Sentences with phrase «in parliament if»

Yvette Cooper says she would «relish» taking on Cameron in Parliament if elected as Labour Leader

While some left - wing propositions command 40 % support or more — easily enough to provide a majority in Parliament if they all voted Labour — only 16 % regard themselves as «very» or «fairly» left - wing.

Osborne told told Parliament: «We are deceiving ourselves in this Parliament if we believe we have no responsibility for what has happened in Syria.

«We have a good record on consulting parliament - having a vote in parliament if we decide to take any military action and we're conscious of the views of parliament on these matters and the need to be consulted,» foreign secretary William Hague said before the recall announcement was made.

Not exact matches

«If the BOJ were to ease policy, it would therefore be most natural for it to increase government debt purchases and target longer - dated bonds,» Kuroda said in a confirmation hearing in the lower house of parliament.

Sandberg's visit to Germany comes after the country's parliament passed a law in June to introduce fines of up to 50 million euros ($ 59 million) for social media networks if they fail to remove hateful postings promptly.

Chancellor Angela Merkel told the German parliament that if the crisis deepens in Crimea and Ukraine, the EU is prepared to move to economic sanctions on a higher level.

Thirdly, the schism between the Fund and Europe means the agreement could unravel even if the Greek parliament votes in favour of it.

The parliament's proposal to the commission, if passed, would put pressure on new EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to take a tougher line than her predecessor in resolving complaints against Google.

«What I'm trying to drive at, is whether there are any circumstances in which you'd go back to the EU on certain points, for example, if the resolution were amended to say Parliament would like the government to seek an extension of the Article 50 process — is that possible?»

If May is successful in winning more seats in parliament, she would have a stronger hand in Brexit negotiations, and would be more likely to remove the country from the E.U. single market trade zone.

In a televised speech on Thursday afternoon, Carles Puigdemont said he had not received a guarantee from Spain that it would not apply direct rule over Catalonia if the regional parliament were dissolved.

If the Council's proposals are formalized in the summer and survive negotiations with the European Parliament, there will be a two - year waiting period before the new system takes effect.

Sunday's vote is being closely - watched in Europe to see if populist, anti-establishment parties such as M5S could take a governing position in the Italian parliament.

«We should be ready, if we don't have 100 percent participation and if Europe doesn't want to give us more money,» Christos Staikouras, a member of the Greek Parliament from the center - right New Democracy opposition party and its economic spokesman, said in an interview.

If parliament gives its nod, Greek voters will be asked to rule on two complex draft documents that detail a proposal by the country's creditors to unlock aid of as much as 15.5 billion euros for Greece in return for sales - tax increases and pension reforms.

For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.

Last week, Marietje Schaake, a member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Democratic Party in the Netherlands, wrote to the European Commission asking if it planned to investigate the company's use of Greyball.

Oh, I knew the Harper Government ™ had nothing but contempt for the electorate — they're officially in contempt of Parliament — but as I watched him walking out on the reporters, I felt as if he were flipping me the bird.

A Borrowing Authority Bill was viewed as a «money bill» and therefore regarded as a «vote of confidence», and would result in the defeat of the government if not approved by Parliament.

To ensure that relations between the auditor and the audited company do not become too cozy, members of the European Parliament approved a mandatory rotation rule whereby an auditor may inspect a company's books for a maximum of 14 years, which could be increased to 25 years if safeguards are put in place.

«It's certainly very hypocritical for the Conservative government to say that a member of parliament that advocates on behalf of a business in his or her constituency who advocates in favour of temporary foreign workers who meet the criteria as set out in the program, if somehow that's illegitimate for a member of parliament to advocate for a temporary foreign worker permit in his constituency,» Mr. LeBlanc explained, «then the Conservatives should ask themselves why under their watch the number of temporary foreign workers has doubled.

The Left Platform, which holds about 40 seats in parliament and is composed of former communists and others closely aligned with labor unions, could defeat the government if its members vote against the plan.

A daunting list, but shorter than it was two years ago and it would be shorter still if it were not for political obstructions to proposed reforms such as the GST in the upper house of parliament where Mr. Modi's government does not have a majority.

