Alice Lilly
Senior Researcher
Alice's recent work
MPs' security
Increasing levels of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia have seen a rise in threats made to MPs. So what security do they receive and how is this funded?
Safety of Rwanda Bill: What happens next in parliament?
What are the upcoming legislative stages for the government's immigration legislation?
'Rwanda treaty: government's next steps in Parliament'
What role will parliament play in the government's steps to proceed with its Rwanda asylum plan?
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Becoming a Lords minister
The way that Lords ministers approach the role, and the support they are given to undertake it, can be very different from their Commons counterparts.
Parliament’s role in the coronavirus crisis: holding the government to account
The government’s move to return the Commons to its usual ways of working when it returns from recess, is deeply concerning.
Parliamentary Monitor 2020
Long-standing problems with how parliament works and how MPs perform their duties have yet to be addressed.
Government emergency powers and coronavirus
The term “emergency powers” usually refers to government powers to respond rapidly to a public emergency.
The UK parliament and coronavirus
Since the coronavirus pandemic began to worsen in the UK, both Houses of the UK parliament have had to adapt their ways of working.
Moving the Lords north would have far-reaching implications
The implications of the government's reported plans to relocate the House of Lords are far-reaching and require serious and detailed thought
Select committees are likely to be absent at a critical time
Getting Commons committees up and running quickly after an election should be a priority.
The new Speaker of the House of Commons: key challenges
Candidates campaigning to be John Bercow’s successor must set out a vision for how they would run the Commons as an institution and represent it to th
How can the government timetable legislation in Parliament?
For all governments, it is important that they are able to get their business through Parliament in a reasonable amount of time.