We have been through this so many times in the House. ““May”” equals ““shall”” and ““shall”” equals ““may””. That is normal parliamentary drafting procedure.
Commons Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Williams of Elvel
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 14 November 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Commons Bill [HL].
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2005-06
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House of Lords Grand Committee
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