There will be further changes to the way the House does business when the Backbench Business Committee is able to look at both Government legislation and Back - Bench business, and we are told that that will not start until
the third year of this Parliament — another recipe for delay.
«We are already in
the third year of the Parliament, so if a House business committee is not established before the next Queen's Speech, the coalition agreement will not have been complied with.
«There have been references to a House business committee, to consider Government business, being established by
the third year of this Parliament.
The Coalition Agreement said in 2010 that the Committee would be established by
the third year of this parliament.
Not exact matches
For the
third consecutive
year, the Minister
of Finance presented his Update outside
Parliament.
In summary, my proposal is that following a «no» vote the Scotland Act be amended to empower the Scottish
Parliament to hold a binding referendum on independence, but only if 30
years have elapsed since the last referendum or if two -
thirds of all MSPs vote for such a referendum.
In practice, in recent
years, the European
Parliament, with the cooperation
of the Commission, has increased the level
of transparency and accountability which applies when the EU negotiates trade agreements with
third countries.
The Speaker
of Parliament has welcomed members
of the House for its
third and last session this
year.
The 2011 act brought an end to that discretion and now elections are only held at the end
of the five
year period (unless two -
thirds of parliament support early dissolution or there is a vote
of no confidence).
Under the terms
of the Fixed - term
Parliaments Act 2011, the period between one general election and the next is fixed at 5
years, unless the Commons passes a motion
of no confidence in the Government sooner than that, or if the House
of Commons, with the support
of at least two
thirds of its members, resolves that a general election should take place sooner.
However, since the Fixed - Term
Parliaments Act 2011, terms are now a fixed five
years, and an early general election can only be brought about either by a two -
thirds majority in favour
of a motion for a dissolution, or by a vote
of no confidence that is not followed within fourteen days by a vote
of confidence (which may be for confidence in the same government or a different one).
Mr Speaker, this Bill responds to three independent reviews published earlier this
year: the first from the Intelligence and Security Committee
of Parliament; the second from David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer
of Terrorism Legislation; and the
third from the Independent Surveillance Review convened by the Royal United Services Institute.
The Fixed - Term
Parliament Act dictates that elections will take place every five
years — unless two -
thirds of the Commons backs a snap vote.
The Coalition agreement committed the government to introduce a House Business Committee by the
third year of the current
Parliament.
He left
parliament in 2010, a
year after the publication
of his
third diary, A View From The Foothills, cemented his place in the pantheon
of truly great political diarists.
He revealed that the party has set a target
of getting two
thirds members
of parliament this
year and urged the constituents to add up efforts towards its achievement.
Coalition introduced five -
year parliaments but act allows for early elections if two -
thirds of MPs vote in favour
Removing the power
of the monarch, on advice
of the prime minister, to dissolve
parliament before its five -
year maximum length, [13] the act permits early dissolution if the House
of Commons votes by a two -
thirds supermajority, as occurred in the 2017 general election.
It was the
third Scottish Labour leadership election in four
years, the first being caused by the resignation
of Jack McConnell following the party's defeat in the 2007 Scottish
Parliament election, [2] and the second by Wendy Alexander's resignation.