This Week in Parliament - Madeleine Moon

This Week In Parliament 21st – 24th October 2019

A week of changing programmes. The week started with Mr. Speaker intervening to refuse the Government permission to try and table the motion it lost on Saturday. The Government’s response was to try and push through its Withdrawal Bill, which was in part ended by a defeat on Tuesday evening…

This Week in Parliament – 14th – 21st October 2019

One of the most eventful weeks of Parliament in what has been a year of eventful weeks; starting with the Queen’s Speech and ending with a Saturday sitting. In between times, there were opportunities for me to raise worker’s rights and with my NATO Parliamentary Assembly President’s hat on, the…

This Week in Parliament – 7th – 11th October 2019

A week of protest, prorogation and the annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly—coupled with the ramifications of my robust conversation with a paving slab have left me very busy indeed. Whitehall, made eerily but not unpleasantly, car free by the climate emergency protests welcomes delegates from across the world…

This Week In Parliament 30 Sept – 3rd October 2019

The Supreme Court ruled that the Government’s decision to prorogue Parliament was unlawful, and that the suspension itself was therefore void and of no effect. Mr. Speaker subsequently announced that the House would immediately sit again from Wednesday 25 September. In its judgement, The Supreme Court said, the Government’s planned…

This Week in Parliament – 9 September 2019

One final day before Parliament prorogued underlined the difficulties we face. Debates in the Chamber were angry and aggressive, deep divisions have become entrenched. The ceremony that completed prorogation was interrupted by the unedifying spectacle of Black Rod being heckled and members singing in the Chamber. Away from the Chamber…

This Week In Parliament 3rd-5th September 2019

It has been an amazing but unbelievable week in the Commons. What is clear is that Johnson wants an election so that he can avoid asking for an extension from the EU. It was revealed that there are currently no negotiations taking place with the EU, which means he is…

This Week In Parliament 22 – 25 July

This week saw the Brexit divide in the House drawn evermore sharply. The new Prime Minister appointed a Cabinet designed to deliver Brexit in any form, but one which looks most likely to pursue a disastrous no deal exit. However, the manner in which the dismissal of moderate Tory ministers…

This Week In Parliament 15 – 18 July

With the Tory Leadership contest drawing to a close a new Prime Minister will be in place next week. Parliament used this final week of the contest to pass an amendment which would make it significantly harder for the new Prime Minister to impose a no deal Brexit by suspending…

This Week In Parliament 8-11 July

A turbulent week in the House which saw a range of issues addressed. As we wait for the results of the Tory leadership contest, Members have not been idle. An amendment to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill passed by one vote means that the Government will have to make…

This Week In Parliament 1 – 4 July

Brexit arguments looked set to come to the fore once again this week as another attempt to give the House a formal mechanism to prevent the Government leaving with no deal was proposed. This fizzled out fairly quickly, but the indications are clear that even many Government Ministers would break…

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