Daniel Gover
@DanielGover
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Senior Lecturer in British Politics, @QMPoliticsIR. Researching UK politics and parliament: legislation, opposition days, private members' bills, procedure.
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Joined March 2010
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RT @ConUnit_UCL: What problems are there with the legislative process? Have they got worse? And what can be done to fix them? Join Meg Rus…
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I very much recommend the weekly trivia question in the House of Lords newsletter. 🤓
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New briefing from @HansardSociety @mattengland3011 highlighting some concerns about delegated powers in the assisted dying bill. Ought to be read carefully by members of the public bill committee.
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@tinternetqueen The issue here is not how long to debate the bill, but how long to debate in public (after a prior private discussion) when the committee will meet and who they will ask to give evidence.
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@nmdacosta But the debate is a chance to ask the minister to provide those facts, no? Of course I agree that an impact assessment ought to have been published, and I have questioned elsewhere why this has not happened.
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@nmdacosta On first point: Sure, I'm not saying it is better in every way. But it does allow MPs to question on the financial implications in a way that would not routinely come up on a government bill.
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@estwebber And a debate of up to 45 mins. Not usually possible on government bills. One way in which parliamentary scrutiny actually greater on this PMB.
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If anyone recalls examples with more extensive discussion on the public record than this, please do let me know. It is of course true that there could always be more discussion, and some may feel that it was still not enough, or other flaws in the process.
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RT @RuthFox01: Based on this exchange between a member of the #assistedying bill Public Bill Committee and a witness who was considered but…
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To my mind, this point is key. Today’s meeting combines a few different bits of process that are usually separated on govt bills. Perhaps there was a case for splitting them off again. But some parts of the discussion of external people absolutely should not be public.
There are good arguments on both sides. But as someone who has been called as a witness to a Public Bill Cmtt (on a government bill) I would not be very happy if the Cmtt for that bill had proceeded to discuss the merits of me, my organisation, my availability or my evidence in full public view with no opportunity to reply. 6/
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Some procedural reflections from one member of the assisted dying bill committee.
Good to be in-studio on @BBCr4today to talk about the start of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill Committee this PM. Parliament & public expect us to work with seriousness to scrutinise this Bill in detail. The job is not to repeat the ‘in principle’ debate of 2nd reading…. 🧵
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@nmdacosta @LewisAtkinson @danny__kruger This is why I asked whether it's fair to say that this rolled two things into one. Because I can see the reluctance to have some of the detailed discussions about witness suitability in public, even if a later decision/discussion could have been on the record.
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@nmdacosta Though we don't normally know how the witnesses were chosen, because (at least as far as I recall) there isn't usually a debate on the programming sub-committee's proposal. (Of course also presumably indicates there is not major dissatisfaction.)
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