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Political Parties and Elections Bill

Unlike the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly), I am pleased with the progress that the proposal has made through the two Houses, ever since an alliance of Liberal Democrats, Labour Back Benchers and Cross Benchers in the Lords put through an amendment in the name of Lord Campbell-Savours, against the wishes of the Front-Bench teams of the main two parties. It is true that what we are seeing is ping-pong, with the Government instigating both sides of the game, rather like The Beano character Billy Whizz, who was able to go around the table knocking the ball back to himself and playing his own game.