The government monopolises the agenda in the chamber, so that those matters that the House may be keenest to debate can be simply kept off the agenda or neutralised through the technical device of staging the debate "on the adjournment", which means there is no vote.
It has already led to the adjournment of a trial at the International Criminal Court against Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, who was allowed to fly home from The Hague.
Hugo Groves, representing the club, had asked for the adjournment of the winding-up petitions after saying money from the sale of players had been used to reduce the outstanding PAYE balance.
Many commentators believe that the chaos leading to the adjournment of the anti-corruption Lokpal bill was orchestrated by the ruling party, something opposition parties have also alleged.
The cumulative expense of the adjournments was not recorded.
Do you really think that this is what I commissioned you to do, to send me reports of the gladiatorial pairs, the adjournment of trials, Chrestus' compilation, and such tittle-tattle as nobody would have the impertinence to repeat to me when I am at Rome?" he wrote.
Sukhendu Roy, a leader of the Trinamool Congress party, which is an ally of the ruling government, also criticised the adjournment of the vote, saying it was a "shameful" day for democracy and a result of "orchestrated chaos".
We have taken the opportunity to consider all of them during the adjournment.
