Event: Who’s in charge of the Westminster Parliament?

Cambridge Law Faculty published this video item, entitled “Event: Who’s in charge of the Westminster Parliament?” – below is their description.

Can the Government make any law it wishes? Or is it constrained by backbench and opposition MPs? Does this matter in a constitutional system with a sovereign Parliament?

In an event chaired by Professor Alison Young (University of Cambridge), Professor Mark Elliott (University of Cambridge), Professor David Howarth (University of Cambridge) and Professor Meg Russell (University College, London and the Constitution Unit) discuss who is in charge of the Westminster Parliament.

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