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Welcome back to our weekly feature courtesy of Sebastian Salek, the brains behind Clear the Lobby, working to bring you all the laws MPs are voting on this week, and explained in plain English!
Well, that was quite a summer.
The last time I wrote one of these newsletters Theresa May was still prime minister and the 31 October Brexit deadline felt like an age away.
Now Boris Johnson is seemingly living for the drama, determined to finish the job whatever happens. He’s set to suspend Parliament for about five weeks from mid-September, which is reportedly just one of a number of strategies he has planned to see off any attempt to block a no-deal departure.
And one of those attempts gets underway this week. MPs return to Westminster on Tuesday, and Johnson’s opponents are hoping to get an emergency debate that could lead to legislation to delay Brexit.
In that sense, the parliamentary agenda — the very focus of this newsletter — becomes critically important for whether Brexit happens on 31 October or not. Time is short, but rebels are sounding confident they can get a law passed.
MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
No votes scheduled
TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
Clean Air Bill
A wide-ranging law to reduce air pollution. Expands the use of low emission zones, bans vehicle idling, restricts the sale of vehicles with certain engine types, and requires local authorities to carry out tree-planting programmes and promote electric buses and taxis. Ten minute rule motion presented by Chris Philp.
Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill – committee stage, report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England (part), Wales (part), Northern Ireland (part)
Makes census questions about gender identity and sexual orientation voluntary by removing the criminal penalty for not answering them. Started in the Lords.
Draft bill / Lords library briefing
WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
Compulsory Purchase and Planning Bill
Gives local authorities more compulsory purchase powers (buying private land without the consent of the owner). This includes changing the law around land valuation and compensation. Ten minute rule motion presented by Emma Hardy.
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales
Increases the maximum prison sentence from six months to five years for some animal welfare offences: causing ‘unnecessary suffering’ to an animal, performing an unpermitted mutilation, illegally docking the tail of a dog, poisoning an animal, and being involved in an animal fight.
Draft bill / Commons library briefing
THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
No votes scheduled
FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
No votes scheduled
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PREVIOUS VOTES
Passed
- Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill – goes to House of Lords second reading
- Tibet (Reciprocal Access) Bill – goes to second reading
- Dockless Bicycles (Regulation) Bill – goes to second reading
- Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill – awaiting royal assent to become law
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