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The phrase "a motion demanding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to a request or proposal that requires action or attention.
Example: "The committee submitted a motion demanding immediate action on the proposed budget cuts."
Alternatives: "a request for" or "a proposal urging".
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Yet that was the issue that prompted that previous Tory rebellion, of 81 MPs in October, on a motion demanding a referendum on the EU.
Ten days ago, Frank Field, the Labour chairman of the work and pensions select committee, tabled a motion demanding a pause to the "terrifying" cuts.
Last November, the Student Association Annual General Assembly voted unanimously in favour of a motion demanding acceptance of the licensing policy.
It is believed that Neil Gray, the new SNP MP for Airdrie and Shotts, was so irritated that he has tabled a motion demanding a public consultation, as is best practice on major projects.
But it did pose questions in the Senate about government-sanctioned leaks regarding intelligence matters, and the upper house passed a motion demanding the Coalition hand over documents about the claims.
The case against 18-year-old Zezza Anderson was dropped last month after his lawyer, Ron Kuby, filed a motion demanding that Mr. Hynes's office produce documentary evidence of the youngsters misbehaving.
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Before last week's vote, some of them had indicated they could vote with a Labour motion demanding a public plan for Brexit, forcing the government to concede and underlining the slim nature of May's majority.
Last year they led a rebel motion demanding an unrealistic cut to the EU budget.
More than 100 Tory MPs signed a Commons motion demanding their prosecution.
But its Conservative government has ignored a nonbinding motion demanding asylum for deserters that was approved in June by Parliament, where Conservatives do not control a majority of the votes.
This week, Milan's council members are set to present a bipartisan motion demanding that the government redact those measures included in the €54 billion austerity package being discussed in Parliament that cancel municipal holidays linked to patron saints.
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