Sentences with phrase «responsibilities as backbenchers»

Speaker John Bercow repeatedly intervened to keep order and remind Ms Harman that she must stick to government responsibilities as backbenchers clashed noisily over the issue ahead of the general election.

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Mr Cameron voted in favour of the invasion in 2003 as a Conservative backbencher and he said all those who backed the military action should «take our fair share of responsibility».

But she was unable to finish her sentence, as protests from Tory backbenchers drowned her out, leader to the speaker John Bercow telling her that she mist «stick to matters of government responsibility».

Livingstone was frustrated with his life as a Labour backbencher and missed the sweep of responsibilities he had exercised in his previous role as leader of the Greater London Council.