PARLIAMENT

• HOC-

  92% of Bills passed in 2019-21 were government bills 
• HOC

  Only 1% of amendments suggested from opposition accepted in Public Bill Committees 
• 2023- Johnson continues to be grilled for Party gate 
• HOC

  Over 500 statutory Instruments used during Covid Pandemic 
• 2020 CoronaVirus Act was passed quickly and lacked efficient scrutiny- gave police extensive 

  powers to break up demonstration- g 2020 Sara Everard Vigil 
• Since 2003 Iraq War- PM has allowed parliament to debate large scale military commitments 
• 2013 Cameron proposed military strikes against Syria but did not happen after a 

  parliamentary vote/debate 
• 2018- May joined American led Syrian air strikes without the approval of Parliament 
• January 2019- Mays government was defeated by 432 vote on the Brexit deal offered to 

  parliament 
• 2019 Speaker John Bercot stood up against the executive when he stopped May from re- 

  introducing her un-amended Brexit deal to the HOC 
• 2018 Windrush,Scandal- Amber Rudd failed to provide satisfactory answers to home affairs 

  committee-> resigned 
• Government accepts 40% of recommendations from select committees 
• 2021 Johnson faces a rebellion of 98 Tory MPs voting against Covid Passes 
• 2018- 8 Tory MPs voted against Heathrow expansion and defied three line whip. 

  representing constituents 
• March 2023- Sunak grilled by the Liaison Committee on: Economic issues, Migrant crisis and 

  Windsor framework 
• 2019- Johnson avoided meeting with the liaison Committee so that he could concentrate on 

  "delivering Brexit" 
• Parliamentary back bench committee for business- controls agenda 35 days a year 
• 2015 Petitions Committee established 
• 2018- Lord Steel Proposed a debate on the killing of Palestinians in Gaza Strip by Israeli forces- 

  raises profile of issues 
• 2008- Clauses in counter terrorism bill to enable terrorist suspects to be held for 42 days 

  without trial held for 42 days without charge was decisively defeated in the HOL 
• The way the HOL voted in favour of a number of amendments to the EU withdrawal bill was 

  especially important in focusing Mays government on a softer Brexit 
• The HOL defeated the government 450 times between 1997-2010 
• HOL repeatedly advocated against compulsory ID cards-> delayed-> scrapped by 2010 

  coalition, 2023
• 2023 Lords amended several parts of the strikes bill- eg removed clause that removes 

  protection of unions if they do not take reasonable measures to comply with work notices 
• 2023- Lords opposed Retained EU law bill 
• 2023 HOL added an amendment to the Energy Bill to ensure that there is a regard for the 

  governments net 0 targets