What is purdah and which bills are in limbo before it begins?
Briefly

Parliament is expected to wind up on Friday after Rishi Sunak stunned Westminster by calling a snap general election for 4 July.
After an election is called, the government must decide which bills it wants to prioritise passing before parliament is prorogued - a process known as the wash-up period.
But an 11th-hour attempt by peers to exonerate more subpostmasters caught up in the scandal has been quashed amid the scramble.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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