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Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4)

Proceeding contribution from Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 September 2020. It occurred during Debate on Proceedings During the Pandemic (No. 4).

I gave the good news to the House at the last session before the recess that Westminster Hall will be coming back in October, and I believe that private Members’ Bills will be coming forward next week, so we are getting back to the normal pattern. I do not wish to pre-empt my statement tomorrow by indicating thoughts about Backbench Business days, but Members should listen carefully, as there may be good news on that.

We are back at work in this place. Many of us, I among them, have brought our staff back into the office from 1 September. Mr Speaker has rightly asked that we limit that to two members of staff, and I encourage Members to follow that, but we are back at work in SW1 and the opportunities for holding to account are there. Let me point out that when we brought forward the earlier proposals that we are now renewing, or in the emergency debate afterwards, I took more than two dozen interventions, if my memory serves me right, from Members concerned about what was happening. If that is not scrutinising Ministers at the Dispatch Box, I do not know what is.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
679 c251 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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