Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments but terms of fours years rather than five.
Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments but wants four-year terms, rather than five.
Whereas prior agreements had to be renewed every few years, the new one has no fixed term.
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Instead of charging royalties like the majors, Integral works on the basis of a fixed term contract.
The Lib Dems pledged to introduce them in their manifesto - but they wanted a four-year fixed term.
The Lords, meanwhile have Third Reading debates on the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill and the Postal Services Bill.
The plans come after the Localism Act 2011 gave councils the power to use flexible fixed term tenancies.
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And the successful candidate will be offered a fixed term contract to run until the end of September 2005.
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Constitutional experts told a committee of MPs examining the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill that four years would be better.
The Labour manifesto also said it would introduce fixed term parliaments, but did not say how long they would be.
Wales's Assembly, unlike the Westminster Parliament, is elected for a fixed term, so there is no possibility of new Assembly elections.
He said a new fixed term parliament would mean serving until 2020.
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While Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments, it claims the bill in its current form "does not stand up to scrutiny".
"He was brought here on a fixed term contract for two years to help us shape and develop this new-look squad, " said Davies.
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Guildford Borough Council said that new tenants would be given a one-year introductory tenancy followed by fixed term contracts usually for five years.
On Wednesday it's more Lords amendments being considered by the Commons - this time on the Fixed Term parliaments Bill, which, again, was heavily amended in the Upper House.
It said some workers aged over 65 or those on fixed term contracts would continue to be employed if their roles were of a "specialist or hard to recruit skill".
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At least three months notice must be given to customers following any decision to end the guarantee, and fixed term accounts will retain the guarantee for the term of the product.
Mr Clegg also announced he was changing plans on giving MPs the power to dissolve Parliament before the fixed term is expired, following heavy criticism by Labour and some Tory MPs.
Fixed term parliaments were not in the Conservatives' 2010 manifesto but David Cameron said in 2009 that his party would "seriously consider the option of fixed-term parliaments when there's a majority government".
Mr Thomas said, with fixed term parliaments planned, there was no reason not to push for limits on annual expenditure at a national level - rather than simply in the run-up to an election.
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It said it was "unconvinced" by the arguments for introducing fixed term Parliaments, claiming the bill owed "more to short term considerations than to a mature assessment of enduring constitutional principles or sustained public demand".
The power is linked to the coalition government's plans to introduce five-year fixed term parliaments, under which the prime minister would lose the power to dissolve parliament at a time of his or her choosing.
To avoid allowing a "zombie government" to stagger on for years, unable to muster a majority to pass any new laws, the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill, says an election will be called 14 days after a lost confidence vote if no alternative government is able to show they have the confidence of MPs.
This President would have presidents remain in office for acts that have resulted in the dismissal of military officers under his command, in the removal of judges, and for acts that would have resulted in the removal of Senators like Bob Packwood, who, like the President, are popularly elected for a fixed term.
The Government is already faced with the need to find time to attempt to reverse unwelcome changes made by the Lords to the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill, the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, the European Union Bill, and no doubt, in due course, the Localism Bill and the Welfare Reform Bill as well.
Given the urgency, the emergency bill will doubtless have to be rammed through before Parliament rises for the Summer, on July 19, so something in the current programme, which includes the Finance Bill, which enacts the Budget, an Opposition Day and the polishing off of the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill, will have to be ditched.
Yes, Merck or Pfizer has honestly earned the government-issue, fixed-term monopoly that we call a patent.
Campaign group Unlock Democracy welcomed the plans for a referendum on AV and for fixed-term parliaments.
In recent years, the government has relaxed regulations on part-time work, fixed-term contracts and temporary-work agencies.
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