Posts from June 2017

• This day six months: The day that never comes

  04 June 2017 | parliamentary procedure meeting procedure parliament house of lords | Comment

  A curious procedure used in Wesminister parliaments is the so-called ‘six months’ (or ‘three months’) amendment, which provides a method for opposing a reading of a bill by moving an amendment to the motion (e.g. ‘That the bill be now read a second time’) to… »