Living proof that aspirins work, The Shadow Home Secretary made a swift recovery after the migraine which — she claimed — prevented her from
voting at second reading.
The Labour leadership contest had just begun and the government's welfare bill was coming up for
a vote at second reading.
Not exact matches
Last year, Corbyn's support soared after caretaker leader Harriet Harman instructed Labour MPs to abstain from
voting against the Conservative's welfare bill
at the
second reading.
So he will rebel by
voting against the Lords reform bill
at second reading.
The
Second Reading vote won't be completely free from whipping, either - or
at least a form of it.
At the lobby briefing this morning the prime minister's spokesperson was clear that there would be two
votes, as we've been expecting: one on the
second reading and one on the programme motion.
Under the Salisbury Convention, the Lords should not wreck or
vote against government manifesto commitments
at second and third
reading.
We have said all along that Labour will not frustrate the triggering of Article 50 and to that end we are asking all MPs to
vote for the Bill
at its
second reading next week.
Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not
voting against it
at Second Reading), said:
And my hope is that we will return to it, in the next Parliament emboldened by the overwhelming
vote in favour of our Bill
at second reading.
This is unsurprising when you consider the point
at which Corbyn's campaign really took off: when all three other candidates opted to toe the party line, as mandated by caretaker leader Harriet Harman, and abstain from
voting on the
second reading of the government's welfare bill.
While last week's
vote on the Government's Article 50 bill
at second reading was widely described as «historic», the sessions between Monday and Wednesday could have a big impact on how Theresa May negotiates Brexit.
[67] She abstained from
voting on the
second reading of the Brexit Bill, after becoming ill hours before the
vote, [68] and later
voted in favour
at the third and final
reading.
Parliament
voted shortly after midnight on Monday to support the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
at second reading, which seeks to transfer European laws onto the UK statute book when Britain quits the EU.
Jeremy Corbyn had imposed a three - line whip on Labour MPs to
vote in favour of the Government's bill
at second reading.
@joepike @jeremycorbyn @GranadaReports that won't be an issue, I'll be
voting with the whip
at second reading next week.
Not
at second reading, because Labour will
vote in favour of the bill
at second reading, ensuring it will get through.
That's why we did the principled thing of
voting in favour
at second reading, despite the view that in the current economic climate reform of the Lords wouldn't be our priority.»
More than 80 Members of Parliament
voted in favour of Bill C - 246, the Modernizing Animal Protections Act,
at second reading in the House of Commons.
In addition, Quebec's Bill 94, An Act to establish guidelines governing accommodation requests within the Administration and certain institutions was reintroduced
at the same stage and subsequently adopted in principle (sent for
second reading) in a close
vote.