Cross-party anger at Westminster’s ‘zombie Parliament’ was last night raging amid claims the Commons has virtually nothing to do before the General Election. MPs vented their fury at Coalition Ministers for insisting on a fixed, five-year parliament when they ran out of ideas ‘six months ago’. Labour said there was now so little legislation to discuss that Tory backbenchers were only expected to turn up at Westminster for barely a month between now and the Election on May 7. MPs have vented their fury at Coalition Ministers for insisting on a fixed, five-year parliament amid claims the Commons has virtually no legislation to discuss before the General Election.
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MPs vent their fury at Coalition for insisting on a fixed, five-year parliament
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Claims the Commons has nothing to do before the General Election
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122 days until election, but MPs will only sit for 49, shadow minister says
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Coalition pushed through fixed parliament law after taking office in 2010
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