The phrase "a motion urging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is proposing or advocating for a specific action or decision, often in formal settings like meetings or legislative discussions.
Example: "The committee presented a motion urging the council to allocate more funds for community development projects."
Alternatives: "a proposal encouraging" or "a resolution advocating".
4.32pm BST The Lib Dems have just passed a motion urging the government to rule out local or regional pay.
The National Assembly passed a motion urging Kenya to become the first of the 122 nations adhering to the court to leave it.
The Lib Dems have passed a motion urging the government to press EU member states to agree to cut emissions by 30% by 2020.
Updated at 3.09pm BST 1.28pm BST Lunchtime summary The Lib Dems have overwhelmingly backed a motion urging the government to scrap its proposals to relax planning laws.
The Lib Dems have backed a motion urging the government to increase the science budget by 3% above inflation for the next 15 years.
In its opening session the party conference yesterday gave the platform some comfort when it overwhelmingly rejected a motion urging academic boycott of Israeli universities.
And MPs rejected a Labour motion urging immediate change by a majority of 14.
On Thursday, Labour's Jim Cunningham and Geoffrey Robinson signed a Commons motion urging Sports Minister Hugh Robertson to convene an urgent meeting with the club's owners, the Football League and the city council.
The Lib Dem South Lakes MP Tim Farron tabled a Commons motion urging government to rethink.
This has provoked significant backlash, including from the National Union of Students (NUS) which has drafted a model motion urging university unions to boycott the agenda "as far as legally possible".
In September the Trade Union Congress backed an NUJ motion urging the government to hold an inquiry that would consider different models of newspaper ownership and look at how publications could be protected as community assets.
