Sentences with phrase «of peers elected»

While in coalition, the Liberal Democrats tried to push through a House of Lords reform that would have seen 80 % of peers elected and the total number of members halved to 450.

Not exact matches

While he may be a «world - class player» — in President - elect Donald Trump's words — the financial metrics of his time as Exxon's CEO reveal some less than stellar results compared with peers.

In fact, when you line up Ryan against his direct opponent, Vice President Joe Biden, you can see two versions of the same person — at least in that they both came to Washington in their 20s, were elected to office far younger than their peers, and never left.

These high payout companies differentiate themselves from their growth - oriented peers by electing to return earnings to shareholders in the form of quarterly income.

Travelink, American Express Travel, is pleased to announce that during the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) Global Convention in Reno - Tahoe on September 27, 2016, the ASTA Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) set its Executive Committee leadership roster and Michael Dixon, President of Travelink was elected by his peers to an Executive Leadership position.

The voting was done by the PFA (English Professional Footballers» Association) and the 23 - year - old international from Wales was also elected as the league's young player of the year by his peers.

As a McDonald's franchisee and chairman of the National Leadership Council, a group of franchise - owners elected by our peers, representing more than 2,400 McDonald's franchisees in the U.S., I can say with firsthand knowledge that the article «Coffee leaves»em jumpy; McDonald's owners fret cost of new drinks» (Business, Dec. 3) does not represent the truth regarding franchisee alignment with the company and support for our combined beverage business.

While lacking an elected role model in Westminster (the House of Lords has one peer of Chinese descent, the Hong Kong - born Crossbencher, Baroness Dunn) the ranks of Chinese councillors and candidates are slowly growing.

If we are to have two elected chambers, then we should at least use the opportunity not just to remove Peers from the legislature but also to get rid of all Peers titles.

The bill would have made the house predominantly an elected one by 2025, although limited numbers of bishops and life peers would have remained.

Quite extraordinary for peers to test the will of the elected house like this, but just goes to show how deeply flawed the #HousingBill is

The history of this is well - known and we would not want to return to a situation where an elected government, commanding a Commons majority, can be blocked by unelected peers from raising the money it needs when it has made a clear political choice to raise those funds.

(There's talk of a compromise of 120 elected peers by 2015 — or just electing enough Lords to replace the hereditary peers.)

Lazy peers will be the first to be ousted from the House of Lords under highly controversial proposals to create a mostly elected second chamber, the Observer has been told.

In February 1974, he was once again elected to Parliament, now for Newham South, but left the House of Commons soon afterwards when he was made a life peer, as Baron Elwyn - Jones, of Llanelli in the County of Carmarthen and of Newham in Greater London.

The current membership of 826 peers will be reduced to 450, of whom 360 would be elected.

The government on Wednesday set out areas of agreement between it and the joint committee: a mainly elected chamber, elected members voted on a system of single transferable vote, staggered elections with one third coming up for renewal at a time, peers to serve 15 - year terms, current peers to leave in stages, a reduced number of peers, and powers to expel peers.

He will take the number of peers — none of them elected — to around 900.

The peers say with opposition peers being more assertive there is confusion about the Lords» powers and «considerable uncertainty about its relationship with the elected House of Commons».

It is chaired by the party president, currently Sal Brinton, and includes members of the party - at - large elected every three years in an all - member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors.

The main report by the joint committee of peers and MPs published on Monday broadly welcomes the coalition's proposals, but calls for a post-legislative referendum and says «a concordat» will have to be agreed between the two elected houses on their respective powers.

• Nick Clegg has signalled that the government could accept a referendum on Lords reform after the first tranche of new peers have been elected in 2015.

He says that if, after the first wave of peers is elected in 2015, MPs want the second or third stage of Lords elections (ie, the ones in 2020 and 2025) to be subject to «some kind of trigger», then he would be prepared to look at it.

In his speech opening the debate on the Lords reform bill, he hinted that the election of the second and third tranche of elected peers, in 2020 and 2025, could be subject to a referendum.

