Matthew England
@matthewengland.bsky.social
Researcher at Hansard Society. Parliament; constitutions; delegated legislation.
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If we can’t even talk in general terms about MPs’ workload- which MPs of all parties agree is v casework- heavy and getting heavier- without a lot of responses being to assume that MPs are not telling the truth/just whinging/ working on the wrong things etc- then I think we’re in a bad place
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If we can’t even talk in general terms about MPs’ workload- which MPs of all parties agree is v casework- heavy and getting heavier- without a lot of responses being to assume that MPs are not telling the truth/just whinging/ working on the wrong things etc- then I think we’re in a bad place
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MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
🕵️ Ministerial Statement on China spying case
🏥 General debate on baby loss
👮 Peers debate Border Security Bill
🏠 Housing Secretary faces questions from MPs
Read more below 🔽
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🕵️ Ministerial Statement on China spying case
🏥 General debate on baby loss
👮 Peers debate Border Security Bill
🏠 Housing Secretary faces questions from MPs
Read more below 🔽
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October 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
🕵️ Ministerial Statement on China spying case
🏥 General debate on baby loss
👮 Peers debate Border Security Bill
🏠 Housing Secretary faces questions from MPs
Read more below 🔽
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🕵️ Ministerial Statement on China spying case
🏥 General debate on baby loss
👮 Peers debate Border Security Bill
🏠 Housing Secretary faces questions from MPs
Read more below 🔽
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LATEST PODCAST | What are the Usual Channels? A short history of Westminster whipping
We talk to @sebwhale.bsky.social about his new book, pulling back the curtain on one of Westminster's most notorious elements: the Whips.
Listen below 🔽
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We talk to @sebwhale.bsky.social about his new book, pulling back the curtain on one of Westminster's most notorious elements: the Whips.
Listen below 🔽
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What are the Usual Channels? A short history of Westminster whipping - Parliament Matters podcast, Episode 108
In this episode, we talk to political journalist Seb Whale about his new book, The Usual Channels, which reveals the hidden world of Westminster’s whips. Seb charts how party discipline has evolved –…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
LATEST PODCAST | What are the Usual Channels? A short history of Westminster whipping
We talk to @sebwhale.bsky.social about his new book, pulling back the curtain on one of Westminster's most notorious elements: the Whips.
Listen below 🔽
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We talk to @sebwhale.bsky.social about his new book, pulling back the curtain on one of Westminster's most notorious elements: the Whips.
Listen below 🔽
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1/ Concerns are rising in Westminster over the Chagos deal and the UK’s trade agreements with the US, EU & India.
If we want better economic, trade and foreign-policy decisions, MPs need the tools – and the will – to hold government to account. 👇
If we want better economic, trade and foreign-policy decisions, MPs need the tools – and the will – to hold government to account. 👇
Today's free, online event is now starting!
Join Lord (Peter) Goldsmith, @arabellalaw.bsky.social and @clareadamsonmsp.bsky.social to discuss how the UK's parliaments should scrutinise international agreements.
You can still sign up to watch and ask questions 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....
Join Lord (Peter) Goldsmith, @arabellalaw.bsky.social and @clareadamsonmsp.bsky.social to discuss how the UK's parliaments should scrutinise international agreements.
You can still sign up to watch and ask questions 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....
September 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
1/ Concerns are rising in Westminster over the Chagos deal and the UK’s trade agreements with the US, EU & India.
If we want better economic, trade and foreign-policy decisions, MPs need the tools – and the will – to hold government to account. 👇
If we want better economic, trade and foreign-policy decisions, MPs need the tools – and the will – to hold government to account. 👇
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BLOG | Treaty scrutiny: addressing the accountability gap
In this guest blog, chair of @HLIntAgreements Lord Goldsmith KC outlines the Committee’s new report calling for stronger parliamentary oversight of treaties.
Read the blog post below 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/treaty-...
