Sentences with phrase «under the coalition agreement»

But he seized the opportunity of forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats to provide economic stability and to achieve and deliver a lot of Conservative policies under the Coalition Agreement.

Under the coalition agreement the Lib Dems can abstain in a vote on nuclear energy.

After losing seats at the 2001 election, the National Party lost one frontbench position under the Coalition agreement, Scott becoming the sacrificial lamb.

But the measure was opposed by Liberal Democrats, who secured the freedom under the Coalition Agreement to abstain in any vote on the issue, and Mr Clarke indicated today in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that tough economic conditions made it unlikely to be introduced before 2015.

Not exact matches

Under this agreement, the Liberals and NDP agreed to form a coalition government, which would be supported by the Bloc.

In an interview on The Capitol Pressroom on Tuesday, Skelos pointed to successes of the Senate under coalition rule — ranging from on - time budgets to a property tax cap (a measure that came in 2011, before the formal governing agreement was actually in place).

The Lib Dems are permitted to abstain on the issue in the Commons under the terms of the coalition agreement.

Under the agreement, the mainline Democratic conference in the Senate and Independent Democratic Conference would form a coalition, pending victories in those districts.

Nick Clegg had already got his way when the coalition agreement stated: «We will establish a commission to investigate the creation of a British Bill of Rights that incorporates and builds on all our obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, ensures that these rights continue to be enshrined in British law, and protects and extends British liberties.

Last month, Klein and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an agreement under which the I.D.C., which currently runs the Senate in coalition with the Republicans, will join with the regular Democrat conference after the November elections.

«We did make sure that in that coalition agreement were serious policies that would get immigration under control.»

Under the terms of the coalition agreement the Lib Dems will abstain when the government brings forward a national planning statement outlining plans for a new nuclear power station.

The parties can rarely cooperate enough to establish a formal coalition, but operate under a loose agreement instead.

The Tories would argue (in agreement with Polly Toynbee) that proportional representation would deny them their «divine» right to rule alone in future and would keep the party out of power for much longer, with Labour and the Lib Dems more likely to form «progressive» coalitions in office under PR.

In answering another question Lord Strathclyde confirmed that «it was in the coalition agreement that, in the event of there being an elected second Chamber, it would be under the system of proportional representation.»

In the One Wales coalition agreement on 27 June 2007 the Wales Labour Party and Plaid Cymru made the commitment «to proceed to a successful outcome of a referendum for full law - making powers under Part IV of the Government of Wales Act 2006 as soon as practicable, at or before the end of the Assembly term».

Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed a bill joining a coalition of states committed to cutting emissions of carbon dioxide to fulfill the United States» pledge under the Paris international climate change agreement.

From 2011 - 2017, Taryn led WRI's Open Climate Network, a coalition for ambition and transparency on climate action that focused most recently on countries» commitments under the Paris Agreement.

A coalition of states, cities, businesses, and non-profits ran their own pavilion outside the main conference hall, organised a stream of high - profile side events, networked incessantly, and delivered the message that #wearestillin — that mainstream America is still determined to honour its commitments under the Paris Agreement, even if the man currently occupying the White House is not.

The ruling coalition offered to implement the outstanding part of the 2012 Adjustment Programme and then move on to a successor agreement that would offer Greece further international assistance under softer but still austerity - oriented conditions and Troika - type monitoring.

Brumby said it was crucial that any future design of performance reporting frameworks and targets must involve Indigenous stakeholders as equal partners, saying consultation with governments is required under the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on Federal Financial Relations: «It should extend to key Indigenous stakeholders such as the Closing the Gap coalition.»