Sentence examples for call for a motion from inspiring English sources

The House of Lords, which is dominated by Labour and the Lib Dems, could have blocked the move if it had been done through primary legislation, but peers may not have a chance to thoroughly scrutinise the regulations unless they call for a motion to debate the changes.

The leader of the opposition, Tony Abbott, called for a motion of no-confidence in the government.

Several speakers called for a motion backing the Scottish Government's current moratorium on fracking to be sent back and strengthened into an outright ban.

The Northern League called for a motion to declare Italy at war.What many would like to have seen was a move to improve co-ordination of anti-terrorism efforts.

(Reuters) MIDDLE EAST IRAN: IMPEACHMENT MOVE Legislators have called for a motion to impeach the minister of justice as tensions grow between hard-liners in the judiciary and reformers in Parliament.

Galloway has even called for a motion to twin Bradford with Gaza, and its residents have been generous in their financial aid donations.

The first to call for a parliamentary motion was André Gerin, a Communist.

The committees have previously called for an individual motion on each of the 35 measures, rather than one vote on the whole package.

On Tuesday, a trio of environmental groups ― the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Center for Biological Diversity ― sued the EPA, calling for an emergency motion to block the decision.

Jobs & Money will be organising a petition and, if enough readers back Ann we'll put down a motion to call for a special general meeting.

His remarks to the conference came shortly after delegates unanimously voted for a motion calling for an immediate review of civil service pay, progression frameworks, pay equity and the wider reward strategy.