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Manchester City Council Bill [Lords](By Order)

The first thing that is apparent is that my blocking motion has ensured that none of these six Bills received a Second Reading on the nod. The quality of today's debate has shown that I was right to insist that the Bills should be properly debated on Second Reading. The Minister's statement and the major policy announcement made by the Conservative Front-Bench spokesman, my hon. Friend the Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown), would not have been possible but for this debate.