🧵 This evening at 7pm MPs will be asked to approve £1.04 TRILLION of government spending (known as the Main Estimates) without debate. Parliament once fought a civil war over control of government expenditure. So why is this expenditure not being debated by MPs?

Someone complimented me today on how organised I am, my inner Monica Geller was very pleased.

The toby jug collection in the UK Parliament Shop never really caught my attention, until they brought out a Betty Boothroyd jug. shop.parliament.uk/collections/ne…

Anatomy of a rebellion: why Keir Starmer’s first brush with parliamentary revolt over two-child benefit cap is a symbolic moment by Dr Dr Tom Caygill NTU School of Social Sciences theconversation.com/anatomy-of-a-r…

I’m spending this weekend at Wroxton College for the Sixteenth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians organised by Lord Norton of Louth. Looking forward to two days of parliamentary geekery 🤓

This bulletin (I think a new initiative?) is really excellent on what to look out for in parliament over the coming week.

👏 I have missed Mark D'Arcy’s articles on the week ahead in parliament, so this is a great call.

After negotiations through usual channels the allocation of select committee chairs to the parties has been agreed. Tories get five, Lib Dems three.

The election of chairs of 26 Select Committee (18 Labour, five Conservative, three Lib Dem) will take place on Wednesday 11 September. The Backbench Business Committee election will take place the same day. Our thread below outlines everything you need to know about the election process!

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NEW BLOG: What is the point of maiden speeches? As the large crop of first-time MPs continue to make their maiden speeches, Tom Fleming discusses the potential pros & cons of this convention, and whether parliament could use its time more effectively constitution-unit.com/2024/09/02/wha…

Excellent piece, including Matt Chorley's verdict on the future of Restoration and Renewal #WestminsterRR

It was great to join Verity Cowley this morning on BBC Radio Nottingham's (BBC Nottingham) breakfast show to discuss the Conservative Leadership Election and local MP, Robert Jenrick. You can listen back to our chat from 1:39:30. (NTU Press Office) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

A bill to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords is being introduced today. We have been researching the House of Lords for over 25 years 👉 ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u…. Read Meg Russell's latest report on reform of the chamber 👇 ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u…

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill has been introduced: publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill…

An interesting development in the House of Lords is that Private Notice Questions (the equivalent of Urgent Questions in the Commons) increased during Lord Speaker Fowler (2016-21) - there was a ‘Fowler effect’ on PNQs similar to the Bercow effect on UQs. 1/

Happy PMB ballot day! Very useful thread from Ruth which is now bookmarked for use with my Parliamentary Studies students

This is a really interesting post and something I pondered when watching a few maiden speeches during the debate on the address. I’d probably argue against doing them during legislative or general debates unless Members were also going to speak to the issue at hand.