Sentence examples for fixed parliament from inspiring English sources

The introduction of a five year fixed parliament means that this is the first opposition in history which has known in advance that it has to wait so long without even the sniff of an election.

If the NDP gets its fixed parliament it should come at a price.

From whipping Tory MPs through in support of a referendum on AV, the number and nature of cabinet places he's going to give to the Liberals, to surrendering the bedrock of the Westminster system – by giving way on fixed parliaments – Cameron gains office but not power.

Cameron says that because we have a fixed term parliament, there should be more debates.

After acknowledging that the new prime minister has a tough job, he writes: "I note you have said 'Brexit means Brexit.' I note too that you think the fixed term parliament act means you can govern without a specific mandate from the people until 2020..

Its size was fixed by Parliament every 10 years; any money saved was carried forward to the next 10-year period.

The fares for the transport of mourners and coffins on the London Necropolis Railway had been fixed by Parliament in 1852 at 6s for a living first class passenger and £1 for a first class coffin (in 1891 worth about £ and £ respectively in consumer terms).

"One of the things the commentariat has not understood is that for the first time in history we've got fixed term parliaments.

We should have fixed term parliaments and remove the whole issue of election timing from the repertoire of prime ministerial power.

In those days we did not have fixed term parliaments, the Prime Minister called an election after three and a half years or four years if they wanted, so it was very difficult to say what a full term was.

He says in terms of detailed policy announcements "of course you don't do that two years before the election, because of five-year fixed term parliaments we're still essentially in mid-term".