20/05/2022
Mark D'Arcy reports on this year's ballot for private members' bills, the combination of lottery and tombola that gives backbench MPs the chance to change the law.
Eyes down for a full house. The annual private members' bill ballot took place this week. It's parliament's answer to a lottery. The Deputy Speaker draws numbers from a glass bowl. Each number represents a MP. The winners will get the chance to propose their own legislation. Mark D'Arcy reports on this year's ballot and talks to some of the MPs who've been through the process.
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