Sometimes the hon. Member for Rhondda makes the point for me more eloquently than I could have made it myself: there is an absolute right of Members to attend Parliament. It is a most antique right. It predates the Stuarts and, as I keep on saying, it goes back to 1340. Members may attend if they wish to.
Proceedings during the Pandemic
Proceeding contribution from
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 June 2020.
It occurred during Debate on Proceedings during the Pandemic.
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2019-21
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