Several pieces of legislation were lost when Boris Johnson prorogued Parliament. But one that made it through was the Restoration & Renewal Bill, which will enable the overdue and expensive renovation of the (literally) crumbling Westminster estate to finally begin.
The question of just how and when parliament should be renovated is one MPs, apart from those Tories who oppose being made to move out and those opposition members who believe the current configuration of the estate is the root of all that’s wrong with British politics, prefer to ignore or defer than confront in any detail.
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