In this guest blog, chair of @HLIntAgreements Lord Goldsmith KC outlines the Committee’s new report calling for stronger parliamentary oversight of treaties.
Read the blog post below 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/treaty-...
Treaty scrutiny: addressing the accountability gap
In this guest blog, Lord Goldsmith KC, Chair of the House of Lords International Agreements Committee (IAC), sets out the findings of the Committee’s latest report urging reform of Parliament's…
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September 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
BLOG | Treaty scrutiny: addressing the accountability gap
In this guest blog, chair of @HLIntAgreements Lord Goldsmith KC outlines the Committee’s new report calling for stronger parliamentary oversight of treaties.
Read the blog post below 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/treaty-...
In this guest blog, chair of @HLIntAgreements Lord Goldsmith KC outlines the Committee’s new report calling for stronger parliamentary oversight of treaties.
Read the blog post below 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/treaty-...
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BLOG | What will happen at this Friday's assisted dying bill debate?
With the Second Reading debate resuming this Friday, we explain the motions and amendments on which the House of Lords will vote, and how these may impact later stages.
Read below 🔽
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With the Second Reading debate resuming this Friday, we explain the motions and amendments on which the House of Lords will vote, and how these may impact later stages.
Read below 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...
Assisted dying bill: What will happen at Second Reading on Friday 19 September?
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - the Bill to legalise assisted dying - has passed through the House of Commons and now reached the House of Lords. A rare two-day Second Reading debate…
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September 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
BLOG | What will happen at this Friday's assisted dying bill debate?
With the Second Reading debate resuming this Friday, we explain the motions and amendments on which the House of Lords will vote, and how these may impact later stages.
Read below 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...
With the Second Reading debate resuming this Friday, we explain the motions and amendments on which the House of Lords will vote, and how these may impact later stages.
Read below 🔽
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...
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MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
🟢 Employment Rights Bill (Lords amendments)
🔴 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Committee)
🏫 Westminster Hall: Debate on SEND reform
More detail below 🔽
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🟢 Employment Rights Bill (Lords amendments)
🔴 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Committee)
🏫 Westminster Hall: Debate on SEND reform
More detail below 🔽
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September 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
🟢 Employment Rights Bill (Lords amendments)
🔴 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Committee)
🏫 Westminster Hall: Debate on SEND reform
More detail below 🔽
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🟢 Employment Rights Bill (Lords amendments)
🔴 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Committee)
🏫 Westminster Hall: Debate on SEND reform
More detail below 🔽
buff.ly/0tKmK69
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🚨 NEW BRIEFING: The assisted dying bill – The House of Lords legislative process
We explain how the Lords will consider the Bill:
⚖️ Constitutional issues
🚫 Five ways peers could say no
🗓️ Timing & debates
📜 Each stage of the Bill
Read more 🔽
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We explain how the Lords will consider the Bill:
⚖️ Constitutional issues
🚫 Five ways peers could say no
🗓️ Timing & debates
📜 Each stage of the Bill
Read more 🔽
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The assisted dying bill: A guide to the legislative process in the House of Lords
Having passed through the House of Commons, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - the Bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales - must now go through its legislative stages in the…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚨 NEW BRIEFING: The assisted dying bill – The House of Lords legislative process
We explain how the Lords will consider the Bill:
⚖️ Constitutional issues
🚫 Five ways peers could say no
🗓️ Timing & debates
📜 Each stage of the Bill
Read more 🔽
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We explain how the Lords will consider the Bill:
⚖️ Constitutional issues
🚫 Five ways peers could say no
🗓️ Timing & debates
📜 Each stage of the Bill
Read more 🔽
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Today the House of Commons will debate the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The Government will seek to reverse four amendments made to the Bill by the House of Lords.
Read more about those amendments in our weekly Bulletin 🔽
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Read more about those amendments in our weekly Bulletin 🔽
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September 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today the House of Commons will debate the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The Government will seek to reverse four amendments made to the Bill by the House of Lords.
