backbench mps

It has been the backbench MPs who have made the running with the issue.

He has been campaigning for backbench MPs to get more time.

Other backbench MPs are also lobbying for such a measure.

Some backbench MPs have failed to contain their anger at the move.

There is a clear majority of backbench MPs who want to debate this and we have to respond to that.

There will also be time for backbench MPs to make their own tributes to her.

In addition, ministers will not receive the pay rise that backbench MPs are to be given.

If approved, it is expected that backbench MPs' £66,000 salaries would increase after the next election.

Imagine being one of those backbench MPs who was told by the whips that it wouldn’t be necessary to return.

But many backbench MPs oppose the plans and the issue is said to divide the cabinet.

Many more backbench MPs' views are firmly entrenched against the legislation.

There were signs that this lead would be followed by backbench MPs who feared a backlash from the public.

Greater powers for backbench MPs to introduce legislation and to determine the parliamentary business programme.

"The vote gave backbench MPs the confidence to speak up and to ask the government to think again on animal welfare.

Will backbench MPs be able to resist mentioning it?

In each session, twenty backbench MPs are selected by ballot to introduce a bill.

"If backbench MPs can't use modern communications tools" he suggested, "perhaps they're not doing their job properly".

It recommends backbench MPs should have more power to call debates and calls for greater scrutiny of ministers.

Strengthen the powers of select committees to enable backbench MPs to hold the government in check.

There is a curious symmetry between the plight of backbench MPs and journalists.

They are much more commonly used against bills that backbench MPs are trying to introduce.

Many Conservative backbench MPs had misgivings about what was being proposed.

More than 130 backbench MPs have signed a Parliamentary motion opposing the plan.

However, backbench MPs are split on the extent to which theories of a mole should be aired.

In just this way, backbench MPs feel themselves ineffective and regularly reminded of their unimportance.