Constitution Unit Monitor 86 / March 2024 - Pre-election politics and

that Cameron should be able to answer questions and Such appointments, alongside the known ambitions of make statements from the bar of the House at the end Conservative former Cabinet minister David Frost, who of the chamber, rather than the dispatch box where is on the party’s candidate list to become an MP, raise Commons ministers speak. [...] Doug Chalmers was appointed to chair The outgoing Minister for the Cabinet Office, Jeremy the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL), Quin, published the review on his last day in office, and Samir Shah is the new chair of the BBC. [...] did not – comment on the constitutional propriety of The government was urged to ignore the ruling by Lee the legislation, which involves parliament circumventing Anderson – who was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative the established legal process for quashing convictions. [...] the executive and the judiciary, but is designed to Instead of abandoning the scheme, the government respond to a unique set of circumstances. [...] it began in February 2022 in protest at the Northern South Yorkshire’s election has been brought forward Ireland Protocol to the EU Withdrawal Agreement, and from 2026, as the powers of the mayor – currently the ‘border’ it created in the Irish Sea.