Sentences with phrase «of timetable motion»

Bryant then points out that when a bill gets through to a second reading, it usually gets some kind of timetable motion putting it in either a public bill committee or a committee of the whole House.

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«I want to speak to the timetable motion rather than to the content of the bill, because it is an insult to the intelligence of the House.

Labour has said it will not support a timetable motion, but if a particular debate goes on too long it will be prepared to vote for closure motions to allow that stage of the debate to be terminated.

The comment suggests Clegg has reason to fear the bill will run into trouble as rebels prepare to join Labour in voting against the «programme motion» — the timetable motion limiting the amount of time MPs can spend debating the bill as it goes through its remaining stages in the Commons.

Clegg's hopes of reforming the Lords ran into trouble when the government was forced to withdraw a «programme motion» that would have set a timetable for the Lords reform bill, to avert defeat in the face of an alliance of Labour MPs and Tory rebels.

Some Lib Dem sources have suggested that a large defeat on the timetable motion could lead to the government pulling the bill now - on the grounds that it would face no prospect of being able to get it through the Commons.

They say that the bill «threatens to pile a constitutional crisis on top of an economic crisis» and that they hope other Conservative MPs will support them «in giving this bill the full and unrestricted scrutiny it deserves» (ie, voting against the timetable motion).

Labour (although theoretically in favour of the bill) will vote against the timetable motion and, with the Tory rebels supporting them, they should be able to shoot it down.

Clegg's concession made little impression on the many Tory MPs critical of his plans and the government still seems to be on course to lose the vote tomorrow night on the timetable motion that would allow MPs 10 days to debate the bill at its committee stage.

While Labour's refusal to negotiate on a timetable was cynical gutter politics — every single constitutional measure under the last Labour government had a programme motion — Labour has won some sort of tactical victory at least.

They want to do everything they can to undermine and ultimately bring down the opposition, and think backing the Tory rebels and defeating the timetable motion is a thoroughly excellent way of doing this.

There have also been suggestions that the MPs might vote down a guillotine motion designed to timetable a debate on the Lords bill, leading to interminable debates, similar to those that occurred at the time of the Maastricht bill.

As his train rattled past the Labour leader's Doncaster North constituency, he blames Miliband as much as Cameron for the failure of Lords reform after Miliband refused to support a timetable motion for the bill.

In December, 2016, the plaintiffs brought a motion for a status hearing under Rule 48.14 (5), in order to show cause why the action should not be dismissed for delay, and for an order establishing a timetable for the completion of further steps in the action.

The motion for a status hearing and an order establishing a timetable for the completion of the remaining steps in this action, and for an order extending the time to set the action down for trial, was launched in November, 2016, to avoid dismissal of the action by the Registrar on January 1, 2017.

At Bogoroch & Associates LLP, we work aggressively on behalf of our clients, bringing motions for litigation timetables and answers to undertakings, where necessary, to ensure timely and efficient advancement and expeditious resolution of cases.