After much speculation, Andrea Leadsom has confirmed that the February recess will be cancelled. This means that – in theory – MPs will be deprived of any ski holidays scheduled for the week of 18 February. It’s still up in the air what Commons business – if any – will take place that week given that Parliament is in a state of deadlock. However, the view was that regardless of Brexit progress, it would be an incredibly bad look for MPs to trot off on holiday at the time of an approaching constitutional crisis.
So, will they have anything to do? The problem is the government does have a lot of Brexit legislation it needs to pass in order for the UK to leave the EU at the end of March – but the bulk of this legislation cannot be passed because the government does not have a Brexit deal.
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