Standing Order No. 40 (Committal of Bills)

Part of Procedure – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 December 1967.

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Photo of Mr Frank Hooley Mr Frank Hooley , Sheffield, Heeley 12:00, 6 December 1967

One cannot say that it resulted in changes 12 months later. That is not the point which the right hon. Member for Enfield, West made. He claimed that that weird process resulted in reform on the spot. I readily agree that the operation of the tax has resulted in changes, modifications and adaptations, put I am not convinced that they arose out of the ritual process of sitting here and listening to 19 or 20 hon. Members making exactly the same point at tedious length and wasting the time of the House.