Sentences with phrase «if backbenchers»

on Friday, said: «I do believe the stakes are very, very high for the prime minister indeed - if his backbenchers are not satisfied by... the form that the compensation package will take, it may destroy his premiership.»

Duncan told us Noodle should be «running the country» and asserted that, if backbenchers only were allowed to enter this competition, he'd have «to resign and put Noodle first.»

But if those backbenchers start to make trouble, the Prime Minister may need to work occasionally with some combination of Lib Dem, SNP and even Labour MPs to assemble issue - by - issue majorities in Parliament, not least on the vexed matter of Britain's membership of the European Union.

The motion commended the Speaker for reasserting that Ministers should make important statements first to the Commons chamber and reiterated the importance of Ministers doing so if backbenchers are to properly hold the Government to account.

They could work with the Speaker, even if their backbenchers resented it.

I'm officially about to take bets to see if a backbencher brings up the Sergeant controversy.

Not exact matches

This week in the legislature, the NDP's backbencher queries in question period were often devoted to asking NDP ministers what carnage would occur to schools, nurses and poor old granny if Jason Kenney slashed and burned the public sector.

If he was fishing for an underhand backbencher comment which sets off MPs in helpless laughter, it worked.

Asked by the BBC if the reshuffle would create a more «cohesive» Conservative party, backbencher Eleanor Laing replied: «I very much doubt it.»

If instead you have to persuade several parties that have to decide together and consult with their backbenchers to keep the whole thing rolling, you have to make sure that safeguards are in place — and you have to be more careful.

Speaking to PoliticsHome later, the backbencher added: «I think the Labour party needs to hold a mirror up to itself and ask if we really want our events to resemble Trump rallies where journalists are booed and hissed at for doing their job.

I suspect the Prime Minister will test the water fairly early on and if she finds her program being blocked by bolshie backbenchers, don't be surprised if we get an early General Election.

A group of Conservative backbenchers could leave parliament in the new year if the coalition does not back down over proposed boundary changes, according to a report.

Curbing MPs» outside earnings would send voters a «we get it» message, but what if a couple of high - earning backbenchers rebel?

If Labour goes ahead with its plan to argue for more time and oppose the government motion, and if three dozen Tory and Liberal Democrat backbenchers join forces, then, with the support of at least some of the minor parties, a government defeat or a pyrrhic win is far from impossiblIf Labour goes ahead with its plan to argue for more time and oppose the government motion, and if three dozen Tory and Liberal Democrat backbenchers join forces, then, with the support of at least some of the minor parties, a government defeat or a pyrrhic win is far from impossiblif three dozen Tory and Liberal Democrat backbenchers join forces, then, with the support of at least some of the minor parties, a government defeat or a pyrrhic win is far from impossible.

Later on, The Times» Matt Chorley asked the home secretary whether she would behaving differently on Brexit if she was a backbencher.

But today it applies most to Liberal Democrats, who must now sit and wait patiently to see if Cameron can persuade his backbenchers to back Lords reform.

Mark Reckless, a leading eurosceptic among the 81 Conservative backbenchers who defied David Cameron last month, said an EU referendum was a matter of «when» and not «if» after the Tory revolt.

If she loses her bid, she will be shut out of leadership and have to be a powerless backbencher; probably de Blasio would invent a place for her in his administration to give her a graceful exit.

So it's more likely than not that if one adds votes against to abstentions over half of all Tory backbenchers failed to support it.

However, the Conservative»» coalition partners remain fiercely opposed to any changes to the current law and Chris Huhne, the Lib Dem energy secretary, said: «If Conservative backbenchers persist in wanting to tear up the European Convention on Human Rights, then I can foresee a time when this party would be extremely uncomfortable in coalition.»

Labour backbenchers know that Gordon Brown has to get his legislative programme through the Commons if he is to retain what modest credibility he still has.

«That this House commends the Speaker on the action he has taken over the past year to reassert the principle that Ministers ought to make statements to the House before they are made elsewhere; notes that paragraph 9.1 of the Ministerial Code says that when Parliament is in session, the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance in Parliament; believes that compliance with this principle is essential for backbenchers to be able to represent the interests of their constituents and hold the Government to account; and invites the Procedure Committee to consider how the rules of the House could be better used or, if necessary, changed to ensure compliance with this principle and to develop a protocol for the release of information.»

