Sentences with phrase «said backbench»

Efford said backbench MPs who once questioned whether Corbyn could gain support among traditional voters had been won over by his performance.

Efford said backbench MPs who once questioned whether Corbyn, the MP for Islington North, could gain support among traditional voters had been won over by his performance.

Senior coalition figures say backbench proposal will destroy European single market, while William Hague calls for realism

He criticised the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) which is expected to say backbench MPs» # 66,000 salaries should increase to around # 75,000 after the 2015 election.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is expected to say backbench MPs» # 66,000 salaries should increase to more than # 70,000 from the election.

«My problem is with his temperament,» says backbench Conservative Nadhim Zahawi, a Trump critic.

Not exact matches

Premier's Political Editor Martyn Eden says the EDM is used by backbench MPs to keep pressure and scrutiny on the government to follow through with promises and proposals.

A push for a new sugar tax from the backbench has been shot down by Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, but one Nationals «sugar belt» MP says food manufacturers might need to come under more scrutiny over how much sugar they add to food.

«Those rules aren't good enough and are failing to inspire public confidence,» Don Foster, co-chair of the Lib Dems» backbench culture, media and sport policy committee, said.

The backbench MP has served since 1997 and is stepping down due to a number of personal problems, and said he no longer possesses «the physical and mental stamina» to fulfil the role.

The chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs said his claims for # 106,141 of maintenance work over five years were «acceptable», including the work he had done on his «helipad» - which he held was not a real helipad.

Graham Brady, the chairman of the Conservatives» backbench 1922 committee, says that legislating on Lords reform was NOT a Conservative manifesto commitment.

Meanwhile, backbench Labour MP John Mann attacked the policy shift, saying it left Labour with a «glaring» contradictory economic policy.

The comments, which came as an aside during a case won by the government, triggered outrage among eurosceptics on the Tory backbenches, who said the UK had been tricked into believing it had an opt - out from the convention when Labour signed up during the Lisbon negotiations.

David Cameron needs to rebuild the «damaged relationships» between himself and Conservative party members, a senior backbench Tory MP has said.

«My message to those Conservative backbench MPs who seem to think they have the right to force a turbo - charged right - wing agenda on our country is this: you didn't win the last election,» he said.

One Tory says that ambitious MPs who are still on the backbenches are starting to get restless: «There's a feeling of frustration,» says the MP, who is seen by many as a rising star.

«After wrecking the economy, Labour spent the last years rubbishing the coalition's growth plan,» the Lib Dems» backbench Treasury spokesperson Stephen Williams said.

Today's Times (#) reports last night's reshuffle as having been to prevent a coup (later clarified to say a «backbench coup «-RRB-.

Sitting on the backbenches, a bruised David said no once again.

My preferred MPs are normally those who got into politics late and are now quite content to stay on the backbenches saying what they think and voting how they please.

They are a «useful backbench tool of minimal effect», liaison committee chairman Greg Knight said at a Hansard Society event in Westminster last week.

Mr Hendrick added: «What we've got to say to voters is the second world war finished 60 years ago - there are still people on the backbenches of both parties who think we're fighting it.»

Asked about whether he was worried MPs could be plotting on the backbenches, he said: «No, we are going to win this.»

That said, when it comes to backbench rebellion, past behaviour is a usually an excellent predictor of future action, and those individuals currently rebelling will almost certainly go on to be the most troublesome for the whips in the next parliament.

After a meeting at Chequers between the Prime Minister and backbench MPs, it emerged that the Tories plan to press ahead with what were said to be «robust proposals» to give English MPs control over English laws.

He said he had sought to engage with ministers to find a compromise over several weeks, but without success: «The blunt reality is, and I'm sorry to have to say this to the house, I've been left in the lurch, as a backbench member trying to improve this legislation.»

But on Radio 4's The World at One, Smith said Miliband had been «trying to stir up trouble» in writing the article and ought to get on with his job, adding that if he was sacked he would return to being a «nonentity» on the backbenches.

In an interview with Channel 4 News, the former Home Office minister added that there was «unease» on the backbenches over the Gaza conflict and said that one «senior Conservative» backencher had been «on the phone in tears».

The most vocal critic has been John Mann, the backbench MP for Bassetlaw, who said Miliband needed to «step up to the mark».

Appearing before the Treasury select committee of backbench MPs, the chancellor said there would be «very significant financial volatility» if voters chose to leave the EU in the 23 June referendum, which would push up interest rates and tighten credit conditions — making it harder for borrowers to get loans.

Backbench MPs said the public only see the House of Commons on TV for the so - called Punch and Judy sessions at PMQs, and some of their constituents are not impressed.

Backbench MPs said the public only see the House of Commons on TV for the so - called Punch and Judy sessions at PMQs, and some of their constituents were not impressed.

Last night, backbench Tory MP Phillip Davies said: «This is the kind of garbage we have to put up with when in coalition with the Liberal Democrats.»

Sacking Damian Green will have left Theresa May more isolated in cabinet but more popular with backbench MPs and members, senior party figures have said.

As the backbench MP Jon Cruddas, perhaps the party's most thoughtful figure on the subject of race and immigration, has said: «If Labour becomes the voice for this sour, shrill, hopeless politics it will die.

About twelve of them said yes, and the European Research Group was founded under the chairmanship of Michael Spicer, who would go on to chair the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs, before stepping down as an MP in 2010 after being caught in the 2009 expenses scandal paying for maintenance of his helipad with public money.

He said: «The backbench Eurosceptic opinion is altogether more newsworthy particularly in the rightwing popular press... The party depends for its support on the Conservative mainstream and the more orthodox backbenchers.

The bill itself may also prove to be a true test of how in control the prime minister is of his own party given the level of opposition among backbench MPs and his weakened position in the latest ICM poll, published yesterday, in which 63 per cent of voters said Labour would be better off with a new leader.

Instead Watson said he plans to use his time on the backbenches to pursue «areas of personal interest» including open government and the surveillance state, the digital economy and «drones and the future of conflict».

Mr Clarke, who has now returned to the backbenches, said the changes made earlier this month were «not the best of reshuffles - we never do have the best of reshuffles».

But it is the kind of typical Borisian intervention that says to his backbench colleagues «if she's too timid as PM, look what I would do».»

Speaking after the debate, Ms McIntosh said: «The negative behaviour of government backbench MPs today shows that the Labour party simply do [es] not care about the rising fear of crime among the general public.

The Guardian's political editor Heather Stewart said that one backbench Conservative MP had summed up their reaction in three words:

12:21 - The reason there's no jobs for British workers isn't to do with European workers, it's to do with capitalism, a backbench Tory MP says.

You even go on to say that he is a backbench MP (so his views are not necessarily that of the party), but then imply that because he is developing a profile as a hero of the grassroots (which is an unsupported claim) he will have a better chance of getting his way; he can be a hero and not get his way of course.

Many other shadow cabinet members are said to have made it clear that they would not leave the room until Corbyn had backed down, while Hilary Benn complained about being silenced and suggested he would have to speak from the backbenches.

One influential backbench MP said: «There is general dissatisfaction all over the place.

If Ed Balls says no and returns the backbenches, Alexander could still become a full - time campaign co-ordinator and Jim Murphy could take his job with a promotion for Dan Jarvis — a man many see as the next Labour leader.

I do not want to be distracted from what needs to be said on these matters at such an important time politically and look forward to discussing them from the backbenches in the lead up to the general election.