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HANSARDRisk-based ExclusionOn exclusive cognisance, as was established in the Bradlaugh case, this House has the right to determine its own procedures, but it has never had the right to delegate the…13 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)However many hours we spend debating this, is the fundamental problem not that the aim is to do this by motion, rather than by legislation, and that any exclusion of a Member…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)The motion before the House today suggests that Standing Order No. 41A, on deferred Divisions, shall not apply. I wonder whether my hon. Friend thinks it is wise to put before the…08 May 2024HANSARD Business of the House (13 May)I do not think that what the motion aims to do is wrong, but I am concerned that we are using Standing Orders as a means of determining who can attend the House. We have never…08 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Bank of England has said that quantitative tightening is not an official part of its monetary policy targeting, yet it is at risk of costing, fiscally, £179 billion in losses…07 May 2024 Bills sponsored (2)