
Karen Bradley: Covid and the Commons. The time has come to lift the bar on Westminster Hall debates.
The Boothroyd Room in Portcullis House, Committee Room 10 in the Palace or even unused hours in the main Chamber could be used for these debates
Karen Bradley is a former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and is MP for Staffordshire Moorlands.
The Boothroyd Room in Portcullis House, Committee Room 10 in the Palace or even unused hours in the main Chamber could be used for these debates
If the Government continues to maintain an ironclad grip on Commons business, it will lead to less than perfect results.
I fear that we would lose too many good colleagues to a Remain coalition in the south, and would not pick up enough Leave-voting seats in the midlands and the north.