Read more about those amendments in our weekly Bulletin 🔽
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Read more about those amendments in our weekly Bulletin 🔽
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MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
📣 Urgent Questions and Statements on Palestine and asylum policy
🚅 Debates on regional transport inequality and devolution in Scotland
🏠 Lords debate Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Read more below🔽
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📣 Urgent Questions and Statements on Palestine and asylum policy
🚅 Debates on regional transport inequality and devolution in Scotland
🏠 Lords debate Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Read more below🔽
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Parliament Matters Bulletin: What’s coming up in Parliament this week? 1-5 September 2025
Four Cabinet ministers will face questions in the Commons on pressing issues, including Gaza, the Chagos Islands, people smuggling, grooming gangs, employment numbers and rising water bills. In the…
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September 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
📣 Urgent Questions and Statements on Palestine and asylum policy
🚅 Debates on regional transport inequality and devolution in Scotland
🏠 Lords debate Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Read more below🔽
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📣 Urgent Questions and Statements on Palestine and asylum policy
🚅 Debates on regional transport inequality and devolution in Scotland
🏠 Lords debate Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Read more below🔽
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🧵1/ Something appears to have gone wrong with a new piece of legislation (and shows why even Government departments should be using our Statutory Instrument Tracker!) Here's what happened 👇
The Government appears to have made an affirmative SI - specifically, a legislative reform order requiring approval by both Houses - before it has been approved by the Commons. Maybe I'm missing something?
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/91...
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/91...
The Legislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025
Schedule 9 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2) includes provision for the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office to carry out data matching exercises or to arrange...
www.legislation.gov.uk
July 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🧵1/ Something appears to have gone wrong with a new piece of legislation (and shows why even Government departments should be using our Statutory Instrument Tracker!) Here's what happened 👇
The Government appears to have made an affirmative SI - specifically, a legislative reform order requiring approval by both Houses - before it has been approved by the Commons. Maybe I'm missing something?
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/91...
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/91...
The Legislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025
Schedule 9 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2) includes provision for the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office to carry out data matching exercises or to arrange...
www.legislation.gov.uk
July 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Government appears to have made an affirmative SI - specifically, a legislative reform order requiring approval by both Houses - before it has been approved by the Commons. Maybe I'm missing something?
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/91...
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/91...
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Here, Nick and I take a wider lens on devolution: its history, underlying policies & principles to expand on our point in part 1 (share.google/reJPFVN4Uqp3...).
The UKSC's concept of parliamentary power vis-à-vis devolved lawmaking is problematic, impractical & should be abandoned asap.
The UKSC's concept of parliamentary power vis-à-vis devolved lawmaking is problematic, impractical & should be abandoned asap.
Anurag Deb and Nicholas Kilford: Conditioning the UK Parliament’s Power to Legislate for a Devolved Part of the UK: Part II – Some Challenges Posed by Northern Ireland
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Anurag Deb and Nicholas Kilford: Conditioning the UK Parliament’s Power to Legislate for a Devolved Part of the UK: Part II – Some Challenges Posed by Northern Ireland
Introduction In its judgments in Continuity Bill and Treaty Incorporation, the Supreme Court identified what we describe in the first part of this post as the ‘conditioning limitation’. The purpose…
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July 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Here, Nick and I take a wider lens on devolution: its history, underlying policies & principles to expand on our point in part 1 (share.google/reJPFVN4Uqp3...).
The UKSC's concept of parliamentary power vis-à-vis devolved lawmaking is problematic, impractical & should be abandoned asap.
The UKSC's concept of parliamentary power vis-à-vis devolved lawmaking is problematic, impractical & should be abandoned asap.
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Disappointing to hear the Leader of the Commons rule out a review of parliamentary prayers. For a modern, diverse UK, our parliament should reflect all constituents, not a minority. Reform in the way of an inclusive secular ceremony desperately needed. humanists.uk/2025/07/03/l...
