Philip Davies speaks for 93 minutes to use up time allocated to debate Labour MP Julie Cooper’s private member’s billA Conservative MP has blocked a proposed law to introduce free hospital parking for carers by speaking in the House of Commons for 93 minutes in order to use up the time allocated for the debate.
A private member’s bill brought forward by Julie Cooper,Labour MP for Burnley, set out a proposed exemption to hospital parking charges for carers. At the moment hospitals absorb discretionary powers to grant exemptions to parking charges. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com