Sentence examples for binding parliament from inspiring English sources

The referendum result is not legally binding – parliament still has to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act if the leave campaign wins, and ratify the withdrawal agreement.

The issue is with using taxpayer funds in a way that could give a platform to the worst kind of homophobic rhetoric – without even binding parliament to the result.

From "referenda are non-binding, parliament is sovereign" to "let's have another referendum!", they are wonderfully undogmatic about their dogma.

If, as seems likely, Australians vote "yes", the results are not binding and parliament would still be required to enact the result.

When researchers told respondents the poll was not binding on parliament and some politicians said they would not abide by the outcome, 52.1% reported being less likely to support the plebiscite.

In 1975, when the last vote on whether to stay in the EU (then the European economic community) was held, the rightwing Conservative MP Enoch Powell, unhappy about what he considered a loss of national sovereignty, argued that the result was merely provisional as it could not be legally binding on parliament.

It was not binding on Parliament or the government, the only entities that can invoke Article 50.

As a legal matter, the Brexit vote is not binding on Parliament, which will need to authorize and set the terms for the negotiation of Britain's exit from the EU under Article 50 process.

However, the requirement for a referendum is not binding on Parliament, which would need to amend the Flags Act to alter the design.

They would become binding only if parliament agreed in each case.

Then, too, the referendum's results aren't binding; Britain's parliament would have to develop and pass the necessary legislation, and that will at least take time.