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Greater London Authority Bill

I start by declaring the interest that I declared on Second Reading, which is a particularly large one in this connection: I am a serving Member of the London Assembly who, by choice, is not proposing to stand again. As a result, I may become entitled to a payment under whatever scheme is put in place. I well accept that there are distinctions between the different histories of Members and the ways in which different Members may lose office. The Mayor and the Assembly may well wish to consider that point when the time comes. I know that my noble friend Lord Tope will want to declare the same interest and, so that it is all on the record, I will do it for him.