Sentences with phrase «over parliament someone»

If the Supreme Court were to act thus it would be asserting an authority over Parliament that is flatly ruled out by our constitutional tradition: an assertion of judicial supremacy of this kind would be a coup not a judgment.

Given the control that governments are able to exert over Parliament — it was not for nothing that the former lord chancellor, Lord Hailsham, referred to the UK's system of government as an «elective dictatorship» — the content of the Queen's Speech takes on an added significance in that it enlightens us about the laws which are likely to be enacted during the forthcoming Parliamentary session.

Swift (1667 - 1745) is best known for his book, Gulliver's Travels, but during his lifetime he was renowned as a prolific political satirist who wrote and published pamphlets supporting England's Tory party (which championed the primacy of the British monarchy over its Parliament) and targeting the opposing Whig faction, which advocated the reverse.

If implemented, Labour's proposals would increase 16 to 18 spending per pupil to # 5,800, equivalent to 8 per cent over the parliament, but this would still leave sixth form spending «about 11 per cent below» the # 6,500 per pupil amount the party would give to secondary schools.

But Gerard Liston, an enterprise and employability consultant, told Schools Week he had «real concerns» about a «lack of progress and lack of sustainability» at the CEC, and said its funding — # 70 million over this parliament — would be better spent on training teachers to deliver guidance in classrooms.

The Department for Education says it is giving schools # 5bn to spend on new school places over this Parliament, which it says is double the amount allocated by the previous government over an equivalent period.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «We are giving local authorities # 5bn to spend on new school places over this Parliament - double the amount allocated by the previous government over an equivalent period.

Over the parliament, academy numbers shot from 203 to 4722.

«That is why we are spending more than # 1.3 bn over this Parliament to help attract the brightest and best into the profession, including offering generous tax - free bursaries and scholarships in key subjects and through our teacher recruitment campaign: Your Future: Their Future.»

«We are investing more than # 1.3 bn in recruitment over this Parliament and have recruited more trainees in key subjects like physics and maths than last year.»

That's why we're investing # 1.4 bn over this Parliament to transform mental health support for children and young people.»

a) A reformed system of party funding, including a ban on individual donations of more than # 50,000, with party spending limited to # 100m over a parliament and a «shake up» of union contributions.

The Liberal Democrats did not promise to increase health expenditure over the Parliament or ring fence health expenditure from cuts.

David Cameron will escape the cold by taking his family to Thailand over Parliament's three - week Christmas break.

The proposal for a mechanism to allow the recall of MPs has been so mangled that if it goes ahead it will actually strengthen, rather than weaken, the executive's control over parliament.

The full Coalition Agreement last May said: «We will fund 200 all - postal primaries over this Parliament, targetted at seats which have not changed hands for many years.»

«As the Labour party begins to look back over this parliament, the route map of its own destruction laid behind it will become clear, like the vapour trail from a jumbo jet.

Taken altogether, the further steps in this Budget to stop tax evasion, prevent tax avoidance and tackle imbalances in the system will raise # 12 billion for our country over this Parliament.

Critics argue the Lords has become too big — it has 783 active members, a number that could swell to more than 1,000 over this parliament — and that it is an affront to democracy that the vast majority of its members are appointed, not elected.

The offer is part of a wider productivity plan, which would also require large firms hiring skilled workers from outside the EU to create 100,000 apprenticeships over the parliament, a move that would inevitably increase the cost of hiring foreign workers.

The prospect of John Prescott's maiden speech in the Lords hung menacingly over parliament today, like the raincloud which finally broke over Westminster in late afternoon.

S / he is appointed to that position by the head of state, but if unable to maintain the control over parliament someone else is appointed and / or new elections to the Parliament held.

Sir Hayden Phillips secured outline agreement to ban donations of more than # 50,000, limit spending to # 100m over a parliament and shake up union contributions.

She did not rule out the possibility of a national insurance rise over the parliament but denied MPs had been consulted about any specific changes to national insurance contributions to fund the NHS.

