force a division

It may be Impossible to force a division as the support of 100 M.P.s is needed for the closure.

The Earl of Onslow, for instance, said, "I'm happy to force a division on each and every clause of the Scotland Bill.

Labour could try to force a division by getting some of their MPs to shout "no" when the Speaker asks if MPs are in favour.

The French have accused radical Serbs of creating the tension that has forced a division of Mitrovica into Serbian and Albanian sectors.

The pretext emerged in the mid-year 1266 when they tried to forced a division of the Duchy of Wrocław between Henry III and his brother Archbishop Władysław of Salzburg.

Landulf of Capua supported Siconulf in the war and when the Emperor Louis II forced a division of the principality on the claimants in 849, Capua was assigned to the Principality of Salerno.

Sayle contended that the bombing was not motivated by a desire to persuade the Japanese to surrender, and was instead motivated by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and concerns that Soviet forces would then invade Hokkaido and force a division of Japan.

There is a powerful case for Labour to put down amendments condemning the Tory opt-out of the Social Charter and forcing a division to demonstrate to the rest of Europe how John Major's 'classless' government is grotesquely out of line with Christian, let alone Social, Democratic politics on the Continent.