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Business of the House

If the Government have already agreed that there will be a debate on Members' pensions, does it not follow that there ought to be a debate on Members' allowances? Given the importance of the meeting between the party leaders and of the early report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, would there not be an advantage in having a debate on allowances without there being a requirement to have a vote at that point? In that way, we could build consensus on the basic principles.