Sentences with phrase «of coalition agreement»

Since 2012, the leader of the State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference has enjoyed some kind of coalition agreement with the State Senate Republicans, granting him many of the perquisites of power his former colleagues in the mainline Democratic caucus once sought to deny him.

Ed Balls: «We don't need to and will not be reaching some kind of coalition agreement» (The Agenda, ITV, 20 April 2015).

I agree with Tim Montgomerie that manifesto commitments should be honoured in all but exceptional circumstances, and the Government is in any case bound by the wording of the Coalition Agreement (as well as, more practicably, by the objections of the Liberal Democrats).

However, the Liberal Democrats agreed to the move as part of the coalition agreement.

• He implied that, if the Tories had to form another coalition after the election, he would make a referendum an essential condition of a coalition agreement.

Will the LibDems simply sit quietly by and allow the Conservatives to change leader and PM, with all the possible consequences for the content of the Coalition Agreement?

Whichever way one examines this part of the coalition agreement, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that these proposals have a highly partisan purpose behind them — gratuitously to hit just one party, the Labour Party.

But this process has intensified after the failure this summer of David Cameron, in Lib Dem eyes, to deliver his side of the coalition agreement on reform of the House of Lords.

This would then become a very early draft of the coalition agreement, the authors say (in a Times extract today).

Even if the maths works, the pre-nup of a coalition agreement will be incredibly hard to work out.

Our tables were covered in drafts and redrafts of the coalition agreement.

«In supporting this amendment, this side of the House is offering no endorsement of the health policies of the coalition agreement,» Mr Burnham warned, as he encouraged Labour MPs to back the Lib Dem rebels» plan.

Continue reading «Adam Afriyie MP: The Conservative review of the Coalition Agreement must involve the whole party»»

As such these plans would have clearly violated both Lib Dem party policy passed just weeks ago, and both the letter and spirit of the Coalition Agreement that states «We will implement a full programme of measures to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties and roll back state intrusion.»

• Cameron said a review of the coalition agreement would be published at the end of the summer.

This deal, and the terms of the coalition agreement, might just allow that to happen.

If the Conservatives introduce a tax break for marriage, the Lib Dems as a party are now committed to repeal it (although they won't before 2015, because of the coalition agreement).

Throughout Cameron's five years running a coalition government he could not act alone, since ministerial appointments formed key parts of the coalition agreement, although he reshuffled Tory ministers a bit.

The government remains bound by the terms of the Coalition Agreement, so the fact, for instance, that the new Justice Secretay Chris Grayling once resolved to «tear up» the Human Rights Act is of little significance.

Until you re-read the part of the Coalition Agreement in which Lords reform is mentioned:

«The reference to the tens of thousands of immigrants rather than hundreds of thousands is not part of the coalition agreement, it is Tory party policy only.»

Under the terms of the coalition agreement the Lib Dems will abstain when the government brings forward a national planning statement outlining plans for a new nuclear power station.

As you know, an elected House of Lords was part of the Coalition Agreement: a fundamental part of the contract that keeps the coalition parties working together in the national interest.

«The reference to the tens of thousands of immigrants rather than hundreds of thousands is not part of the coalition agreement, it is Tory party policy only,» Mr Cable told the BBC.

It was «the very first item on the first page of the Coalition agreement».

The Lib Dems have had their fun in Glasgow, but they know they now have to dust their uniforms down, leave the playground and go back to school to implement the remainder of the coalition agreement.

So on both of these counts, the obligations of the coalition agreement and the obligations of the Conservative manifesto have been discharged.»

It gave Michael Forsyth a comment piece on 19th May and flagged the issue in the aftermath of the Coalition Agreement.

Here, I admire the careful drafting of the Coalition agreement, since the formal pledge is met by establishing a committee to bring forward proposals!)

The Lib Dems are staunchly opposed to new nuclear energy and negotiated an option to abstain on the issue as part of the coalition agreement.

In doing so, you would of course be implementing the letter of the Coalition Agreement.»

He added: «The reference to the tens of thousands of immigrants rather than hundreds of thousands is not part of the coalition agreement, it is Tory party policy only.»

However, the motion also identified that the health and social care bill contained gross breaches of the coalition agreement with a total absence of locally elected representatives on commissioning bodies, and the proposed abolition of those commissioning bodies (the primary care trusts).

But in a sign of the determination to keep the coalition together, Oliver Letwin, the Conservative policy supremo, and Danny Alexander, the Treasury chief secretary, have started discussions this week about a revamped version of the coalition agreement that could be published after the party conferences.

Bringing forward proposals for Lords reform was unavoidable because of the coalition agreement, but there is no case for spending any more time on them in this parliament.

Chris Rennard: A setback on constitutional reform would be a blow to Lib Dems, but it was not the key aspect of the coalition agreement to voters

The deputy prime minister said that coalition was «not always a walk... in the Rose Garden» — a reference to the launch of the coalition agreement in May 2010.

I draw his attention to section 21 of the coalition agreement, which says in respect of the incident to which I think he is referring, that «arrangements will be made to enable Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain in any vote.»

That promise became part of the coalition agreement in 2010 and was enacted into law.

This bill did not form part of the coalition agreement, it was not in any party's manifesto, and there is no credible economic argument to justify it.

While advancement of the peace process is of one of cornerstones of the coalition agreement between the Kadima and Likud — the two largest parties in the Knesset — the government is unlikely to adopt the defense minister's proposal.

The Lib Dems are permitted to abstain on the issue in the Commons under the terms of the coalition agreement.

So, our debate with the Lib - Dems and their supporters should not be about the fairness of cuts - which ends up with short - term / long - term arguments - but the kamikazi economics of the coalition agreement, which threatens at worst a return to recession and at best low levels of growth.

The Conservative rebels, joined by Labour MPs, forced the government to abandon the bill even though it had been part of the coalition agreement.

To which end it's instructive to note the way in which the CGT wording shifted between the original and final versions of the coalition agreement, in a direction which allows a far less significant change in actual tax rates.

He gained further laughter, referring back to the darkened room of coalition agreements.

Not exact matches

The Stop Mega Cable coalition — of which the Dish Network is a member — released a statement saying the agreement is «an important first step,» but fails to deal with some of the group's criticisms.

«Barkindo launched a veritable diplomatic blitzkrieg to craft a coalition in favor of the November output agreement; no small achievement given the intense regional rivalries within the cartel and the multiple false starts in 2016.»

McDonald's has also joined the We Are Still In coalition of U.S. firms that want to help meet the Paris Agreement targets, even though the country has a whole has pulled out of that global accord.

A coalition of American states, cities, businesses and colleges have vowed to take action so the country — the world's second - largest emitter of greenhouse gases — meets its commitments to the Paris Agreement.