Signatories to parliament’s online petitions will be delighted to hear Westminster Hall is set to re-open on the October 5th, allowing MPs who have been growing increasingly frustrated at the limited opportunities to speak in the Commons a new platform for debate.
Guido understands social distancing means only 10-11 MPs will be able to participate at any one time and there are hopes to limit debate to 60-90 minutes. Unfortunately there is such a backlog of petitions that MPs will have to wade through the old debates about Brexit from December before they can move onto Coronavirus…