Police statement on Parliament attack: full text
At least one person dead; several injured. Commons in lockdown; Scottish Parliament eventually suspends sitting; Tobias Ellwood “battled to save life of stabbed officer”.
Posts Tagged: House of Commons (general)
WATCH: Lidington’s statement to the Commons on the Westminster terror incident
The Leader of the House tells MPs that a police officer has been stabbed.
Live Blurrt tracker of PMQs sentiment
Watch how Twitter users are rating May and Corbyn’s performances.
Huw Merriman: BBC Impartiality? Yes, please – but not with MPs as the referees
There is a danger that those of us with strong opinions are not always the best judges of balance.
James Frayne: Right or wrong, most people bitterly oppose MPs having “second jobs”
If politicians will create a big, interventionist state, then voters will expect them to manage it on a full-time basis.
WATCH: The Article 50 Bill gains Royal Assent
The Speaker informs the House of Commons that it has become law.
WATCH: Corbyn fails to ask a question at PMQs
“I don’t think the Right Honourable Gentleman has quite got the hang of this.”
Live Blurrt tracker of PMQs sentiment
Watch how Twitter users are rating May and Corbyn’s performances.
The Conservative rebellion on EU citizens shrank to just two MPs
Alex Chalk and Tania Mathias were the only MPs to vote against the Government on the Lords’ amendment.
Nicky Morgan: If Britain reaches no deal with the EU, Parliament must still be able to vote
Whatever the outcome, MPs and peers must be able to have their say in the lobbies.
Andrew Green: The Lords amendment designed to derail Brexit that MPs should reject today
It is intended to create a means by which peers and MPs can seek to hold up leaving the EU.
Nick Boles: I backed Remain. But I hope other MPs who did so too reject these Lords amendments to the Article 50 bill.
They will be considered in the Commons this week – and would have the effect of undermining the Prime Minister’s negotiation.
Lewis Baston: Why bids to reform the House of Lords fail
Even more than party disagreements over what should replace it, the idea of a very powerful second chamber is out of constitutional fashion.
End the calls for radical tax cuts or a social justice crusade. Hammond is hemmed in.
And May’s reputation for straightforwardness risks damage from the Budget’s proposals for NICs.
Robin Walker: Let’s keep the Brexit Bill simple – and not mess with the mandate the people have given us
It is clear that some peers are not so much focused on Parliamentary sovereignty as on finding a backdoor way to thwart and reverse the referendum result.