Sentences with phrase «of debate in parliament»

NDP's Intern Protection Act C - 636 will have its first hour of debate in parliament tonight.

That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's decision to ask the Shadow Committee on Climate Change for early advice on the Climate Change Bill to inform the final stages of debate in Parliament; congratulates the Committee and its chair Lord Turner for providing robust advice despite the time pressure; welcomes their recommendation that the United Kingdom should be more ambitious in its target with cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; further welcomes Lord Turner's further statement that this should include all emissions, including aviation and shipping; and urges all parties to support amendments to incorporate these changes in the Climate Change Bill.

While they had yet to become electable as a government, they underlined their growing reputation as a worthwhile alternative to Labour and Conservative, offering plenty of debate in parliament and not just representing a protest vote.

Not exact matches

The debate could then take place in Parliament in something closer to real - time, rather than in the pages of magazines after it may already be too late.

Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

The conservatives, liberals and socialists, who command a large majority of the parliamentary seats, will work out a joint motion on Tuesday and expect to debate the issue in parliament on Wednesday and vote on it on Thursday, Tremosa's aide said on Monday.

Deputees of Junts Pel Sí and CUP applaud during the debate to prove the Independence Referendum Law in Barcelona of Catalonia's Parliament in Barcelona, Spain on September 6, 2017.

For example, while businesses and government departments in the UK must comply with the Data Protection Act, the Canadian parliament is currently debating a new piece of legislation, the Information Sharing Act, which will allow all departments of government to share information in ways that are not currently permitted in the UK.

Instead of running ads, they would define Scheer more slowly, over time, with a series of forced choices in Parliament, through government motions, much as opposition parties usually seek to define governments (you'll note that «define» in Ottawa politics is almost always pejorative by implication) through clever use of their occasional opportunity to define a day's parliamentary debate through so - called «supply motions.»

Since this debate over pipelines began in earnest last Fall, Jason Kenney and others have been calling on the federal government to invoke clause 92 (10)(c) of the Constitution, which allows the federal government to exert authority over infrastructure such as pipelines which, «although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.»

It has quality assets here in Texas, quality assets in the U.S., and with the recent news coming from the Russian Parliament that they may cut off uranium and titanium exports to the U.S., it is actually going to be debating this on May 15, the stock has been up about 20 or 30 % in the last few days, in large part because of the safety that the assets provide jurisdiction wise.

Ministers were warned during a debate in Parliament this week over a host of countries and minorities affected by persecution.

The significant differences between the spokesmen of the colonies and the majority in the British Parliament, and the debates about them, prepared the way intellectually for the formation of the American union.

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.

Debating the objections in parliament, Taylor said the rules failed to uphold the International Code on infant and follow - on formula, which stipulated there should be no advertising or promotion of infant or follow - on formula.

Firstly the BBC delayed the publication of the ruling until after a critical debate on the future of the badger cull policy in parliament on March 13th.

However the first some heard of Atkins was when she branded Donald Trump a «wazzock» during the recent debate in parliament about whether the tycoon should be allowed to enter the UK.

As for young people, anyone who thinks they aren't interested in politics should sit in, as I have done, on discussions between members of the UK Youth Parliament or the Citizenship Foundation - or even listen to school debates.

If things were in any way normal, we would expect the creation of a public body to involve primary legislation: an actual bill, debated in parliament, talked about on TV stations and radio programmes - the standard democratic routine.

Parliament was asked to renew a power that is «routinely being used in breach of fundamental rights» without the chance to debate it fully, MPs have warned.

Mr Hoon's speech was met with scepticism among British MEPs, however - Timothy Kirkhope, leader of the Conservatives in the European parliament, said this demand for a new debate simply hid the fact that the government had lost momentum in Europe.

But what often escapes notice is that some of the most repressive policies introduced in recent times were debated and passed by elected parliaments.

My fear clearly proved well - founded: in the course of the recent debate Parliament has effectively admitted that it has abrogated its sovereignty to the people on this issue.

A lot has been made in the press and in the recent parliamentary debates about the moral obligation for members of parliament to respect «the will of the people» as expressed in the narrow victory for leaving the European Union in the Brexit referendum of last June.

No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:

Parliament should indeed have a say in what a Brexit outcome should look like, but as Ken Clarke (Con, Rushcliffe) rightfully lamented in the opening of his heroic speech in the Commons debate:

It is why my first act as Prime Minister last year was to lead the debate in Parliament that ensured the renewal of Britain's independent nuclear deterrent.

