Daniela Maoate Cox

The general election is looming on the horizon and the Government will use urgency to try and get through a long list of bills before that takes place.

Question time this week included the usual mix of tougher opposition attacks, patsy questions and a telling off from the Speaker.

Election day is just over three months away and the Government is ramping up its efforts to finish off the bills on its to-do list and extending its time in the chamber to do so.

Governments are often borrowing money but how does the process work? The House speaks to the Government's lead financial and economic advisor, the Treasury to find out

A select committee is hearing evidence from submitters on a bill which would give more clarity to screen industry workers' employment status by reversing parts of the 2010 Hobbit law.

A motion to disestablish the Epidemic Response Committee was debated and passed by MPs this week. 

The Government will have to make up for time lost due to Covid-19 as it works on legislation this week 

Disestablishing the Epidemic Response Committee has been added to the Government's to do list so The House takes a look back at how and why the Committee was set up.

After a budget announcement the Government normally introduces some legislation under urgency - this year it worked on six.

A bill granting the Government temporary screening powers on some overseas investments has passed its first stage in the debating chamber.