Had this bill originated from the Commons, I would have been able to explain the basically-zero chance of this becoming law. However, PMBs are handled slightly differently by the Lords, so I don’t want to spread misinformation about the process. See this article on the Lords website for more.
Regardless, absent government support, PMBs are the UK legislator’s equivalent of parliamentary e-petitions: they rarely result in legislation being passed, and they compete with other initiatives for debate time.
In a nutshell, this bill will most likely die in the Lords.
This is a Private Members Bill.
Had this bill originated from the Commons, I would have been able to explain the basically-zero chance of this becoming law. However, PMBs are handled slightly differently by the Lords, so I don’t want to spread misinformation about the process. See this article on the Lords website for more.
Regardless, absent government support, PMBs are the UK legislator’s equivalent of parliamentary e-petitions: they rarely result in legislation being passed, and they compete with other initiatives for debate time.
In a nutshell, this bill will most likely die in the Lords.
Hmm… Which powerful Liberal Democrats could potentially have had an influence in this and has an interest in entrenched corporate social media?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg#Facebook