This Insight explores the key changes to parliamentary procedures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Modernisation: Sitting Hours (85 KB, PDF)
Following a number of experimental changes to the House of Commons' sitting hours, on 11 January 2005 the Modernisation Committee published a report which reviewed the experiments and outlined its recommendations for sitting hours. This Note looks at these recommendations and the Houses response to them.
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Modernisation: Sitting Hours (85 KB, PDF)
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This paper provides details and links for ministerial statements and parliamentary debates (from both Houses of Parliament) that cover international affairs and defence.
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The Procedure Committee has completed a review of the pilot of the use of proxy voting for parental absence in divisions in the House of Commons. It recommended that the scheme should be made permanent. It also recommends the continuation of proxy arrangements for public health reasons relating to the pandemic, as long as their are restrictions on MPs travelling to Westminster.
