The change in political circumstances between the end of 2019 and today is stark, both within the Palace of Westminster and in the context of the coronavirus pandemic that has since swept the globe. [...] Relying on the votes of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the pressure of the Article 50 deadline and the unpalatable prospect of a no-deal Brexit to persuade MPs to back her plans, she resisted providing more information about her negotiating objectives and efforts to extract information about the impact of Brexit on different sectors of the economy. [...] The work of the Home Affairs Committee exposed gaps in the government’s plans for the status of EU citizens in the UK in the event of no deal. [...] The Supreme Court’s judgment in the prorogation case argued that it was inappropriate for the government to prevent parliament discussing Brexit in the run up to the UK’s planned exit from the EU on 31 October 2019, articulating for the first time parliament’s important constitutional role in scrutiny as well as in passing legislation.7 What are the lasting impacts of the events of the 2017–19 ses. [...] The total fell significantly following the removal of most hereditary peers in 1999 – but since then has steadily risen.13 At the end of March 2019, there were 781 peers eligible to take part in the business of the Lords.14 In 2018, a review by the ‘Lord Speaker’s Committee on the Size of the House’ called for the House to be reduced to 600 peers by adopting a ‘two out, one in’ approach to appoint.
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