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Commons Bill [HL]

No, no, my Lords, it is not the Minister’s accent, I just had not quite heard what he said. I think that the noble Lord and I both heard the same and were getting slightly alarmed, because we were going to thank the Government for what they are doing. That puts another emphasis on it. We raised the issue in Committee and we are very pleased that it will make its way on to the statute book thanks to the efforts of Members in this House and another place. As the Minister told us, the amendment gives greater weight to the views of active commoners, while still taking into account those of inactive commoners. Having clarified that, we are very happy to support it.