Prime Minister (Temporary Replacement) Bill

Key Points

• Provides a framework to ensure continuity of government if the Prime Minister is incapacitated.
• Sets out who can act as Prime Minister temporarily and how such an appointment would be made.
• Defines how long the temporary arrangement lasts and how powers are transferred back when the Prime Minister can resume work.
• Addresses related administrative and constitutional arrangements to support a temporary replacement.
• Originated in the House of Commons and is currently at the Second Reading in the Commons (information reflects current stage).

Progress

The bill is in the Commons and is at the Second Reading stage. It originated in the Commons, with First Reading in 2020 and Second Reading in 2021; no further stages are recorded here.