Sentences with phrase «third year of this parliament»

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.

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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.