Private Members Bill

This briefly caught my ear on the radio from Friday: a Conservative MP proposing in a Private Members' Bill that face coverings (such as the balaclava and the Muslim veil) be banned.

Clearly not a bill that was going to go anywhere, and coverage was scant - BBC's "Yesterday in Parliament", Parliament's web-site and, um, the Express. The Bill got to the "Second Reading" in the bill-passing process.

Good for Gov and Pol students wanting examples of Private Members' Bills, and arguably an indication of the sort of thing which gives Conservatives a certain kind of reputation.