I agree with Mark Elliott in finding my April 1 argument about prorogation and assent astonishing and monstrous, […]
House of Commons
For constitutional lawyers, the Brexit Santa Claus has shimmied down the chimney once again. This post is a […]
Introduction As is well known, the Government’s Withdrawal Agreement was voted down in Parliament last week by 230 […]
The Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 removed the ability of Prime Ministers to call early general elections and […]
Brexit has a knack for producing constitutional mountains out of procedural molehills. Last Wednesday, the House of Commons […]
Jack Simson Caird: Parliament’s Right to a ‘Meaningful Vote’: Amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
On Tuesday 12 June 2018, the Government will ask the House of Commons to reject the Lords’ meaningful […]
Cross-posted from the Constitution Unit blog. The House of Lords amended the government’s European Union Referendum Bill in […]
Dr Veronika Fikfak and Dr Hayley J. Hooper make some valuable points in their two part post on […]
This post is intended as a follow on to Veronika Fikfak’s recent post on the international law dimensions […]
On Friday 28 February Dan Byles’ Private Member’s Bill on Lords reform completed its Commons passage. It is […]