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  Banking (Special Provisions) Bill - Second Reading
  
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  <p>The majority voted for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Reading">Second Reading</a> for the passage of the <b>Banking (Special Provisions) Bill</b>,[1] the purpose of which was to nationalize the failed mortgage company Northern Rock.  The debate[2] leading up to this vote was on the broad nature of the proposed law as well as any relevant reports about events leading up to it.[3]  It is followed by a line by line discussion of the Bill known as the Committee Stage.</p>
  
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  <li>[1] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/073/08073.i-ii.html">Banking (Special Provisions) Bill</a></li>
  <li>[2] <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-02-19b.171.1">Second Reading debate</a>, House of Commons, 19 February 2008.</li>
  <li>[3] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmtreasy/56/5602.htm">The Run on the Rock</a>, Treasury Committee Fifth Report, 24 January 2008.</li>
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