Parliamentary Standards Bill

I quite see that point, but it would as a practical matter be mightily difficult for us in the time that the Government have made available to work out the detail of an internal committee. I also take the point of the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, that how the House of Commons is practically to go about it is a matter for the House of Commons itself. However, the Bill is not the end of everything if it becomes law. The House of Commons authorities, the Government and the others in the House of Commons, with that indication, might set about thinking of a tribunal within the House of Commons that will deal with this kind of problem. I agree that, if that does not happen, there is a risk of judicial review, but I hope that the threat of that might be sufficient to spur on authorities in the Commons to take up this point.