Thursday, May 19, 2016
Nine months after the government’s Energy Bill was introduced in the Lords, the end game is nigh: the legislation is involved in what is termed parliamentary ‘ping-pong’.
Peers in the Upper Chamber, where the government has not got a built-in majority, are holding out for amendments, which the Commons – where the government has a numerical majority – wants to see removed from the Bill.
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