backbencher

Mr President, your request touches the modest backbencher that I am.
Monsieur le Président, votre sollicitude touche le modeste backbencher que je suis.
Had I been voting as a Labour backbencher in the plenary I would have voted in a similar way as I did in committee.
Si, en plénière, j'avais dû voter en tant que député travailliste, j'aurais à nouveau voté comme je l'ai fait en commission des budgets.
Mr President, I asked my backbencher colleague, Mrs Jackson, why she refuses to believe me when I challenge her estimates on the costs resulting from these directives.
J'ai demandé à mon collègue député ordinaire , madame Jackson, pourquoi elle ne veut pas me croire lorsque je conteste son calcul des coûts présupposés de ces directives.
I would have liked to have said to Mr Bourlanges, but I am sure you will report back my comments to this modest backbencher, as he called himself before raising the question, that amongst the Member States there are two sensibilities.
J'aurais voulu dire à M. Bourlanges, mais vous rapporterez mes propos à ce modeste backbencher comme il s'est autoproclamé lui-même avant de nous poser la question, que, parmi les États membres, il y a deux sensibilités.
The ex-minister went back to being a simple backbencher.
L'ancien ministre est redevenu un simple député.
Mrs Jackson, my backbencher colleague, wonders how I dare challenge her estimates on the costs.
Madame Jackson, collègue député ordinaire , se demande comment j'ose contester ses calculs sur le montant des coûts.
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