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How can backbenchers defeat the government?

How can backbenchers defeat the government?

Update: 2024-06-05
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How can Parliament force progress on climate when the Government is resistant? What does it take for backbench MPs to amend legislation? And how does their power wax and wane as the composition of Parliament changes?

Amy talks with Isabella Gornall, who is Founder and Chair of Seahorse Environmental, a politics and communications agency. 

Produced and presented by Amy Mount. 

Edited by Sarah Eldridge. 

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How can backbenchers defeat the government?

How can backbenchers defeat the government?

Amy Mount