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Parliamentary Standards Bill

I rise not at all on the substantive issue—like others, I have just parachuted in occasionally—but on a procedural point. My understanding of the procedure—I stand to be corrected—is that only in Committee can you oppose that the clause stand part of the Bill and take it out. I understand that that cannot be done on Report. However, I have been in situations in which we have kept in a clause about which there was some concern but then, on Report, it was decided with the agreement of the House to revert temporarily to Committee to take out a clause before the Bill reverted to Report stage, thus allowing a breathing space to consider the appropriate route.