If this is what a lowly backbencher is like, I dread what it was like working for Gordon Brown!

Tabled by the backbencher Stephen Phillips and other loyalists, one amendment would oblige the home secretary to report if EU migration is «excessive».

Watson said it was «yet to be determined» if the party would ultimately end up splitting in the event of a Corbyn victory, but one of the jobs of a new deputy leader would be to help unite the shadow cabinet and backbenchers in an effort to stop this happening.

But if, after this vote, backbenchers and parliament are stronger against the executive, the freedoms of groups to associate together are weaker.

3.25 pm: Labour backbencher asks if Cameron will offer a referendum if the Treaty is ratified?

Labour is facing the prospect of «political oblivion» if it goes into a general election under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, a senior backbencher has warned.

Senior Labour backbencher and former minister Frank Field said: «If last night's vote heralds the start of Ukip's serious assault into Labour's neglected core vote, all bets are off for safer, let alone marginal seats at the next election.»

If the voting age is to be lowered, it should come about as a result of general acceptance in society, a campaign from backbenchers in Parliament, and / or being prominently placed in the manifesto of a winning party - all of which would follow a period of serious consideration of the issue.

In particular, the promised in / out referendum on Britain's membership of the EU could badly split the Conservative Party if Cameron campaigns for a vote to remain in the EU while many of his backbenchers — and some frontbenchers — campaign for a «Brexit».

Despite the terse statement in the coalition agreement that «arrangements will be made to enable Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain in any vote» on proposals from Browne with which they disagree, numerous backbenchers - including the former leader Menzies Campbell - have let it be known that they plan to rebel if the party performs a U-turn in government on fees.

Two backbenchers have submitted a motion of no confidence in Mr Corbyn which, if accepted for debate, would lead to secret ballot on Tuesday.

A Conservative backbencher suggesting a pact with UKIP said Nigel Farage has got «a lot of talent» when asked if the smaller party leader could serve as a minister in a Tory government.

Cameron can not control his backbenchers but Clegg, if he chose, could control his ministerial team.

After George Osborne's Budget triumph, if the going gets rocky for the Prime Minister in the months ahead — in his attempts to re-negotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership, for example — the clamour from the Tory back benches for Mr Osborne to move next door from No. 11 to No. 10 Downing Street earlier than Mr Cameron would like will grow among those backbenchers who cheered his Budget wildly and waved their order papers in a frenzy.

But Conservative backbencher Sam Gyimah hit back, saying: «If there is any lie that is being perpetrated in this debate, it is that working class people» would be worse off under the proposals.

Backbencher Heidi Allen told BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour: «I couldn't be in the Conservative party if he was my leader.»

Conservative backbencher Douglas Hogg says he will oppose timetabling of all bills - even if the Tories win the next election.

Backbencher Nadine Dorries called both Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne «arrogant», while Mark Pritchard warned: «If the public believe that our priorities are not their priorities, and it sticks, no amount of relaunches will suffice.»

Rebel Tory backbencher Philip Davies shocked nobody earlier this year when he declared that he would vote for Trump «in a heartbeat» if he was an American.

We might be able to offer some help with Labour members and backbenchers if useful.

Rumours in recent weeks also suggest a backbencher was prepared to challenge Mr McConnell if he did not stand down.

If they succeed, his backbenchers will pile on pressure for a government bill.

If a significant number of backbenchers cause a fuss about the treatment, it will be a good way to raise the profile of the issue within government.

Outspoken Labour backbencher Simon Danczuk has put an end to rumours that he could leave the Labour party if Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader.

However if there is a large rebellion it will further undermine his support among the backbenchers, many of who are still angry over his handling of the Andrew Mitchell affair.

A «semi-pledge» amounts to no pledge, and because he is reluctant to wholly delight or dismay his backbenchers, Cameron is simply perpetuating the same old staid EU membership arguments, which are, ironically, distracting Britain from also «fighting the fire» in the eurozone — a crucial fight if he is to uphold his incessant enthusiasm for eventually delivering UK a deal with the EU in the «national interest.»

If the first question is asked by a government backbencher, the Leader of the Opposition is the second MP to ask questions.