Conservatives ‘manufacturing’ the gridlock in Commons committees, say Liberals

But Chief Government Whip Jay Hill says if 'cancer spreads,' Parliament can't continue to operate.

Conservative MPs have filibustered two Commons committees for almost 38-and-a-half hours while one committee chair has not called a meeting since February and another committee chair has vacated the chair four times—all in an attempt to trigger an election, argue opposition MPs.

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