Sentences with phrase «vote on legislation only»

The government presented its much anticipated plans to solve the West Lothian Question, or more simply, why Scottish MPs have long been able to vote on legislation only affecting England (or England and Wales) while English MPs are unable to vote on measures devolved to Scotland.

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What's more, to get legislation through Congress relying only on Republican votes, the majority must rely on reconciliation instructions contained in a budget resolution.

If the electorate vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment, any draft legislation would only become law if the Dail voted for it, and that is not a foregone conclusion given the Fine Gael coalition is a minority administration and TDs will vote on conscience.

Parliament only votes on the implementing legislation, not on the whole text of the agreement.

Under the government's proposals, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh MPs would no longer be allowed to vote on legislation that only affects England.

There is significant support for the principle of EVEL: the 2014 Future of England Survey found that 62 % of people in England agreed that Scottish MPs should be prevented from voting on England - only legislation.

An anti-devolutionist, Dalyell argued it would be unfair for Scottish MPs to have equal rights to vote on English - only legislation.

«Today, the state Assembly is poised to debate and vote on legislation (A. 6777) that only gets half the job done when it comes to ensuring parents are informed of their rights and protected if they choose to opt their children in grades 3 - 8 out of the controversial Common Core standardized tests.»

It is much less than what George Cunningham insisted on in the Scottish devolution proposals that led to the 1979 legislation on that; he insisted on having 40 % for a yes vote, whereas I am calling here for only 40 % of the electorate.

A government could still pass England - only legislation on the back of the votes of Scottish MPs in exceptional circumstances, but only if they believed it was in the wider interests of the UK as a whole.

In an article for the Western Mail this morning, Mr Hain warned the Tories» English votes plan, where only English MPs would be able to vote on Westminster legislation affecting England, was playing into the hands of separatists.

Indeed, when Danny Alexander, Chris Huhne, David Laws and I met Adonis and the rest of the Labour team, they wouldn't even commit to supporting legislation on alternative voting, despite Labour being the only party that had such a proposal in its manifesto.

Staten Island Congressman Dan Donovan — the only Republican representing any part of New York City in Washington, D.C. — voted «no» on the legislation as well, said that Obamacare is «failing and requires major reform» and that he will work on a replacement.

Does the Deputy Leader of the House share my aspiration that by the end of this Parliament we will ensure that English - only legislation is voted on with a majority of English MPs?»

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

As such, the formation of a coalition government on English - only legislation was a consequence of the ability of Scottish MPs to vote on English matters but English MPs unable to vote on Scottish matters.

There is also the issue of whether MPs with seats in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales should continue to be allowed to vote on legislation that will only affect people in England.

A short while later, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D - N.Y.) said the House «is drenched in blood and the only way we can cleanse it is if the speaker of the House allows us to vote on this legislation.

Smaller states can end up feeling that the UK only calls when it wants something, such as a signature on a letter before a summit or a vote on legislation affecting the UK financial services — and the call often comes at the very last minute.

The House approved the legislation Wednesday on a 359 - 64 vote, with only Republicans opposing.

Similarly, the result of the referendum on an alternative voting system in 2011 required no change, but had it been otherwise, it was beyond doubt that change could have been achieved only by legislation passed by Parliament.

That includes Corker, who was the only Republican senator to vote «no» on earlier Senate legislation.