The power to call early elections: what next for the Fixed-term Parliaments Act?
b'The government has announced its intention to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act (FTPA), the controversial piece of legislation that limited the prime minister\\u2019s power to seek an early election. But what would it mean if this power is returned to the prime minister? Can a prerogative power be restored? And what would be lost if the FTPA no longer existed?\\n\\nOur panel included:\\n\\nMatthew Hanney, partner at Flint Global and former special adviser at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister\\nProfessor Meg Russell, director of the Constitution Unit\\nMark Harper MP, former chief whip and former minister for political and constitutional reform\\nRaphael Hogarth, associate at the Institute for Government\\nThis event was chaired by Dr Catherine Haddon, senior fellow at the Institute for Government.\\n\\nThere was an opportunity for questions from the audience.'