Leader of the Commons rules out reviewing parliamentary prayers
Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell MP has ruled out a review of parliamentary prayers stating Parliament remains ‘attached to the Church of England, and that’s sort of important’. Humanists UK...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Disappointing to hear the Leader of the Commons rule out a review of parliamentary prayers. For a modern, diverse UK, our parliament should reflect all constituents, not a minority. Reform in the way of an inclusive secular ceremony desperately needed. humanists.uk/2025/07/03/l...
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🧵 Thank you to @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social for highlighting our "informative" Parliament Matters Bulletin in the latest post for his Substack, A Lawyer Writes. We are glad it’s proving useful!
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Read this week's Bulletin here: buff.ly/0vYf1qq
July 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🧵 Thank you to @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social for highlighting our "informative" Parliament Matters Bulletin in the latest post for his Substack, A Lawyer Writes. We are glad it’s proving useful!
Read this week's Bulletin here: buff.ly/0vYf1qq
Read this week's Bulletin here: buff.ly/0vYf1qq
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I was interviewed on Today in Parliament on Radio 4 on Friday, discussing how the assisted dying bill might fare in the House of Lords.
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
July 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I was interviewed on Today in Parliament on Radio 4 on Friday, discussing how the assisted dying bill might fare in the House of Lords.
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen here (around 7 mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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New Publication with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social outlining the phenomenon that we have dubbed 'nominative laws'. The Article is available Open Access via the link below.
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Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism and Justice
Nominative laws—laws named after particular victims of violence or injustice such as Martyn's Law, Sarah's Law and Awaab's Law—have become increasingly prominent in the UK. In this article, we offer ...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
New Publication with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social outlining the phenomenon that we have dubbed 'nominative laws'. The Article is available Open Access via the link below.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Excellent blogpost from @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social this morning (with credits to the Hansard Society's newsletter!).
As he highlights, there are three interesting events in the Commons today, each of which will put the sovereignty of Parliament on display.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/uncommon-law
As he highlights, there are three interesting events in the Commons today, each of which will put the sovereignty of Parliament on display.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/uncommon-law
Uncommon law
MPs to debate three tricky legal issues today
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July 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Excellent blogpost from @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social this morning (with credits to the Hansard Society's newsletter!).
As he highlights, there are three interesting events in the Commons today, each of which will put the sovereignty of Parliament on display.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/uncommon-law
As he highlights, there are three interesting events in the Commons today, each of which will put the sovereignty of Parliament on display.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/uncommon-law
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MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
🧑⚖️ Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Bill
🪖 E-petition debate on Northern Irelanr veterans
🏠 Deputy PM Angela Rayner faces oral questions
💼 Peers debate Employment Rights Bill
Read more below🔽
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🧑⚖️ Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Bill
🪖 E-petition debate on Northern Irelanr veterans
🏠 Deputy PM Angela Rayner faces oral questions
💼 Peers debate Employment Rights Bill
Read more below🔽
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Parliament Matters Bulletin: What’s coming up in Parliament this week? 14-18 July 2025
MPs will consider a rare privilege motion relating to a request from the Omagh Bombing inquiry, while the Conservatives will choose the topic for Tuesday’s Opposition Day debate. Select Committees…
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July 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
🧑⚖️ Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Bill
🪖 E-petition debate on Northern Irelanr veterans
🏠 Deputy PM Angela Rayner faces oral questions
💼 Peers debate Employment Rights Bill
Read more below🔽
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🧑⚖️ Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Bill
🪖 E-petition debate on Northern Irelanr veterans
🏠 Deputy PM Angela Rayner faces oral questions
💼 Peers debate Employment Rights Bill
Read more below🔽
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🎉 Parliament Matters podcast hits 100 episodes tomorrow!
Across 100 episodes, we've heard insights from politicians, academics, historians, and others about the institution at the heart of our democracy: Parliament.
Subscribe below to keep hearing more 🔽
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Across 100 episodes, we've heard insights from politicians, academics, historians, and others about the institution at the heart of our democracy: Parliament.
