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Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

At the risk of repeating what I have already read out from the Speaker's memorandum, I want to ensure that we are not speaking at cross-purposes. In paragraph 16 of the Committee's report, the Clerk makes it very clear, in discussing clause 2(2), that"““The provisions of this subsection make the Speaker's consideration of confidence motions and the House's practices justiciable questions for determination by the ordinary courts.””" I do not think that the Clerk could have been clearer: it is subsection (2) that he is concerned about.