Sentences with phrase «in favour of bill»

It is time for Canada's elected representatives from all parties to hear the voice of the Canadian public, to stand up for the best interests of children and to resist vested interests by voting in favour of Bill C - 560 at 2nd reading.

Long - time supporters of the New Democratic Party, Liberals, Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and the Green Party, from every region across the country, have been calling their elected representatives to stand up for the best interest of Canada's children in a divorce by voting in favour of Bill C - 560.

The third criteria was whether the MP voted in favour of Bill C - 484 Unborn Victims of Crime Act on March 5, 2008.

The Coalition does note that some pro-choice MPs did vote in favour of Bill C - 484, which reveals the uncertainties in predicting a politician's stance on such a divisive policy.

But one theme came up often in the arguments in favour of the Bill that I hadn't given too much thought to before: the apparent need to create «investor confidence» in the renewable energy sector.

More than 80 Members of Parliament voted in favour of Bill C - 246, the Modernizing Animal Protections Act, at second reading in the House of Commons.

For Jean - Francois Mattei, a paediatrician and opposition deputy who voted in favour of the bill, the bioethics law enters dangerous waters here.

However, Starmer's decision to hail the early vote as a victory could mean shadow cabinet ministers who are conflicted over Brexit, such as Clive Lewis and Diane Abbott, may feel more comfortable with voting in favour of the bill on Wednesday, as they will be able to argue that the party helped shape the process.

Yet over the following three hours, not one Labour backbencher was moved to deliver a speech in favour of the BIll, as shadow Treasury spokesman David Gauke noted in his summing up:

Not at second reading, because Labour will vote in favour of the bill at second reading, ensuring it will get through.

In December 2004 and October 2005, Reid voted in favour of a bill enabling the British national identity card.

It means that more than one - quarter of Labour MPs failed to vote in favour of the bill, making it by far the biggest rebellion of Mr Corbyn's leadership.

Lamb says he is in favour of bill allowing euthanasia for terminally ill adults with prime minister promising free vote

And my hope is that we will return to it, in the next Parliament emboldened by the overwhelming vote in favour of our Bill at second reading.

Government ministers will speak in favour of the bill but backbench MPs will not be prevented from attempting to «talk out» the legislation.

Please vote in favour of the Bill.»

Labour (although theoretically in favour of the bill) will vote against the timetable motion and, with the Tory rebels supporting them, they should be able to shoot it down.

The arguments offered in favour of the bill are entirely spurious.

But with both David Cameron and George Osborne in favour of the bill, and effectively controlling patronage between them, requests to «help» the Prime Minister today have a certain status.

According to him, the APC - led Senate has betrayed its pre-election promises in their refusal to vote in favour of the bill.

Not exact matches

As a society, we've stopped dealing with a lot of matters through the traditional postal system in favour of viewing our bills and accessing services online.

Bankers and operators of automated teller machines say the sudden shortage of cash in some Indian states is mainly the result of the central bank printing fewer 2,000 rupee notes over the past few months in favour of harder - to - hoard smaller bills.

Tina Beattie signed an open letter in favour of same - sex marriage while the bill was going through parliament.

He's a former spiritual advisor to Bill Clinton, has spoken in favour of gay relationships and is passionate about social justice.

«When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

While Jesus would have been in favour of helping people, he definitely would have disagreed with the abortion support in this bill..

His lack of games for PSG could mean a move in January is favoured by the player, and his club may want to reduce their already bulging wage bill.

Benny Ashley - Seal has spent the summer on trial with a view to switching from Norwich City and, turning 19 in November, he fits the bill as the sort of striker the Blues favour.

Mr Miliband also mocked health secretary Andrew Lansley, who is reported to have fallen out of favour in Downing Street due to his failure to sell the bill to the public.

One hundred and thirty six Tory MPs opposed the bill against 123 in favour, meaning a majority of the Conservative party voted against the legislation.

Earlier this year, the previously - loyal Corbynite quit the shadow cabinet rather than vote in favour of the government's Brexit bill.

As Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Iain McLean have pointed out, and as the Guardian recognised at the time; in the main debate on the civil partnership bill in 2004, six bishops voted in favour of (and one against) a wrecking amendment.

The bill reflects a broad consensus in favour of change.

The party members were wholly unpersuaded by the case put forward by the government and by the parliamentarians who spoke in favour of the wrecking amendment, including Lord Wallace (whose name appears on the Bill) and our Chief Whip in the Commons Alistair Carmichael.

Peers voted 294 - 244 in favour of an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill designed to enshrine European environmental protections in UK law.

In a major shock, the House of Lords voted 245 to 218 in favour of a cross-party amendment to the Government's flagship EU Withdrawal BilIn a major shock, the House of Lords voted 245 to 218 in favour of a cross-party amendment to the Government's flagship EU Withdrawal Bilin favour of a cross-party amendment to the Government's flagship EU Withdrawal Bill.

Blair's position contrasts sharply with that of Corbyn, who took the decision to whip his MPs to vote in favour of May's Brexit bill last week.

House of lords reform - draft bill The purpose of the draft legislation is to take forward the vote of the House of Commons in March 2007 in favour of a wholly or substantially elected second Chamber.

«The reason why we have not specified a threshold in the Bill is, as a number of hon. Members said, that we want to respect the will of the people who vote in the referendum, without any qualifications... People may choose to abstain, but the amendment would create an incentive for people who favour a no vote to abstain.

The bill, designed to increase fairness and diversity in the workplace, would also allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority candidates and require public bodies to disclose the extent of any gender pay gap in their organisation.

In turning up to the House of Lords, Gould did a great deal more than vote in favour of an amendment by the Labour peer Lord Rea to deny the health and social care bill a second readinIn turning up to the House of Lords, Gould did a great deal more than vote in favour of an amendment by the Labour peer Lord Rea to deny the health and social care bill a second readinin favour of an amendment by the Labour peer Lord Rea to deny the health and social care bill a second reading.

The Bill was proposed by Kirsty Williams, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, and the Assembly voted in favour of it last month.

Peers voted by 366 votes to 268 in favour of an amendment to the bill to have a «meaningful» parliamentary vote on the final terms of the Brexit deal.

Raab amendment to immigration bill is defeated despite 97 MPs, many of them Conservative backbenchers, voting in favour

David Cameron has been delaying the next stage of the debate on the immigration bill for weeks, because he knew that the report stage debate would see dozens of Tory MPs trying to vote against the government and in favour of a much tougher stance on immigration.

The decline in Liberal Democrat support and the failure of the Tory - backed bill that would change parliamentary boundaries tipped the balance in Labour's favour.

Liberal Democrats in Westminster have also provided robust opposition to the Bill, including by ensuring plans to tilt the scales of party funding in favour of the Conservatives were separated from the Bill during its passage through the Lords.

Lord Hannay, a former UK ambassador to the EU who is expected to take the lead in tabling amendments to the bill, indicated that peers were likely to ensure that the provisions of the bill would be nullified unless MPs and peers voted in favour of its measures after the next election.

Although Socialist president François Hollande made clear in his election campaign that he was in favour of legalising gay marriage, there is now a widely - held view that he is pushing the gay marriage bill to boost his left - wing credentials, as the dire economic situation prevents him from delivering on some other election hopes.

MPs voted 365 votes to 187 in favour of supporting the proposed amendment to the the Constitutional Reform bill.