Parliamentary Standards Bill

No. I have already given way to the hon. Gentleman, and we must make progress. As always, I listened with great care to the speech of the hon. Member for Stone. I thought for a moment that I would be able to record the fact that it was the first speech that I had heard him make in the House for many years in which he did not mention Europe. However, it followed a consistent pattern. Wherever the hon. Gentleman's speeches start, they end with Europe. I commend clause 1 to the Committee. Question put:— The Committee proceeded to a Division; but no Member being willing to act as Teller, the Chairman of Ways and Means declared that the Ayes had it. Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill.