THE bill will scrap the ancient rule of double jeopardy, which holds that an accused cannot be charged twice for the same offence.

An private member's bill to end so-called double jobbing by assembly members passes the second stage.

The DUP fails in its attempt to delay legislation to end double jobbing between the assembly and local councils.

THE SNP government spent more than £36,500 on alcohol at hospitality events in its first year at Holyrood, almost double the bill posted by the Labour/Liberal Democrat regime

As ConservativeHome reports, Bill Cash has been elected unopposed as Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee. This is great news. I’ve already commented on the qualities and experience that he will bring to the role. These will prove essential in...

Budget Bill: This is the key technical Bill that gives the Government statutory authority to spend the block grant. No Bill equals no authority equals no mandate to govern, so it is a key battleground with the potential in theory to bring down the administration. It lays out the purposes for each area and the maximum amount that can be spent on each programme.

New code of conduct for MPs and peers proposed by PM Gordon Brown todayvowed to reinject life and urgency into his becalmed constitutional reform agenda by promising to publish a short, quick bill ending parliamentary self-regulation, and to press ahead with another bill this autumn to make the Lords either wholly or 80% elected. The short bill will cover an independent parliamentary standards aut...

INVESTORS are increasingly worried that the world economy is heading for a slowdown, with a 'double dip' recession a real prospect.

Over at the Vulva Determinists, Ms. Stroppy has asked folks to simply name their favourite fillums. I’ve joined in, but made a ballsup of my first attempt by naming Double Indemnity twice (in the great Sikh ”double-double” tradition). Anyway, some folks actually agreed with some of my choices, with The Searchers and Double Indemnity getting some support.

Independent MSP Margo MacDonald has won her fight to have a bill on assisted suicide brought before the Scottish Parliament.