Sentences with phrase «time of the next parliament»

Given this, the Queen's Speech needed to be replete with bills to fill the time of the next parliament and reinvigorate the purpose of the Coalition.

Not exact matches

«It is worth noting that, while Mr Zuckerberg does not normally come under the jurisdiction of the UK Parliament, he will do so the next time he enters the country,» he adds.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's left - led government submitted to Parliament late Wednesday a new package of creditor - demanded tax hikes and reforms worth 1.8 billion euros ($ 2 billion), which it hopes to have approved by lawmakers in time for a meeting of European officials next week.

This progressed all the way to Committee Stage until it ran out of time (when one Parliament ends, all Bills that have not been passed must be re-presented and start again in the next Parliament).

And there is also, more immediately, a question of timing about when these questions will be asked — in this Parliament or the next.

Last month he masterminded a letter of his own on the EU referendum, getting nearly 100 Tories to sign up to his proposal for the coalition to legislation on giving the British public a vote at some time in the next parliament.

What I don't really see is how the Labour party holding three pilots in this Parliament, or even selecting all of its candidates in some form of primary at the next election or the time after would make any really significant difference to arguments for or against first - past - the - post, the Alternative Vote, AV +, AMS, STV and various hybrids thereof.

It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be held within the time frame of the article 50 negotiations and not be left to verbal assurances — not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative party by next autumn, nor indeed where the balance of power might be in any future government or hung parliament.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

The French president, François Hollande, has warned that Europe risks «regression and paralysis» if Eurosceptics and nationalists gain the upper hand in next year's European parliament elections, as an opinion poll for the first time put the anti-immigrant National Front (NF) well ahead of his country's mainstream parties.

Members of Parliament had previously said they would summon the Facebook CEO to testify on the Cambridge Analytica data leak the next time he arrived in the country.

The IFS said that the Conservative plans to get rid of «the bulk» of the deficit over the course of the next parliament will involve the biggest spending cuts since the second world war, while Labour and Lib Dem plans will result in deeper cuts that at any time since the 1970s.

Echoing the sentiments of Tony Benn when he quit parliament «to spend more time on politics», Purnell and a member of his constituency party will spend next week relearning the tools of their trade at a five day community organising course run by the UK's largest community organisation, London Citizens.

The issue threatens to dominate the Queen's speech and take up much of parliament's time over the next year.

Mr Harris added: «I am raising the possibility - the very slim possibility of my candidacy - because there are ideas that I have that I think the party should at least be debating, because by the time the next Scottish Parliament elections come up in 2016, we need to know what type of party Scottish Labour will be.»»

«It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve as Beckenham's Member of Parliament for nearly 12 years now but, with the prospect of a Conservative government after the next election, I have for some months now been considering whether it might be time for me to move over for a younger person.

For some time this website has pointed out that, despite the relentless negativity of the right - leaning press, Labour is on course to win the next election, albeit probably as the largest party in a hung parliament.

And for all those mums and dads who struggle to juggle work and home, I am proud to announce today that by reforming tax relief we will by the end of the next Parliament be able to give the parents of a quarter of a million two year olds free childcare for the first time.

I will have been the local Member of Parliament for eighteen years by the time the General Election takes place next year.

Ending the Commons stages of Lords reform by the autumn of next year is designed to ensure that the parliament act can be used to force the reforms through, if peers object, by the time of the 2015 general election.

Even the government of the day can not involve the civil service formally in manifesto preparation for the next parliament, as I remember from my time as a special adviser prior to the 2010 general election.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

The answer to all of these concerns is to make a manifesto commitment to holding a constitutional convention some time in the next Parliament.

I've heard plenty of Labour candidates this time yearn for a signature pledge to take back the railways, as 19 franchises come free in the next parliament.

It acknowledges that it may, at best, win only a handful of seats in parliament next May, but that will mean it has a base in Westminster for the first time.

By the time of the next election in 2015 I will have served for two decades in the House of Commons and in the European Parliament in Brussels.

«As we approach a new parliament, the next government must commit to fully fund the creation of all new school places and give councils the powers to open new schools once again, before time runs out and we are faced with a national crisis,» said Mr Simmonds.

Curriculum proposals included every 11 - year - old to know their times tables off by heart, improving schools» accountability at key stage 3, and expecting 75 per cent of pupils to have entered the EBacc by the end of the next parliament.

At the same time, Parliament has approved stringent new measures to reduce carbon emissions by 2020, with the biggest CO2 cuts by far to come from an increase of more than 800 percent in offshore wind power over the next seven years.

The remainder — the Prisons and Courts Bill, the Local Government Finance Bill and the Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill — have little prospect of making it through in time and will likely have to be restarted in the next Parliament.

A good Canadian Press article provides a great overview of what to expect with this new Parliament, suggesting in fact we will see only a brief «Spring Sitting» over the next 2 or 3 weeks with a summer break and a more detailed legislative agenda in the Fall, giving some of the rookie MPs more time to learn their new roles.

Throughout my time as a member of Parliament, next year my 19th year, I have fought for legislation and public policy that recognizes and protects the role of the family as the foundational unit of society.