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Harriet Harman has today put forward an amendment to the Government’s Hereditary Peers Bill which aims to end the automatic right of Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords. The amendment has been tabled with the support of Humanists UK and it is expected that it will be cosponsored by crossbench… Read more »
Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson MP has tabled an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to keep the 50% cap on faith-based admissions in new religious schools. Since 2011 all new state schools have had to be free schools and they have been subject to such a cap. But the Schools Bill is set… Read more »
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Gordon Brown and David Cameron gave MPs an unusually high dose of genuine argument in prime minister’s questions. The pre-charge detention limit for terror suspects was the topic de jour, with the Conservative leader attacking Mr Brown’s preferred extension to 42 days from the current 28-day limit. Mr Cameron used all his six questions on… Read more »
Gordon Brown told the Conservatives they should “think again” on the case for an extension of the pre-charge detention limit for terror suspects to 42 days in today’s prime minister’s questions. Tory leader David Cameron used all his six questions on 42-day detention issue, predicting a similar “U-turn” would be necessary over the issue as… Read more »