The government's grip over parliament is slipping, the data on the economic impact of Brexit is being prised from its grip, questions are being raised about the legitimacy of the referendum campaign, and ministers are starting to admit that they have been misleading the public.

Since 2010, there have been 3,500 academies, 180 free schools, 250,000 fewer pupils in failing schools and # 18bn being spent on school buildings over the parliament.

Conservative rebels inflicted a humiliating defeat on Theresa May in the House of Commons as they backed an amendment to her flagship European Union withdrawal bill over parliament's right to a meaningful vote on the Brexit deal.

12.08 Cameron promises says it will be uprated by RPI, and that # 1 billion will be put into pensions over the Parliament.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies have already calculated that a faster programme of deficit reduction would require # 8bn of extra spending cuts or tax rises over the parliament.

The Treasury puts this down to erroneous press reports which inflated an extra # 26 billion available due to projected reductions in fiscal borrowing over the parliament.

With the shadow of the Scottish independence referendum hanging over parliament, this was never going to be an ordinary prime minister's questions.

Like Iain, I noted the role of ideas, but for me, the key ones were Manchester School Liberalism (as propagated by the pamphlets, letters and speeches of the Anti-Corn Law League); the appeals to class conflict and religiosity (again, as exploited by the League); and Peel's own redefinition of Conservative ideology as a means to preserve traditional aristocratic control over Parliament.

In fact, Miliband had simply forgotten the brief passage about the deficit — the one addressing the issue that had hung over parliament like an ominous cloud for the previous four years.

After the opposition won control over parliament, the government created a parallel site of political power in the Constitutional Assembly.

«However, their reported # 30bn increase over the parliament is in reality a one - off boost of # 6bn counted five times.

It is clear that HMRC are getting increasingly tough in their determination to reach their target of bringing in an extra # 7 billion over the Parliament through initiatives to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and fraud.

And while the Ministry of Defence is included in these measures, they will be given flexibility on their multi-year budget to ensure that this will not lead to reductions in military manpower or the core defence equipment programme over the Parliament.

Not exact matches

The state government will introduce legislation into parliament tomorrow designed to finalise the long - running Bell Group legal case, in which the Insurance Commission of WA and other creditors are fighting over a $ 1.7 billion payout.

Canada Post's decision to phase out home mail delivery over the next five years reverberated through headlines Wednesday morning and spurred a lively debate in Parliament this afternoon.

Now that the Conservatives hold a firm majority in Parliament, it seems that creating PRPPs will take priority over other concepts.

Sir John A. Macdonald, who would have turned 200 this year, advocated a single central government for Canada, without the bother of provincial legislatures: «one government and one parliament... for the whole of these peoples,» he argued during debates over Confederation.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi could face proceedings in the State Administrative Tribunal after a report tabled in parliament alleged that she failed to declare travel and gifts up to 45 times over seven years.

But looking back over Flaherty's six budgets, it is increasingly clear that he doesn't have much of a clue what he would do with the federal treasury if he were freed from the political constraints of a minority parliament.

Like all E.U. law, the bill that passed Tuesday is a messy compromise hashed out over months of three - way negotiating between parliament, the Commission, and the member states.

But May is also facing pressure from the many pro-Remain lawmakers in her ranks, who are up in arms over a new «EU Withdrawal» bill that will effectively allow the government sweeping powers to change laws already in force without consulting parliament, once the U.K. leaves the EU.

There's a school of thought around Parliament Hill that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau have stumbled unwittingly into the battle now raging over their proposal to seriously tighten up the rules on small - business taxation.

«What we have is a loss of control over a very large part of the Beaufort Sea,» New Democrat MP Dennis Bevington said in Parliament.

Wednesday's warning from Paris echoed similar threats from Denmark and Britain, where Cameron suffered a humiliating defeat in parliament after Conservatives rebelled over Europe, an issue that has long divided his party.

In a televised speech on Thursday afternoon, Carles Puigdemont said he had not received a guarantee from Spain that it would not apply direct rule over Catalonia if the regional parliament were dissolved.

For a bill that took over 10 years to move beyond the walls of the Parliament, the preparation on - ground was one that couldn't boast of as it took a lot of time.