Sentences with phrase «vote in parliament»

Secondly, a proper vote in parliament on all the options available to the country could provide a useful national reality check that is much needed.

What if, in a single - transferable - vote system, the representative elected was subsequently given a number of votes in parliament / congress equal to their margin in the election.

If a proposed government wins a confidence vote in parliament, it becomes the government.

«We recognise these are issues of conscience which will be given free votes in parliament,» the letter adds.

When asked whether the party could back the proposal, he said: «What we've asked for and demanded is a meaningful vote in parliament at the end of it... we're not asking for a second referendum.»

In DPR voting the party political balance is achieved for votes in parliament because MPs have an equal share of their Parliamentary Party's votes.

Labour has made the case since the referendum for a meaningful vote in parliament on the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

They hoped initially that the referendum could be ignored as «advisory» and when that failed, argued to delay the invocation of Article 50 by votes in parliament.

For the duration of their appointment, they are considered to have the same status as MSPs but they do not vote in parliament.

Stephan Shakespeare: Should an opinion poll affect the outcome of a critical vote in Parliament?

The government has won a crucial vote in Parliament on plans to limit annual increases in working - age benefits to 1 % for the next three years.

Harper has pledged to put the treaty, once it is written up as a legal document, to a ratification vote in Parliament.

Although his reluctance to answer the gay question prolonged the agony, his voting record tells a story of its own and he has consistently voted in Parliament to uphold the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people irrespective of his personal theology.

I'm planning to make these to bring into my office tomorrow, to (fingers crossed) celebrate the first vote in parliament of the English Gay Marriage act.

For example, although the SPD and CDU / CSU had equal votes in parliament, the Social Democrats failed to block an increase in the retirement age to 67.

«We want to point out that in any discussion with our partners we have to start from a fundamental constitutional principle, the same in the US and Romania, according to which the debates, decisions and votes in the Parliament take place in the name of the sovereignty of the people and can not be the object of any form of pressure,» reads the quoted communiqué issued by the heads of the two Chambers.

In a parliamentary system the party in power is the one with the most votes in parliament and that would always correspond to the party that won the most actual votes in the election, even if they didn't get the most seats.

Votes in parliaments directly represent the popular vote, modulo some rounding error.

Maybe in that case the candidate who comes second would have the choice of deducting their final tally from the winning candidates votes in parliament or distributing their final tally to strengthen other representatives, e.g. of their own party from other seats.

Paving the way for a landmark reform, something which would not have happened without Labour votes in Parliament, the progressive triumph of gay marriage.

The DPR Voting system that makes votes in parliament «party proportional» does not apply to Committees.

Proportional voting in Parliament is achieved by assigning each MP a parliamentary vote value.

Nick Clegg is seen as the least trustworthy party leader (34 %) although this is a significant improvement from the 25 % he rated in December 2010 following the tuition fees vote in Parliament.

Many working men's clubs have faced precipitous falls in income since the ban, after a second vote in parliament denied private members clubs the right to allow members to opt - in to smoking leniency.

It's just that the Conservatives will have enough votes in Parliament and not get defeated often.

Its environmental committee voted firmly in favor of such a move - to be signed up to by the end of the year - which paves the way for a further vote in the parliament within a month.

The package of constitutional reforms signed by Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Wednesday dominated the news agenda in the country as it progressed through vote after vote in parliament, with politicians and the public debating the effects the changes might have on Turkey's military, courts, and politics.

The prime minister faces a crucial confidence vote in Parliament at midnight Friday, after two days of acrimony that saw many of his own lawmakers and ministers rebel.

For votes in Parliament, each MP has an equal share of their total parliamentary party's vote.

Italian centre - left leader Romano Prodi was re-confirmed as prime minister on Friday when he won a second and final confidence vote in parliament, ending a political crisis and ensuring there will be no snap election.

Instead of a public vote, Ben & Jerry's is calling for a free vote in parliament on marriage equality.

In contrast to the 1996 Broadcasting Act, which was based on extensive consultation and passed with 90 percent of votes in Parliament, including support from oppositional parties, the Orbán Government passed the 2010 Media Acts without consulting professional organisations or the opposition.

Former British prime minister John Major has called for a free vote in parliament on whether to hold a second EU referendum.

For the moment, there aren't votes in Parliament to roll back Britain's domestic climate policies, but advocates worry that could change.

Columnist Stephan Shakespeare: Should an opinion poll affect the outcome of a critical vote in Parliament?

We have consistently demanded a meaningful vote in Parliament and as the government, will bring the deal we negotiate to Parliament before it is finalised to ensure democratic accountability.

It still needs to pass a vote in parliament later in the day, although that is assured given the AK Party's majority.

So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.

As it was considered a «money» bill, the vote in Parliament was considered a «confidence vote».

This is why the Financial Times» Lex column reported («Greece: reckoning postponed,» June 29, 2011): «the vote in parliament was held to the sound of rioting and the smell of tear gas.»

The left - wing prime minister won a vote in parliament early Monday that will heap more taxes on a dwindling number of Greeks able to pay them.

It is not the right time for the government to ask the institutions not to implement the planned pension cuts that will take effect in January 2019 and have already been voted in parliament, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Thursday.

Without it the MPs can now force a block on the triggering of Article 50 by means of a vote in parliament.

In Scotland we have 350,000 casual cannabis users, if we put them into a vote in parliament they would get nine or ten seats, they don't get that.

Their names are then agreed or rejected by a vote in parliament.

The Liberal Democrats would therefore have done better to force the issue to a vote in this parliament, rather than deliberately kicking it into the long grass.

We conclude that the most effective and democratic way to decide who should be tasked with forming the next government in such situations is a vote in parliament to nominate the new Prime Minister, in the form of a recommendation to the Monarch.

... Article 50 simply can not be invoked without a full debate and vote in Parliament.

If a citizen's vote translates directly to votes in parliament it doesn't matter which way you carve the seats, the party in power will be the one with the most citizens supporting it.