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First page of a typewritten memo from Viscount Cave in which he urged his colleagues to refrain from seeking to expedite Royal Assent unless there was a genuine need to do so.

Second page of a typewritten memo from Viscount Cave in which he urged his colleagues to refrain from seeking to expedite Royal Assent unless there was a genuine need to do so.

Third page of a typewritten memo from Viscount Cave in which he urged his colleagues to refrain from seeking to expedite Royal Assent unless there was a genuine need to do so.

Prior to 1967, Royal Assent was declared in the House of Lords while MPs watched from the Bar of the House. The traditional method was not without its logistical challenges as shown by this 1926 memorandum from Viscount Cave [CAB 24/180/62].

The government has gone the wrong way about legislating on assisted dying | Institute for Government The row over the assisted dying legislation has exposed the shortcomings of private members' bills.

@jillongovt.bsky.social and I have written about how the Assisted Dying Bill highlights the shortcomings in the way that the Commons deals with backbench legislation www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...

Yes. This.

Some MPs opposed to assisted dying bill have raised questions on drafting & whether it is sufficiently watertight. Turns out it was drafted by Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, who retired this year after almost a decade as first parliamentary counsel, govt's top legislative drafter.

Assisted dying vote may come soon as No 10 says it would not stop bill Opinion heavily split across parties over legalising support for terminally ill people to end their lives

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

White text in a black box, imposed on a black and white photo of the inside of a prison. The heading is “Sentence inflation: a judicial critique” The rest of the text says “The most senior former judges in England and Wales have called on the government to reverse the trend of imposing ever longer sentences, giving warning that radical solutions are needed to address the acute crisis in prisons.” The logo of the Howard League for Penal Reform is in the bottom right corner

We need to talk about sentence inflation 📣

So say the most senior former judges in England & Wales, who have come together to call on Govt to reverse the trend of imposing ever longer sentences

Read this extraordinary intervention, supported by the Howard League 👉 howardleague.org/publications...

Retained EU law and assimilated law dashboard This dashboard shows a list of retained EU law (REUL) and assimilated law. These are laws that the UK saved to ensure legislative continuity immediately after Brexit.

An update on Assimilated/Retained EU Law

tl;dr the data is still a bit of a mess and progress is uncertain

Let's start with the dashboard: www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Snail farm in city office sparks tax avoidance probe

Process activated to manage prisoner movements A temporary measure to manage pressures in prisons in the north of England has been reactivated, following longstanding capacity failures and recent outbreaks of far-right disorder.

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