Sentences with phrase «tabled against the minister»

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There is no legal, moral, financial or administrative justification for this policy against which he, Pensions Minister Webb, tabled an Early Day Motion (when in opposition) calling for the abolition of the iniquitous discriminatory Regulation Three.

«The numbers are against us and if we face repeated defeats when the withdrawal bill returns to the Commons, the only alternative will be to kick over the table and trigger a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, which will likely lead to another general election.

Several Labour MPs - including leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn and former minister Diane Abbott - voted against the bill, despite the party's official stance being to abstain after an amendment tabled by acting Labour leader Harriet Harman was defeated.

The motion, tabled by the Scottish National party's foreign affairs spokesman, Alex Salmond, was backed by MPs from six other parties, and called for parliamentary committees to investigate and take appropriate action against the former prime minister.