Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Political Parties and Elections Bill
1:00 pm
Jonathan Djanogly (Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Huntingdon, Conservative)
Further to that point of order, Sir Nicholas. My understanding was that the point of hearing the evidence in these sessions was to see whether we needed to table amendments to the Bill as a result. According to your ruling, we shall have a very short time this evening to go through Hansard—if that has been produced by the time our proceedings end. It would be of help if the Clerks could advise us whether that would be the case, because we shall have to take Hansard, study it—some complicated concepts and issues were discussed this morning—and review whether further amendments need to be filed, all within a matter of hours. As my colleague said, that would only be if the business of the House lasts until 6.30 pm today.