[jambutty]

It's bad enough, come July, that the only place exempt from the smoking ban will be the House of Commons. The laws of the land should be applicable to all.

I didn’t know that garinda. Thanks for sharing. Time to amend my letter to my MP. Fortunately I hadn’t sent it off yet.

No doubt the debate and vote was set for a Friday in the knowledge that many if not most MP’s would be away at their constituencies and they wouldn’t have to take any responsibility if the bill was passed in favour of the Freedom of Information Act not applying to MP’s. It’s just too much of a coincidence. I wonder how many got crushed in the stampede for the door before the debate?

For a bill to be passed is there a minimum number of MP’s voting to make it legal? Surely 90 odd out of 650 odd is way outside what normal committees are bound by. That is usually a quorum of half the members and often two thirds for any decision to be valid.

Can I suggest that the bill was passed when MP’s were not quorate and surely that doesn’t make it legal?

Maybe Greg Pope could confirm that there should be xxx MP’s voting before a bill is passed.

This whole issue stinks of gerrymandering.