Sentences with phrase «majority at second reading»

The government backed down on a programme motion but won a thumping majority at second reading, moving an elected Lords to the next legislative step, or perhaps, steepe — stretching out to the horizon as we enter months of trench warfare.

Not exact matches

They debated second reading at 5 pm, when the government's majority increased.

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In 2013, private member's Bill C - 560 proposed to amend the federal Divorce Act to create a rebuttable presumption of ESP, but failed at second reading in the House of Commons, despite polling that suggested the vast majority of Canadians would support such a measure.