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An amendment paper for the universal credit and PIP Bill has been published. 11 amendments and 1 new clause tabled by the Government including a change to the Bill's title.

RT @mattengland3011: The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill amendment paper has been published, and includes Governmen….

Today will be written up as Govt chaos, but it should also be a wake up call.1. Parliament matters.2. MPs are not lobby fodder.3. Govts should not hardwire symbolic intentions and fiscal rules into law.4. The way our laws are made is not fit for purpose in a 21st century economy.

So, despite complaints about the Bill coming back next week MPs did not force a division. So, Labour backbenchers can hardly complain next week if it is all very rushed. they accepted the programme motion.

MPs could of course vote against the Programme motion that will follow the outcome of this 2nd reading vote and force the Government to take more time!.

Worth noting that if the Govt presses ahead with Committee, Report & 3rd Reading next Wednesday (9 July) then Government amendments to the Bill must be tabled by the rise of the House tomorrow (2 July).

One of the problems with the No 10 operation is that the PM does not have a Bruce Grocott figure. His PPS team is under-powered compared to Blair's first term. I'm biased because Bruce was my boss, he appointed me Director @HansardSociety, but he has the best political antennae,.

There's a debate on an unspecified Statutory Instrument related to terrorism on Wed. The procedure is explained in our Parliament Matters Bulletin. It's the 3rd item of main business after MPs vote for an Armed Forces Commissioner & to keep a standing army!.

RT @HansardSociety: MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?. 🛂 MPs debate Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Bill.🌍 Peers debate UK-Ma….

A big week ahead at Westminster:.📌 Key vote on disability benefits.📌 House of Lords reform bill.📌 Chagos Islands deal: will Peers oppose ratification?.📌 And MPs must vote to keep a standing army for another year!.Follow all the action in the Chamber and Committee corridor 👇.

This was a really interesting - and fun - discussion. Sarah, on the comparison between GP surgeries and MP surgeries: I thought it was extraordinary how similar my surgeries were. except nobody took their clothes off!. Also good on Select Cmtts, Treasury power & rebellion.

. be amended by the Lords. Which underlines how important the Commons scrutiny is. There is no revising backstop.

I should say this is an amended thread - I've deleted the earlier version because I wrote it in haste, on the move, and suggested that there might be Lords amendments to the Bill that would come back for MPs to consider. But as @ringwiss pointed out it is a money bill so won't. .

This is where the lack of time for reflection, taking advice, can get messy with amendments being proposed and voted on almost in real time.

Non Government MPs will be able to table their own amendments up to three sitting days beforehand - so by the end of the sitting on Friday 4 July. But if MPs are not happy with the proposals made they will have to be resolved on the floor of the Chamber itself on the 9th.

signing up for there will be little time for making changes. If normal procedures are followed the Government should table amendments at least one sitting week in advance - so by the end of Wed 2nd July, the day after 2nd Reading.

This timetable has implications for those Labour MPs who have signed the reasoned amendment. If the Govt promises concessions in advance of 2nd Reading those will only crystallise at Committee Stage on the 9 July. If they are not quite right, or what the MPs think they were. .

🚨 The Universal Credit & PIP Bill isn’t just up for 2nd Reading next week. The Government is cramming Committee, Report & 3rd Reading into 1 day the week after (so much for intervals between stages. ) So if they pull the Bill they will have 2 days of Commons business to fill.

If only more MPs read our weekly @HansardSociety Parliament Matters Bulletin, they’d know exactly what a reasoned amendment does! We explain these procedures when they arise. Many MPs & their staff already rely on it… others might want to start. 👀📩

RT @mattengland3011: Few things to note about 'reasoned amendments':. 1. Reasoned amendments are procedurally equivalent to rejecting a Bil….