Oct 10 2007
MPs shouldn’t queue jump
MPs have only just arrived back at Westminster following our lock out from the Chamber since July. Soon we will be shut out again in the days between the end of this Parliamentary year and the start of the next one. This government seems especially keen to minimise the time we have available to ask it questions and scrutinise its actions.
Instead of proposing that MPs should be able to queue jump when they are here, maybe we should meet more often so the queues could be shorter, spreading out the times when we wanted to shop or get a cup of tea.



















John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...