Sentence examples for moved a motion from inspiring English sources

Shorten unsuccessfully moved a motion to suspend question time to censure the prime minister "for breaking his promises".

Led by John Gorton, the commonwealth parliament moved a motion to decriminalise homosexual acts in the mid-1970s.

Kuzwayo was present in 1936 when Mina Soga moved a motion to found the National Council of African Women.

The year before he had moved a motion at the autumn conference supporting a royal commission on drug laws.

In the same hall on Tuesday afternoon the delegate from Harlow, Colin Monehen, moved a motion on Palestine in a fiery speech.

Liberal MP Adrian Pederick moved a motion in state parliament on Thursday calling for a management plan and a sustainable harvesting of New Zealand fur seals.

On Thursday it sought to move a motion against him in the House of Representatives.

The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, is not ruling out moving a motion of no confidence in the Speaker.

Labor attempted to move a motion of no confidence in Brough, but the motion was shot down by government MPs, who gagged the debate.

Mr Martin refused to collaborate with Mr Layton's initial plan to move a motion requesting the government to dissolve parliament after the Christmas break on January 4th.

He says he has always been in favour of "the power of initiation", a procedure that allowed a backbencher to stand up and move a motion for debate.