RobotToaster@mander.xyz to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 7 months agoLabour abstain on bid to criminalise water companies for sewage pollutionwww.thecanary.coexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down111
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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months ago tacking unrelated stuff on to bills is not how our system works Parliament has exclusive cognisance, it works how the members want it to work.
minus-squareHelloTherelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYes, and the members overwhelming rejected the attempt to add unrelated clauses to a bill in the final stages, thus keeping with convention. The LibDems knew this would be the case, so it’s cheap posturing and point scoring aimed at people who don’t understand how the house operates.
Parliament has exclusive cognisance, it works how the members want it to work.
Yes, and the members overwhelming rejected the attempt to add unrelated clauses to a bill in the final stages, thus keeping with convention.
The LibDems knew this would be the case, so it’s cheap posturing and point scoring aimed at people who don’t understand how the house operates.