Unit 2 Government and Politics Edexcel AS level Examples?

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6 December 2011 - A motion 'That this House has considered the matter of the economy' was defeated by 79–213. Such a motion is normally agreed without a division but the Opposition forced a vote for which the Government whips were unprepared.^[74]

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31 October 2012 - A rebel amendment calling for a real terms cut in the European Union budget was passed by 307-294.^[75]

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29 August 2013 - A motion provisionally authorising military intervention in the Syrian civil war was defeated 285-272.^[76]

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16 July 2014 - A Ten Minute Rule motion on a bill authorising the Office for Budget Responsibility to scrutinise Opposition manifestos was passed 203–16, after the Opposition forced a division aimed to catch the new Chief Whip, Michael Gove, off-guard in his first full day in office.^[77]

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5 September 2014 - A private member's bill by Lib Dem MP Andrew George to restrict the cases in which the under-occupancy penalty (bedroom tax)could be levied was passed 306–231, with the coalition partners imposing three-line whips on opposite sides of the debate.^[78]

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18 November 2014 - A Lib Dem rebel amendment giving more freedom to pub landlords to negotiate rents and beer prices with their parent pub chain was passed 284–269.^[79]