Senior Conservative predicts ministers will blame Labour, the Lords, and the civil service ‘blob’ if they run out of time to get key policies through Parliament 🔎 Big Read by DavidParsley50 and HugoGye
– which aims to ban no-fault evictions – could become victims of a legislative logjam that is clogging up both the Commons and Lords, according to one senior backbench Tory MP.
As well as “stop the boats” and renting reforms, there’s bills that have hung around for far longer, such as those on national security, online safety, social housing, free speech in higher education settings, and strike legislation. The 28 bills stuck in this legislative logjam, would have been 29 had the government not controversially abandoned the Kept Animals Bills, which would have banned live animal exports and introduced powers to tackle puppy smuggling.
Another Tory Select Committee chair has their own theory on why a government with so many bills to pass may not be too worried about running out of time. The government denies the claim, and says that legislation currently going through the law-making process will have been passed by the time the UK goes to the national polls.“Already in this session over 20 bills have received Royal Assent, including Acts to secure post-Brexit trade deals, protect the public from disruptive protests and cut crime.
“Once they’ve decided to prorogue Parliament before the King’s Speech, the government will have a couple of weeks for what’s called the ‘wash up’.
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