Labour should not let the DPDI Bill go through in “wash-up”; it should kill it off.
23 May 2024
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When a Prime Minister calls a General Election, the Official Opposition in Parliament becomes very powerful. The reason is that the two main political parties can agree to enact outstanding and uncontroversial pieces of legislation (e.g. in this case, before the end of next week – May 30th). Parts of the DPDI Bill do fall into this uncontroversial category; but many bits don’t. In summary, the Opposition can say to Government something like; “we will agree to pass the DPDI
