There is no voting by proxy as Article 62(5) states,” Members absent from a house shall not be allowed to vote. So the foundation for the House procedures is determined by Article 62 and cannot be suborned by a reading of Standing Orders. It is disingenuous to suggest that once Parliament has a sitting the business of the Session is wholly confined by what is appointed by the Prime Minister. To also suggest that the business of the House is merely to hear the presentation of the Covid-19 National recovery Plan is to castrate the exercise of Parliamentary democracy. Repeating extant case authorities where security issues are involved as applicable simpliciter does not clinch that legal position.

Source: The Edge Markets August 03, 2021 07:14 UTC