Sentence examples for Government amendment from inspiring English sources

Labour's decision to back the government amendment has triggered a significant rebellion.

But this week a small government amendment, supposed to safeguard London's envied takeover code, was enough to scupper the opposition.

4.06pm GMT MPs are now voting on the government amendment making it easier for the government to deprive foreign-born nationals of their citizenship, and another government amendment linked to it.

Neil Carmichael, a Tory MP who had been thinking about rebelling, said he would now vote with the government amendment.

However, it was replaced by a government amendment which will effectively achieve the same outcome by different means.

23 Labour MPs voted against government amendment, 5 Lib Dem, 51 SNP and one Tory, Ken Clarke.

Government amendments provide for virtual police-state control.

One recent education bill had more than 1,000 government amendments at the committee stage.

She admits that a lot of government amendments have been tabled.

11.39am GMT Theresa May is rattling through the government amendments now, summarising them all very briefing.

Clegg is instead saying that the bill should be changed through government amendments in the House of Lords.