came to a close.

There is a crucial caveat though — Survation also asked what the top priority should be for the government — 31 % said immigration, 20 % the economy, 9 % jobs, 9 % public services, 6 % combating terrorism and down on 5 % constitutional reform.

The legislation we have proposed will continue to benefit the people of Wales as the Government focuses on reducing the deficit and restoring economic stability, reducing and preventing crime, proposing constitutional reforms, and modernising the pension system.

Grayling will take on responsibility for the Government's constitutional reforms including the further devolution of powers to Scotland and legislation to give English MPs a veto over England - only laws at Westminster.

First of all I chaired our backbench committee on Political and Constitutional Reform, where I must admit I felt a complete outsider — not unreasonably when the lead Government spokesman on political and constitutional reform was the Leader of my Party and Deputy Prime MinisteConstitutional Reform, where I must admit I felt a complete outsider — not unreasonably when the lead Government spokesman on political and constitutional reform was the Leader of my Party and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Reform, where I must admit I felt a complete outsider — not unreasonably when the lead Government spokesman on political and constitutional reform was the Leader of my Party and Deputy Prime Ministeconstitutional reform was the Leader of my Party and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick reform was the Leader of my Party and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

This is based on the controversial policy of «constructive opposition» - cooperating with the Government on areas of agreement, like constitutional reform and, as announced last week, a common European foreign and security policy, and opposing it on others.

Under the Ashdown formula, the Liberal Democrats have worked with Labour on areas of mutual interest, such as constitutional reform, but have opposed the Government in other areas such as spending on health and education and preparation for the euro.

MPs on the political and constitutional reform committee are frustrated because the government has provided very limited engagement with them on the proposals.

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of the UK Parliament published a Select Committee Publications on the «Lessons from the process of Government formation after the 2010 General Election».

A planned Cabinet discussion on constitutional reform has now been sidelined as the government responds to the latest terror threat.

SUNY New Paltz professor Gerald Benjamin, who has been on the front lines pushing for constitutional reform for decades, said he is not surprised government reform organizations are coming around on the issue.

Indeed the government's need to make the statement tomorrow forced Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, to bring forward his own statement on constitutional reform to today.

It looks instead like the government will use the constitutional reform and governance bill to pave the way for a referendum within two years of the next election, ie in the next parliament, but just on the alternative vote (AV)-- a system that allows preferences but isn't proportional.

While some government reform groups have signed on to a deal that includes a constitutional amendment for reform in the future, others have not.

In its first wave of constitutional reform for this session, the government will publish a bill on Thursday to change the way electoral registration is organised, moving it from a household basis to an individual basis.

On 23 February I gave evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee for their inquiry into government formation after the election.

Furthermore, for all the debate, the government did not achieve much on constitutional reform.

The incoming majority Conservative government has opted to abolish the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, which unlike the other commons committees does not exist on a statutory basis.

The Coalition Agreement committed the present government to four major pieces of constitutional and electoral reform: a referendum on the AV voting system, the equalisation of constituency sizes, an elected House of Lords and five - year fixed - term Parliaments.

The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee looks forward to the government's support as it pursues its work on making the legislature as effective as possible.

If a minority Labour government was relying on Tory votes to get things through that the Nats didn't like, there is always a danger that the Tories could resort to the sort of tactics Labour themselves often used in such situations (such as constitutional reform).

Nick Clegg is to take personal charge of a massive programme of constitutional renewal, including a referendum bill on electoral reform passed by summer 2011, in what the prime minister, David Cameron, described yesterday as a Liberal - Conservative government that marks a «historic and seismic shift» in British politics.

Given the concessions on electoral reform and fixed term parliaments that the Conservatives were forced to make as part of the Coalition Government, they are unlikely to allow themselves to be pushed into other constitutional reforms in the immediate future.

The government's legislative programme will focus on economic growth and constitutional reform, according to this morning's Queen's Speech.

But don't think this breakdown in relations means a great constitutional rush on the government benches to reform.

With these limits in mind, it should be noted that the draft legislative programme published by the government refers to 23 Bills on matters ranging from children in care to constitutional reform to unclaimed assets.

In its response to a recent Constitutional Affairs Select Committee report — Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid, which attacked many of the proposals for reform and warned the government to slow down implementation — the government says it will stand firm on its reform programme.

In its attack on the government's plans for implementing Lord Carter's legal aid reforms (see Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid HC 223, 1 May 2007) the Constitutional Affairs Committee commented severely on the lack of relevant data:

Despite this, the government's 50 - page response, published on 22 June, rejected all the criticisms and promised that the reforms would go ahead as planned (see Implementing Legal Aid Reform: Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report,government's 50 - page response, published on 22 June, rejected all the criticisms and promised that the reforms would go ahead as planned (see Implementing Legal Aid Reform: Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report,Government Response to the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee Report, Cm 7158).

The Constitutional Affairs Committee's report on the Carter reforms of legal aid, Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid, HC 223, was probably the committee's sharpest ever critique of government policy (See NLJ, 22 June 2007, pp 872 — 74 and NLJ, 29 June 2007, pp 912 — 14).

Professor Michael Zander QC reports on the government's dusty response to the Constitutional Affairs Committee report on the Carter reforms

Signs of that movement from non-Indigenous Australians came today with a joint statement by almost 1,000 academics, civil society groups, lawyers and charities calling on the Federal Government to «respect the wishes of Australia's First Nations peoples in the Uluru Statement and make constitutional reforms that enable First Nations peoples to take their rightful place in Australia an immediate national priority».

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community were asked by the Government to give our view on constitutional reform, it was given and after several months of «deliberation'the Turnbull government rejected the Uluru Statement and the modest and meaningful proposaGovernment to give our view on constitutional reform, it was given and after several months of «deliberation'the Turnbull government rejected the Uluru Statement and the modest and meaningful proposagovernment rejected the Uluru Statement and the modest and meaningful proposals within.

In my forthcoming Social Justice Report you will see a focus on re-setting or recasting our relationships with governments in this vein — both at the national level through constitutional reform, and at the local level highlighting the positive work of the Fitzroy Crossing community in demanding their right to self - determination to achieve their own pre-determined destinies.

As an Australian Government priority, constitutional reform must be placed on the COAG agenda.

2.2 That the Australian Government place constitutional reform on the Council of Australian Governments agenda as a national priority.

I congratulate the Australian Government and all other political parties who have embarked on this journey of constitutional reform to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples of our nation.