Sentences with phrase «referendum bill»

Any future referendum bill on any subject has to make sure that it is given those powers, otherwise you're guaranteed a dirty campaign.

Yes, those in the hall will have heard the announcement of a second referendum bill but they may have missed the bigger picture.

However, Glyn Davies, a Eurosceptic, told Vaughan Roderick on Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Wales he would vote against any amendment expressing regret that there was no EU referendum Bill in last week's the Queen's Speech.

Davey argued that pushing a new referendum bill through Parliament at the same time as the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris would be a «recipe for Britain's voice on climate change being completely neutered and ignored.»

Prime minister, angered by Labour and Lib Dem peers» defeat of referendum bill, lays plans to overrule the House of Lords

He called the Scottish Independence Referendum Bill «the most important legislation to be introduced» since the Scottish Parliament was established in 1999.

It culminated in a public consultation on a draft Referendum Bill which set out proposals for a referendum on extending the powers of the Scottish Parliament.

Main James Wharton's Referendum Bill puts pressure on Miliband to rise above dithering tempered by opportunism»

MPs rejected the idea by 303 to 253 on Tuesday, overturning an amendment to the EU referendum bill passed in the House of Lords that would have lowered the voting age to 16.

A small but notable shift in Labour policy on an EU referendum was exposed recently when a leaked Labour document revealed not just that there would be no party whip when the EU Referendum Bill comes before Parliament next Friday, as is customary for private members» bills, but that «Labour will abstain on the Bill».

Scotland's future membership of the EU as an independent state has reemerged with Nicola Sturgeon, the current first minister, making preparations for a fresh referendum on leaving the UK and publishing a draft referendum bill last year.

Downing Street will now be thinking about the EU referendum bill currently being killed off by Labour and Liberal Democrat peers in the Lords.

«European Union Referendum Bill 2015 - 16 Types of referendum «This Bill requires a referendum to be held on the question of the UK's continued membership of the European Union (EU) before the end of...

Because they didn't want to explain to their Associations and constituents that in their view David Cameron's new EU referendum bill pledge rendered the amendment unnecessary.

In turn, there is growing speculation Sturgeon will use her conference speech in Aberdeen later in March to confirm she plans to table a new referendum bill at Holyrood, or demand the UK government gives Holyrood the powers to stage one.

James Wharton, who shot to fame when he tried to pilot the first EU referendum bill from the backbenches, lost his Stockton South seat and his job as an international development minister on 8 June.

Asked about the EU referendum bill at a post-summit press conference, the Prime Minister said he had to convince other leaders the booklet was not a hoax but «a genuine, scandalous waste of money».

EU 1) At home, with James Wharton's EU referendum bill due next week, will Miliband try to split the Conservatives by backing a pre-2015 vote on EU membership?

«I will be voting for the EU Referendum Bill today to let the people decide if we stay or leave the EU,» he writes, helpfully explaining what a referendum on the EU would entail.

Labour should also introduce an amendment to the electoral reform referendum bill to change it from a referendum on AV to a referendum on STV.

Many of those backing eurosceptic John Baron's amendment to the Queen's Speech regretting the lack of an EU referendum bill believe the UK will not be able to secure any agreement from European leaders on a fresh set of terms for British membership - making Cameron's strategy of attempting to seek agreement unrealistic.

ToryDiary: Will James Wharton's EU referendum bill help Cameron, harm him - or make little difference at all?

Europe Minister David Lidington did not have much company on the Government bench for much of yesterday's EU Referendum Bill debate.

Scotland can hold a referendum, however it would require the consent of the British Parliament for it to be legally binding as according to the Consultation on a Draft Referendum Bill issued by the Scottish government.

Not so the wrecking speeches expected when the EU referendum bill arrives in the Commons next month: for once, it's the saboteurs who have the upper hand.

The Prime Minister's EU referendum bill gambit was rushed out to quell the threat of a large number of Conservative MPs voting for John Baron's amendment to the Queen's Speech.

The main argument for the Baron / Bone amendment to the Queen's Speech, which regrets the absence of an EU bill, is either that a mandate referendum bill, which aims to give David Cameron a mandate for EU renegotiation, or an In / Out bill, which seeks to write his promised referendum into law (or both), are essential if the Conservatives are to win voters back in 2015.

The bonding session for a Private Member's Bill comes a few hours ahead of James Wharton MP bringing his Europe Referendum Bill to the House of Commons on Friday,

Voucher School Referendum Bill Four Democratic legislators are advancing a bill to give property taxpayers the final say on whether they want to be on the hook for tax dollars taken directly out of public schools to fund vouchers.

Referendum bill on electoral reform will allow for a referendum on the alternative vote system.

12.15 pm ToryDiary: James Wharton's Referendum Bill puts pressure on Miliband to rise above dithering tempered by opportunism

Conservative MPs have revelled in four - and - a-half hours of eurosceptic - dominated debate - culminating in the EU referendum bill passing its second reading by 304 votes to zero.

Speaking in the Commons during a debate on the European Union Referendum Bill, Mr Hammond said: «Some will argue that we should extend the franchise further to 16 and 17 - year - olds perhaps or even to citizens of other EU countries resident here.

«Cameron agrees to legislation for In / Out EU referendum Main David Cameron's Referendum Bill pledge had some success - but why didn't it happen last week?»

The passage of the AV referendum bill is so tense Clegg cancelled a trip to Latin America next week to see it through.

The Lords will be duty - bound to pass an EU referendum bill due to the Salisbury Convention, which means the Lords have to pass manifesto policies.

The Conservatives shot down the last government's referendum bill in wash - up.

So much so that Sturgeon announced back in October that she is teeing up a second referendum bill and amassing for a war chest for the next tilt at independence.

In the UK, the issue of Scottish independence has again become topical, as the Scottish National Party (SNP) have recently published a draft referendum bill (on the 20th of October 2016).

Maybe the coming EU referendum bill should specify that the result should be binding for, say, twenty years.

The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has asked the country's constitutional court to invalidate the referendum bill, the BBC said.

The EU referendum bill could well be killed off in the Lords, after over 70 peers signed up to speak in the debate.

Then comes Kate Hoey, who uses her brief speech to say she'd have put the referendum bill in if she'd been top of the ballot.