A Bill To make provision for the House of Commons to nominate the Prime Minister and approve appointments to the Cabinet; to establish the office of Acting Prime Minister; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Pete WishartScottish National Party
19 September 2019
This bill would require MPs in the House of Commons to nominate who should be Prime Minister and would give Parliament the power to approve appointments to the Cabinet. It would establish a new role called the Acting Prime Minister to take on duties when the Prime Minister is unavailable. It also includes related provisions about how these processes should work and connect to other constitutional arrangements.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons and is still early in its passage; it would need to go through further readings and stages in both Houses to become law.
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