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I was delighted to join the chair of the Procedure Committee, Charles Walker, to say a few words at the launch event for the Guide to Procedure on Wednesday 9 January 2019.

The Government has broken records by being the first Government to be defeated on a Finance Bill since 1978. A Finance Bill enshrines the budget in law.

I responded to a motion in the House of Commons on Monday 7 January 2019 to approve the Committee on Standards report ‘Implications of the Dame Laura Cox report for the House’s standards system: Initial proposals’ and to agree changes to Standing Orders and to the Guide to the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members. The motion was agreed to.

You can read my speech in full below:

I raised the following Point of Order on Tuesday 18 December 2018: