When important parliamentary debates are being rushed on account of MPs’ home times, something needs to change, writes Omar Salem

“I’m afraid I’m being urged to wrap up”. Those were the words of City minister Emma Reynolds MP when leading a debate in Parliament at 2pm on Thursday last week. The minister’s words may seem innocuous but they are not.

This was the last debate of the day that MPs had to vote in and they were waiting to leave. The whips, who are responsible for making sure MPs turn up to vote, would have known this, and likely asked Reynolds to finish off. Moments earlier, some MPs cheered when the minister said she was coming to the end........

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