Subscribe below to keep hearing more 🔽
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Parliament Matters: A podcast about the institution at the heart of our democracy
Join two of the UK’s leading parliamentary experts, Mark D’Arcy and Ruth Fox, as they guide you through the often mysterious ways our politicians do business and explore the running controversies…
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July 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎉 Parliament Matters podcast hits 100 episodes tomorrow!
Across 100 episodes, we've heard insights from politicians, academics, historians, and others about the institution at the heart of our democracy: Parliament.
Subscribe below to keep hearing more 🔽
buff.ly/HIjYCWm
Across 100 episodes, we've heard insights from politicians, academics, historians, and others about the institution at the heart of our democracy: Parliament.
Subscribe below to keep hearing more 🔽
buff.ly/HIjYCWm
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OUT TOMORROW - One year on: How is Parliament performing?
In our next episode, we look at where Parliament, the Government and the legislative programme stand after one year.
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In our next episode, we look at where Parliament, the Government and the legislative programme stand after one year.
Sign up to get it in your inbox tomorrow🔽
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July 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
OUT TOMORROW - One year on: How is Parliament performing?
In our next episode, we look at where Parliament, the Government and the legislative programme stand after one year.
Sign up to get it in your inbox tomorrow🔽
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In our next episode, we look at where Parliament, the Government and the legislative programme stand after one year.
Sign up to get it in your inbox tomorrow🔽
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🔽An interesting thread below from @conunitucl.bsky.social on proposals to limit the size of the House of Lords, which will be the subject of an amendment to the Hereditary Peers Bill put to peers this evening.
Today the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is set to have its second day of report stage in the Lords.
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
July 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🔽An interesting thread below from @conunitucl.bsky.social on proposals to limit the size of the House of Lords, which will be the subject of an amendment to the Hereditary Peers Bill put to peers this evening.
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WEDNESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
📊 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill (Remaining Stages)
🔴 Hereditary Peers Bill (House of Lords, Report Stage)
❔ Prime Minister's Questions
Read more 🔽
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📊 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill (Remaining Stages)
🔴 Hereditary Peers Bill (House of Lords, Report Stage)
❔ Prime Minister's Questions
Read more 🔽
buff.ly/mxCc1Sd
Parliament Matters Bulletin: What’s coming up in Parliament this week? 7-11 July 2025
The Government’s welfare bill will return to the Commons, where several provisions will be removed or amended. The Hereditary Peers Bill will continue its Report Stage in the Lords. MPs will debate…
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July 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
WEDNESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
📊 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill (Remaining Stages)
🔴 Hereditary Peers Bill (House of Lords, Report Stage)
❔ Prime Minister's Questions
Read more 🔽
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📊 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill (Remaining Stages)
🔴 Hereditary Peers Bill (House of Lords, Report Stage)
❔ Prime Minister's Questions
Read more 🔽
buff.ly/mxCc1Sd
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🚨 The Hereditary Peers Bill will see its second and final day of Report Stage in the House of Lords today.
Our weekly Bulletin looked at the significant amendments agreed so far, and which amendments are set to be debated next.
Read the section below🔽
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Our weekly Bulletin looked at the significant amendments agreed so far, and which amendments are set to be debated next.
Read the section below🔽
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July 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🚨 The Hereditary Peers Bill will see its second and final day of Report Stage in the House of Lords today.
Our weekly Bulletin looked at the significant amendments agreed so far, and which amendments are set to be debated next.
Read the section below🔽
buff.ly/ciGh7dz
Our weekly Bulletin looked at the significant amendments agreed so far, and which amendments are set to be debated next.
Read the section below🔽
buff.ly/ciGh7dz
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Today the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is set to have its second day of report stage in the Lords.
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
July 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Today the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is set to have its second day of report stage in the Lords.
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇
We will mainly be looking out for amendment 23, from Crossbencher Lord (Terry) Burns. This would cap the chamber's size at 650 and limit prime ministerial appointments.
A thread 👇