Sentences with phrase «voting on a matter concerning»

This raises the «West Lothian question», a quandary first posited in 1977 by Tam Dalyell, who asked why he, as MP for the Scottish seat of West Lothian, should vote on matters concerning English constituents but not his own.

«As a county legislator, I believe it is critical to be kept abreast on the New Stadium Working Group's discussions in order for the Legislature to make informed decisions when voting on a matter concerning public dollars and county resources.

Not exact matches

On legislative votes, the PCs and Wildrose voted together 90.2 per cent of the time, and on money votes — matters concerning the expenditure of public funds — they voted together 95.8 per cent of the time, the study founOn legislative votes, the PCs and Wildrose voted together 90.2 per cent of the time, and on money votes — matters concerning the expenditure of public funds — they voted together 95.8 per cent of the time, the study founon money votes — matters concerning the expenditure of public funds — they voted together 95.8 per cent of the time, the study found.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

«Neither will we allow the people of these islands, no matter how they voted on June 23rd, to be presented as a reactionary, xenophobic mass whose only concern is somehow taking the UK back to a lost imperial age.

«The Conservatives, in their rush to protect themselves from an attack from the right, are only concerned about English votes on English matters.

In a written statement on the matter last month, Katko said, any candidate has to earn his vote, and he was concerned with some of the comments Trump has made and with the general tone he's taken.

The term «West Lothian question» refers to issues concerning the former ability of members of parliament from constituencies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to vote on matters that affect only people living in England and therefore have no direct consequence on their constituents, whilst being unable to influence matters that affect their own constituencies.