The phrase "a motion put forward" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts such as meetings, discussions, or formal proposals where someone is suggesting an idea or action for consideration.
Example: "During the meeting, a motion put forward by the committee was unanimously accepted by the members."
Alternatives: "a proposal presented" or "a suggestion made".
In August, the Liberals narrowly defeated a motion put forward by Labor councillors to rescind the name change plans.
They backed a motion put forward by the Labour MP Frank Field, calling on the Government to reconsider the impact of the cuts on low paid workers and to bring forward new proposals to mitigate it.
Senior party chiefs were quick to stress this morning (with an indulgent smile) that this is a motion put forward by the Lib Dem youth wing, and therefore a symbol of the vitality - indeed, virility - of the party membership.
The chair of the parliamentary Labour party has agreed that a motion put forward by the MPs Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey will be debated on Monday night at a meeting of MPs and then put to the vote.
Separately on 13 October British MPs will be asked to vote on a motion – put forward by the Labour MP Grahame Morris – calling on the UK to recognise Palestine.
Minutes before, the PD's national committee had voted by 136 votes to 16, with two abstentions, to back a motion put forward by Renzi, the party leader and mayor of Florence, calling for a new government capable of opening "a new phase" of reform and pulling the eurozone's third-largest economy "out of the quagmire".
A more radical amendment is planned by the former attorney general Dominic Grieve, which would allow any motion put forward by a minority of 300 MPs from at least five parties – including 10 Tory MPs – to be debated in the Commons the following day.
Grieve has dropped the more controversial aspect of the amendment when it was first drafted, which had stated that any motion put forward by a minority of 300 MPs from at least five parties – including 10 Tory MPs – should be debated as the first item in the Commons on the following day.
BBC Scotland has learned that those attending the SFL meeting were advised that a simple majority vote would carry any motion put forward at the next gathering.
Nearly 100 MPs have also signed a parliamentary motion put forward by the Labour MP Chris Mullin urging the Government to stop detaining children.
A Commons motion put forward by Sir Vince Cable's party was defeated by 299 votes to 13 in Parliament.
