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Parliamentary Standards Bill

In the Secretary of State's intervention we see the seeds of the very confrontation that Sir Christopher Kelly has—if not predicted—at least suggested that he would have a view on. We would all like a solution to the way in which we are paid and the way in which our expenses are administered, so that all of us, with our honourable differences, can get on with our job of being politicians. In a few months' time, this Bill may or may not turn out to be a good start to that end. We must wait and see. In the meantime, we accept the amendments that were made in another place, and we want to press on.