(in the UK) a formal proposal submitted by a Member of Parliament for debate in the House of Commons at the earliest opportunity but at no fixed time. Early day motions are rarely actually debated: their main purpose is to draw attention to a particular subject or area of interest.
some 75 MPs have signed an early day motion calling for more Treasury research into the tax
Example sentencesExamples
The Commons' order paper is cluttered with meaningless early day motions that allow MPs to do nothing but posture and preen.
There was even an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons, calling on Radio 2 to change its plans.
He has filed an early day motion that calls for a ban on Twitter within the UK until the site opts to cooperate with local authorities.
But he submitted five parliamentary questions which were all answered, as well as an early day motion, all in relation to Fiji.
The MP has spearheaded calls to clamp down on violent content, tabling a number of early day motions in parliament to tighten regulation.
The demand came in the form of an early day motion backed by 11 legislators.
The MP for Hayes and Harlington has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for a public debate on the implications of the cuts before any final decisions are made.
He has submitted an early day motion to Parliament which "urges the Government to accept the case for introducing, on a trial basis, limited standing areas".
Over 50 MPs have backed his early day motion for a trial to be conducted in the top two tiers.
He signed an early day motion in March 2007 calling for increased support for homeopathic medicine in the NHS.
Definition of early day motion in US English:
early day motion
noun
British
(in the UK) a formal proposal submitted by a Member of Parliament for debate in the House of Commons at the earliest opportunity but at no fixed time. Early day motions are rarely actually debated: their main purpose is to draw attention to a particular subject or area of interest.
some 75 MPs have signed an early day motion calling for more Treasury research into the tax
Example sentencesExamples
The Commons' order paper is cluttered with meaningless early day motions that allow MPs to do nothing but posture and preen.
Over 50 MPs have backed his early day motion for a trial to be conducted in the top two tiers.
There was even an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons, calling on Radio 2 to change its plans.
He has filed an early day motion that calls for a ban on Twitter within the UK until the site opts to cooperate with local authorities.
The demand came in the form of an early day motion backed by 11 legislators.
He signed an early day motion in March 2007 calling for increased support for homeopathic medicine in the NHS.
The MP has spearheaded calls to clamp down on violent content, tabling a number of early day motions in parliament to tighten regulation.
The MP for Hayes and Harlington has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for a public debate on the implications of the cuts before any final decisions are made.
But he submitted five parliamentary questions which were all answered, as well as an early day motion, all in relation to Fiji.
He has submitted an early day motion to Parliament which "urges the Government to accept the case for introducing, on a trial basis, limited standing areas".