‘Someday, we’ll have someone who dies as a direct result of that,’ MPs call for ending all-night Commons votes

‘This is just not right. And it would not be tolerated, if you did this to an animal, you’d get in trouble with the law,’ says outgoing Liberal MP Frank Baylis.

Liberal MPs Frank Baylis, left, Kevin Lamoureux, and John McKay are calling for changes to the Standing Orders that govern the House of Commons. The Hill Times photographs by Peter Mazereeuw, Andrew Meade, and file photograph

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 1, 2019

MPs are once again calling for changes to the Standing Orders that govern business in the House, warning that all-night Commons voting puts a serious strain on their health, and the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader says it could kill an MP one day...

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