Vaz granted emergency debate
A Black Country MP has accused the Government of attempting to dodge democracy by refusing to schedule Commons debates.
Valerie Vaz, Labour's shadow leader of the House of Commons, has been granted an emergency debate next Monday on the scheduling of Commons business.
The Walsall South MP said there had only been seven votes in the Commons since the Queen’s speech and that the Government had refused to offer Labour any dates for an opposition day debate.
She added that the current rules - which allocate a certain number of days for opposition day debates and private members’ bills debates per session - needed to be revised to take into account the fact that this session will last two years rather than one.
Opposition day debates allow opposition parties to choose the motion for discussion.
But Theresa May's slender majority means the Government are in danger of losing such votes.
