Parliament has returned early to Westminster this year, reconvening today ahead of the party conference season. The Conservative-LibDem Coalition remains very keen to get through its legislative program.
Top showing is debate on the bill to allow for a referendum for introducing the Alternative Vote system to general elections:
MPs to debate AV referendum as summer recess ends (BBC News)
UPDATE: the same BBC article now summarises the result of that debate in the Commons.... It has now passed its Second Reading with a vote of 328 for and 269 against. As the article also makes clear, however, there is still some way to go....!
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