Archive for Fixed Term Parliaments Bill
House of Lords waters down fixed-term Parliaments legislation
In a vote this week the House of Lords decided to make it significantly easier for future Parliaments to change the rules for fixed term Parliaments.
Weekend voting: not ruled in, not ruled out
As part of Parliament's deliberations over the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill, this week the House of Lords debated the possibility of moving to weekend voting.
Fixed-term Parliaments: better by standing orders?
Last week Malcolm Jack, the Clerk of the House of Commons, got a little flurry of media coverage for his evidence before a Parliamentary committee considering the proposed legislation for fixed-term Parliaments. “Parts of the government’s plans to bring in fixed-term parliaments are vulnerable to legal challenge” was how the BBC reported it. It is [...]
