The Business of Parliament Articles

I am beginning to wonder if the chancellor knows something about climate change that he is not letting on, because next week we will have his autumn statement, which is yet again in December. It comes as his five year plan to eliminate the deficit is now running four...

I am getting a bit worried about the Tory chief whip. The first thing he did when he got this job was get stuck in the toilet, and I am afraid to say it has all gone down the pan since then. He has misplaced two members of parliament, he keeps losing votes and this...

I began Business of the House Questions today by paying tribute to all the men and women who have given their lives to protect our country. This year’s Remembrance Sunday is especially poignant as it is the centenary of the start of the Great War. Every week in...

I began Business of the House questions by raising the three defeats we inflicted on the government in the House of Lords this week on their plans for judicial review. A brace of ex-Tory cabinet ministers backed our amendments, while a former lord chief justice...