Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg has told the HoC that the gov plans to get the Committee & all other Commons stages of the #WAB done in 3 days, 7-9 Jan. In other words, exactly the same no. of days as the previous House refused to do it in. 1/
Assuming the House gives the #WAB a 2nd Reading tomorrow, Fri 20/12, it will then be asked to approve a programme motion containing this 3-day timetable for Jan. (This, of course, is where the previous House said 'no' on 22 Oct.) 2/
On 8/1, HoC will also be asked to approve statutory motions under EU (Withdrawal) Act (arising 'cos of failure of 'meaningful vote' on 19/10) & EU (Withdrawal) No. 2 Act (which requires gov to make & HoC to approve a report on negs with the EU during A50 extension (!)) 3/
It seems that HoC will only revert to its Queen's Speech debate in w/c 13/1. In effect, HoC will do #WAB 1st sitting week in Jan while Lords gets its QS debate done, & then (presumably) WAB will go to Lords & HoC will revert to QS debate. 4/
Election of HoC Deputy Speakers & select c'tee chairs only after Xmas recess, as expected. JRM also agreed it would be helpful to get recess dates past New Year announced ASAP after recess, & said 2019-20 session unlikely to last less than a yr given volume of gov business. /ends
