📣 We are very excited for this year’s @psa-parliaments.bsky.social annual conference taking place at the University of York!

📝 More details and registration:

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My favourite part of our chapter (thanks to Luke Hussey’s expert knowledge of the Lords) is this chart which shows the increase in both UQs in the Commons and PNQs in the Lords - a Bercow and a Fowler effect! 2/

Very excited to see the new edition of Exploring Parliament and our chapter in print 💙 Thank you @ameakin.bsky.social @estrangeirada.bsky.social @louisevthompson.bsky.social for all your fantastic work! 1/

This includes a very interesting explainer on Select Committee statements, which can be followed by questions from MPs!

Spotify Wrapped confirms that the excellent @hansardsociety.bsky.social Parliament Matters podcast has been the soundtrack of all my weekend runs this year!

Did this increase in UQs empower backbench MPs as Speaker Bercow intended?

✅Yes - there are more backbench UQs (N) than ever before.

📊 But backbench UQs are still a lower proportion than those from the opposition frontbench. UQs are a frontbench-dominated procedure.

Excited to be travelling to Cardiff for the @psa-parliaments.bsky.social annual conference! I will be presenting some new research on Urgent Questions with Meg Russell @conunitucl.bsky.social

A sneak peek to some of our findings 👀