Example sentences of "floor of the house [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reading of the Finance Bill follows and from 1969 the bill has then been divided , clauses and schedules which involve issues of principle being taken on the floor of the House while the more detailed clauses are sent upstairs to a standing committee . |
| 2 | Now the Home Secretary admitted in the committee stage on the floor of the house that to have had the public inquiry stage would have added seven weeks to the boundary process . |
| 3 | There is some evidence that committee members feel themselves less fettered by party ties in committee than on the floor of the House although there has been a tendency for party loyalty to reassert itself if the report is debated . |
| 4 | It appeared on the day that I was answering questions on transport on the floor of the House and there was a question on the future of railway services on the order paper . |
| 5 | This procedure was introduced in an attempt to save time on the floor of the House and is used for unopposed and non controversial legislation . |
| 6 | The Left in the Labour Party use the House to register their protests against Right-wing members and measures , whichever party is in power , though many of them consider that once this is done on the floor of the House and the outside public has been informed of their dissent , they will support their leaders in committee and in the division lobbies . |
| 7 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
| 8 | The House of Commons spent over 215 hours on the Bill , including ten days on the floor of the House and twenty-two days in committee , and the House of Lords devoted over 150 hours spread over sixteen days to a discussion of the Bill . |
| 9 | The matter must be resolved on the Floor of the House and within this forum . |
| 10 | Notwithstanding , we are debating the matter on the Floor of the House and I shall have to go into some matters of delicacy in my response . |
| 11 | It was debated no fewer than five times on the Floor of the House and was given long and detailed scrutiny by a Select Committee over 26 days . |
| 12 | A day or two later — whenever it suits the Government — the theoretical actual vote takes place on the Floor of the House and , if a Division is called , most hon. Members do not know what they are voting about . |
| 13 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |
| 14 | Oddly enough , it was not an inefficient community ’ ) ; and , second , a small peace-offering not so much across the floor of the House as across the gulf of industry : |
| 15 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 16 | In addition to the activities of members on the floor of the House or in the parties , there has been an attempt to restore or increase the influence of the Commons by adopting new procedures , most of which involve the development of a new committee system . |
| 17 | It would not be appropriate to go through the arguments again today , but I suspect that teachers will judge the effectiveness of the pay review body not by our arguments on the Floor of the House or in Committee last year , but merely by the way in which it delivers . |
| 18 | Has any consideration been given to allowing right hon. and hon. Members to express an opinion on that matter , either on the Floor of the House or in European Standing Committee B ? |
| 19 | Garage floors should be at least 100mm ( 4in ) below the level of the ground floor of the house if they are attached , to avoid entry of petrol and oil spillages . |