Opposition role and significance

• What are Opposition Days?

  Days allocated in the House of Commons for the discussion of subjects chosen by the opposition (non-government) parties
• How many opposition days are there?

  20
• Votes on opposition days are non binding but they do put pressure on the government and represents an embarrassment if defeated
• Example of an Opposition day under Brown


  MPs voted 267 to 246 for a Lib Dem motion offering all Gurkhas equal right of residence, with Tories and 27 Labour rebels backing it