What that means in practice is the TPP agreement as currently structured and finalized can only come into force if it is ratified by the United States,» Ms. Freeland told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill on Tuesday.

If those facilities and activities are affecting climate change and in a manner that requires action, it is for those regulators to act or, more broadly, for Parliament to act.

Parliament will take the next year to determine if the ruling will become permanent, but Gloria has been granted the right to seek doctor as / sisted suicide in the interim.

«We have joint meetings and discussion on some of the most unbelievably contentious issues, like pro-life issues, to see if we can somehow arrive at some sort of way of living the Gospel in parliament,» he said.

Co-existence was crucial if we were to unite as a country in the face of the brutal tyranny of the English king and the bullying of Parliament.

17 Sept To Representatives of British Society in Westminster Hall: Allow me also to express my esteem for [your] Parliament... your common law tradition [etc., etc.]... Yet... if the moral principles underpinning the democratic process are themselves determined by nothing more solid than social consensus, then the fragility of the process becomes all too evident... [e.g. the credit crunch lacked] solid ethical foundations... [whereas the British - inspired] abolition of the slave trade [did not].

Although circumcision is widely done for religious and cultural reasons, a bill in the Icelandic parliament calls for someone to imprisoned for up to six years if the procedure is not done solely for medical reasons.

Mothers» names will be included on marriage certificates «as soon as possible» if a new law is approved, the Government has said after the Bishop of St Albans raised the matter in Parliament.

The Ecology Party in Britain would have a significant representation in the British Parliament if there were proportional representation in the franchise.

Pursuant to my brief post on the defeat of M - 312, one commenter (David Nickol) observes that the motion was, if I may so paraphrase, ill - considered: M312 would have set up a committee in parliament to answer the following questions: (i) what medical evidence exists to demonstrate that a child is or....

«But if the problems of the 21st century life are to be effectively addressed, and if Britain is to become a modern state rather than one in which parliament continues to cleave to its medieval past, then the separation of church and state needs to be part of the solution.»

«So I would say I am a little frustrated because I would expect that we shouldn't have to issue notices to produce with respect to information if an organisation is working in partnership with us,» James told parliament.

If the petition reaches 10,000 signatures, the British government will have to respond to the petition, and if its hits 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in parliamenIf the petition reaches 10,000 signatures, the British government will have to respond to the petition, and if its hits 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in parliamenif its hits 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in parliament.

But processors are less likely to invest in increasing their processing capabilities if this proposal is passed by the European parliament.»

If they were actually true «laws» they would be made in Parliament.

If their poll numbers hold, then they could end up with about 50 MPs — up from 6 — and so hold the balance of power in any Parliament.

As regards to the EU professional footballers and the none EU / UK ones who will caught up by Brexit as they are still plying their trades in the UK when the Brexit comes to effect, for the EU footballers and EU managers, to me, of course they should automatically have their former status of freedom or rights to play / work freely in the UK as if they are UK citizens forfeited and should be henceforth be treated as foreigners subjected to comply with the new UK laws so reviewed by the London Supreme court and passed into Law by an act Parliament.

The draft text will now be discussed in the second reading and, if passed, will go to Committee stage for line by line scrutiny before returning to Parliament for the third reading to approve it to go to the House of Lords for debate and approval there.

«We mounted a campaign in Parliament specifically calling for Improvement Notices to have deadlines attached, to lead to criminal prosecutions if they are ignored and for them to be public.

If enough MEPs support the objections, tabled by Green MEP Keith Taylor, the proposals will be voted on by the whole Parliament next week in Strasbourg.

If you are in the UK contact your Member of Parliament before 19 January.

He's asked if he backs fixed - term parliaments, but says it worries him that a weak minority government would be stuck in power for four years.

Is leaving also implied in the EU treaties, so that in agreeing to endorse the EEC / EU treaties, parliament had also implicitly agreed they could be withdrawn at some future time if the government so desired?

Even if the Government were to implement Labour's growth plan now, given the failure of the last three years it would not avoid the need for cuts in departmental spending in the next Parliament.

Fixed term parliaments to be introduced, with caveat that there will be a dissolution if 55 % of MPs support a vote of no - confidence in the government.

The only place in which government direction can properly be explained and - if necessary - challenged is parliament,» he wrote in The Guardian.