Sentences with phrase «rush emergency legislation»

The government will rush emergency legislation through the Commons today as it seeks to override a law lords ruling on witness anonymity in criminal proceedings.

The government is to rush emergency legislation through parliament to override the courts» judgement on the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1986 regardless.

Not exact matches

Last night home secretary Jacqui Smith told MPs that, rather than reintroduce the proposals to the House of Commons, the government would instead prepare a new, temporary, bill to be rushed through as emergency legislation, if necessary.

Lawmakers often rush budget bills through the voting process using emergency legislation.

Emergency legislation will be rushed through Parliament and a Government - appointed arbitration panel will decide on a fair level of compensation for Northern Rock's shareholders when the move is made, although this is likely to pave the way for a legal fight if investors are unhappy with what is offered.

The immediate response to the law lords» ruling, was the assurance of Jack Straw, the justice secretary and lord chancellor, that already planned government legislation protecting anonymous witnesses and clarifying when such evidence is permitted, scheduled for the next session of Parliament, would be rushed through as emergency legislation.

The amendments broadly describe a data retention regime, and much of their language seems to double up what can already be found in the recently rushed - through Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Act, a piece of «emergency» legislation designed to prop up British data retention after the EU banned its Europe - wide mandate.

According to the World Wide Web Foundation, which is headed up by web inventor Tim Berners - Lee, the British government's assertion that the bill needs to be rushed through as emergency legislation «seems at best incompetent, and at worst manipulative,» as the law could easily have been debated over recent months.