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A matter that was voted on could be brought back again through the motion to reconsider.Under Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR), this motion must be made within a limited time after the action on the original motion: either on the same day or in the case of a multi-day session (such as a convention), on the next day within the session in which business is conducted.
The BBFC subsequently received a letter from the distributors who objected the film's ban and tried to make 'minor deletions' to the film in order to make it acceptable, but the film was still rejected. Subsequent attempts to release the film were rejected in 1966 and 1968, but the Greater London Council passed the film with an X certificate in ...
Frederick North, Lord North became Prime Minister in January 1770. After the defeat of the British troops in the Siege of Yorktown, Henry Seymour Conway, a Whig MP, introduced into Parliament a motion to end "the further prosecution of offensive warfare" in America. The motion was passed in the House of Commons by a vote of 234 to 215 on 27 ...
Only one Australian prime minister, Malcolm Fraser, has ever been defeated in the House of Representatives by an explicit motion of no confidence. [1] [2] In addition, six prime ministers were unable to enact important policy and therefore resigned, two prime ministers were unable to obtain supply from the House of Representatives, one prime ...
A Business of the House Motion to enable Parliament to debate the bill was passed 312–311. In addition, there was one tied division—the first since 1993—in which the Government defeated an amendment on the business motion that would have scheduled a third round of "indicative votes" for 8 April; with the Speaker's casting vote, the ...
A motion is a formal proposal by a member to do something. [1] Motions are the basis of the group decision-making process. [2] They focus the group on what is being decided. Generally, a motion should be phrased in a way to take an action or express an opinion.
A motion of no confidence in the French government of Élisabeth Borne was tabled by the left-wing NUPES coalition on 11 July 2022. [1] [2] The motion was rejected: it received only 146 yes votes out of the 289 needed. [2]
A prayer motion is a method by which a member of the UK House of Lords or the House of Commons can object to or comment on secondary legislation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Prayer Motions in the House of Commons typically take the form of an Early Day Motion .