In another sign of the haste of the decision, the Treasury has yet to set out its alternative amendment.
Former minister Janet Anderson is to table an alternative amendment to the Terrorism Bill which would raise the maximum detention limit from the current 14 days to 60 days.
The Lib Dem backbencher Lord Starkey held discussions about his alternative amendment last week with the Lib Dem consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson and Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander.
In a further sign of the haste of the government concession, there is as yet no alternative amendment from the government to put into the banking bill.
But it is understood that Clegg is making clear that an alternative amendment by the Labour frontbench, crossbenchers or a Lib Dem backbencher would have little difficulty being passed.
An alternative amendment, formulated by Labour's Yvette Cooper and other MPs, proposes the government conducts an investigation into the prevalence of sex-selective abortion and develops a plan of action for healthcare providers to help coerced and abused women – help, not criminalise.
9. Brown (2004) has criticised an earlier refinement of (c) in Wright (2003) and proposed an alternative amendment of the disjunctive template, criticised in turn by Wright (2011).
UPDATE: Flake spokeswoman Genevieve Rozansky pointed out that the senator voted for an alternative amendment introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
And apparently as a result of these meetings, the House leadership effectively caved to these demands, jettisoned an alternative amendment offered by Congressman Brad Ellsworth, a pro-life Democrat from Illinois, and agreed to allow an "up or down" vote on the Stupak amendment.
And apparently as a result of these meetings, the House leadership effectively caved to these demands, jettisoned an alternative amendment offered by Congressman Brad Ellsworth, a pro-life Democrat from Indiana, and agreed to allow an "up or down" vote on the Stupak amendment.
