Report from the House of Commons Reform Committee on Rebuilding the House

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:15 pm on 22 February 2010.

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Photo of Natascha Engel Natascha Engel Labour, North East Derbyshire 7:15, 22 February 2010

Does my hon. Friend agree that the recent study by Phil Cowley from Nottingham university demonstrated that this Parliament and other recent Parliaments have been the most rebellious Parliaments of all time? We are more independent of political parties than we have been in the past, so the issue is not the independence of mind of MPs, but the way in which this place works-or does not work.