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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill [Money]

I just wanted to make a couple of brief points. I was asked why we should facilitate a private Member's Bill through the tabling of a money resolution. Many experienced right hon. and hon. Members will know that this is certainly not the first time that this has happened. There have been many precedents, in which private Members' Bills have had money resolutions tabled, even though the Government did not necessarily support the Bill. An example is the Rights of Savers Bill, which came before the House a couple of years ago. That Bill had a money resolution, but the Government did not necessarily support it, although they may have supported some of its aims. Other private Members' Bills have been treated in the same way. The hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly) seemed to be somewhat internally conflicted on this matter. He was critical of the decision to table the money resolution, yet in the end he acknowledged that it was a convention of the House to do so.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
475 c675 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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