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Sustainable Communities Bill

I can confirm that. Ministers in this situation normally read out their speaking notes, not the explanatory notes in their brief. I can confirm that both meet his objective. The notes state:"““Amendment 38 deletes clause 8 subsection (3). The subsection stated that ‘This Act shall come into force on the day on which it is passed’. The reason for deleting this subsection is that it is superfluous—under the Interpretation Act of 1978 the Act would come into force on the day it is passed without a specific requirement to do so.””" So the right hon. Gentleman’s objective is therefore met. Question put and agreed to. Clause read a Second time, and added to the Bill.