Parliament is currently locked in a debate over the approval of Energy Minister - designate Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko and Senior Minister - designate, Yaw Osafo Maafo.

«This will have to be debated in parliament, so the exact intricacies of it will have to be ironed out,» the Home Office explains.

After today, it is up to Parliament to hear and respect the voice of that overwhelming majority — a majority unequalled in almost any other major national debate.

Some of the most repressive policies introduced in recent times were debated and passed by elected parliaments.

THE REFERENDUM PREDICAMENT A lot has been made in the press and in the recent parliamentary debates about the moral obligation for members of parliament to respect «the will...

The select committees reports would be accompanied by a debate in Parliament and a corresponding report from the Office of National Statistics with simple figures on the number of quangos and their cost.

I agree, however, with one point that's sometimes made on the other side of this particular debate, that our main focus in Parliament should be on issues that affect everyone, straight or gay.

«We want to point out that in any discussion with our partners we have to start from a fundamental constitutional principle, the same in the US and Romania, according to which the debates, decisions and votes in the Parliament take place in the name of the sovereignty of the people and can not be the object of any form of pressure,» reads the quoted communiqué issued by the heads of the two Chambers.

The CIOT also calls for a debate on whether the House of Lords should play a greater role in scrutinising tax legislation as it goes through Parliament, without detracting from the powers of the House of Commons over tax matters.

Today MPs will discuss the future of refuge funding in parliament, after Labour MP Jess Phillips proposed a Westminster Hall debate.

In the Irish example, the proposals went to the parliament which was required to consider them in a debate within four months of the convention's reporIn the Irish example, the proposals went to the parliament which was required to consider them in a debate within four months of the convention's reporin a debate within four months of the convention's report.

It is understood that his approach to and understanding of issues, superior contribution to debates on the floor of Parliament and ability to proffer alternative policies in the year made him stand out among his peers.

One of the most interesting aspect of the debate, however, was in the arguments in favour of the Baroness» request by the Bishop of Blackburn, who sits in the upper house ex officio as one of the Lords Spiritual (one of the twenty six senior bishops in the Church of England), and Baron Cormack, a long - time member of the joint Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament, which includes members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measures).

As MPs head to parliament to debate the future of funding for women's refuges, an investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals huge delays in promised funds and takes a closer look at the current crisis.

Tory grandee Ken Clarke said: «On the question of the parliamentary role, I think the Prime Minister was not relying on the archaic, narrow interpretation of the Royal prerogative, which no government has invoked in this country for over 50 years - they have always come to Parliament for debates and votes if possible on any military action.

For example, throughout the course of the last parliament, there was massive popular support for a public debate about the 90's privatisation of the railways, and how rail users have got the rough end of the stick in terms of their fairs.

In the absence of legislation on assisted dying, we have to establish the right to a doctor - assisted death through the courts but we also hope that Paul's case will help to stimulate public debate on this issue, and convince Parliament to listen to the massive majority opinion in this country and legalise assisted dying.&raquIn the absence of legislation on assisted dying, we have to establish the right to a doctor - assisted death through the courts but we also hope that Paul's case will help to stimulate public debate on this issue, and convince Parliament to listen to the massive majority opinion in this country and legalise assisted dying.&raquin this country and legalise assisted dying.»

During the debate in parliament, Robertson said: «I would invite any member from the government side to tell the house what [the make - up of the moderate troops are].»

The government has been accused of trying to rush through plans to merge police forces in England and Wales after a debate on the issue in parliament was cancelled.

From the Putney Debates in the English Civil War, to the 1689 Claim of Right Act passed by the Scottish Parliament, right up to the British Human Rights Act of 1998, a concerted concern for rights and popular sovereignty has provided a shared political framework for legislation that unites all elements of the United Kingdom.

Today's latest poll, conducted by Ipsos MORI for STV news, addresses three of the key questions about the future of Scottish politics — the race for second place at Holyrood, the debate about whether the Scottish Parliament should be attempting its new income tax powers in the near future, and the impact that a UK -LSB-...]

The government plans to bring the issue to parliament before the end of the year and there is no sign that Labour will be able or willing to present a united front in one of the most important strategic debates of our time.

As we have said in previous debates, both in Committee and in the House, there are elections for the devolved Administrations - for the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly - but there are also elections scheduled next year for 81 % of England.