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Business without Debate

Volume 601: debated on Wednesday 28 October 2015

committee of Privileges

Ordered,

That:

(1) Standing Order No. 148A be amended as follows:

(a) line 4, leave out “ten” and insert “seven”

(b) line 5, leave out “five” and insert “three”

(c) line 10, leave out “consisting of no more than seven Members,”

(d) line 29, leave out “the”

(e) line 30, after “Privileges” insert “and of former Committees of Privileges”;

(2) Standing Order No. 149 be amended as follows:

(a) line 64, leave out “the”

(b) line 65, after “Privileges” insert “and of former Committees on Standards”;

and

(3) Kevin Barron, Sir Paul Beresford, Tom Blenkinsop, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Dominic Grieve, Tommy Sheppard and Jo Stevens be members of the Committee of Privileges.—(Charlie Elphicke.)

Standards

Ordered,

That Mr Geoffrey Cox be discharged from the Committee on Standards and Tom Blenkinsop be added.—(Charlie Elphicke.)

I say again what I have often said: will any hon. Member who is unaccountably leaving the Chamber, not wishing to hear the Adjournment debate secured by the hon. Member for Streatham (Mr Umunna), please do so quickly and quietly, so that those of us who are all agog can hear what the hon. Gentleman has to say?