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Articles tagged with: Private Members' Bill
Private Members' Bills: The flawed and occasionally successful route to change
Parliament
By Benedict Cooper
Private Members' Bills: The flawed and occasionally successful route to change
Most Private Members’ Bills fail, and those that succeed take months or even years of dogged negotiation and campaigning against the odds. Yet MPs’ names fill the ballot bowl to get the chance to table a bill each session, and some go to extraordinary, unorthodox lengths to see their legislation through to royal assent. Benedict Cooper takes a closer look at one of the most eccentric aspects of the parliamentary process
From maternity rights to terminal illness support: The House guide to 2022 Private Members' Bills
Parliament
By Sienna Rodgers
From maternity rights to terminal illness support: The House guide to 2022 Private Members' Bills
Out of 460 MPs who entered the Private Members' Bill ballot in May, a total of 20 were drawn – allowing these parliamentarians to introduce their chosen bills to the House of Commons today.