Downing Street pointed to the 462 MPs who had supported the bill's second reading to hail the «significant majority» who voted to take reform forward, and denied Tuesday night's setback meant there was no longer sufficient time for the first tranche of elected peers to take their seats in 2015.

In private the Lib Dems are very gloomy about their prospects of winning a referendum - they think wealthy peers would fund an effective no campaign - and Clegg seems to be conceding that as long as he secures the election of 120 peers in 2015, he could accept a referendum that might stop any further peers being elected.

Lord Grocott is going to have another go at ending the weird ritual of electing hereditary peers

In 2007, he was elected MEP of the Year for Justice and Fundamental Rights by his peers.

Critics have claimed that the proposals could undermine the power of the House of Commons, arguing that the Lib Dems call for peers to be elected by proportional representation would hurt the Conservatives.

Instead, we will probably be treated once again to the obscene spectacle of our elected representatives fighting unelected peers to degrade the democratic powers of citizens.

Others, including Liberal Democrat peer Lord Steel and Tory Lord Howe, argue that the house should be wholly appointed for fear it might otherwise rival the power of the elected Commons.

Independent peers could be elected by having «Independent» (for a list of independent candidates) as a voting choice alongside the political parties.

«Well it is a very sad day for our community when a jurist, an elected Supreme Court Justice, who was, by all accounts respected by both the attorneys of our community and his peers, demonstrates that he has betrayed the trust given to him by us,» stated Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Flaherty.

In 1919, the German Bundesrat comprising of 69 indirectly elected representatives of Germany's 16 states, replaced appointed and hereditary peers of the Prussian House of Lords.

[7][8] The new Parliament met on 18 May for the swearing - in of Peers in the House of Lords and newly elected and returning Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, and the election for the Speakership of the House of Commons.

April 2005: Labour launches its election manifesto, which proposes a review of the powers of the House of Lords, with the last hereditary peers removed and MPs given a free vote on whether to elect some peers.

He did not, as had been expected, go on to become chief whip; and, in 1999, when rehe form of the Lords began, failed by only 15 votes to be included among the 92 hereditary peers elected to continue in the interim half - reformed upper house.

The white paper calls for 20 % of peers to be elected by the public and the axing of the 92 hereditary peers.

The options on the percentage of peers to be elected are: 100 %, 80 %, 60 %, 20 %, and 0 %.

Most of the hereditary peers left the Lords, although 42 places were reserved for those elected by their own party group.

Jenkins, a leader in Democratic politics for over 20 years, won his 16th District legislative seat for a third full term November 9, 2011 and was elected once again by his peers to become Chairman of The Board of Legislators and was sworn in on January 9, 2012.

In 1999 he one of the 92 elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform.

These included funding for dinners for the panel of chairs, a group of MPs who help with Bercow's parliamentary duties, # 1,700 on a reception for retiring MPs, # 3,000 on an event for newly elected MPs, and # 2,000 on a «standing down» dinner for Dawn Primarolo, who served as deputy speaker and is now a peer.

Roland Watson, The Times» political editor, reports (#) that a group of Tory peers are ready to disrupt the Coalition's legislative programme if Cameron and Clegg press on with their plans for a largely elected Upper House:

The vast majority of hereditary peers have been kicked out and replaced with a group of Lords elected by and from among their own ranks.

But Clegg confirmed that he and David Cameron were willing to use the Parliament Act to force through the reforms, adding it would be «incomprehensible» if peers chose to disrupt other Lords business, including other bills, to block the introduction of an elected second chamber.

With a moratorium on new life peers, 46 new directly elected «senators» would represent barely 6 % of the House, merely a quarter of the number appointed in this parliament and exactly half those there by accident of birth.

It is often tempting to dive into debates about House of Lords reform (for instance, the balance between elected and unelected peers) without thinking about what it ought to be doing.

Speaking out against the bill the Earl of Caithness said axing hereditary peers would leave the Lords with an appointed system only and delay progress towards a democratically elected upper house.

Any report produced by the sub-committee can be discussed on the floor of the Lords, but the sub-committee does not have the power to sanction peers, who are appointed rather than elected and do not face deselection.