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  Motion to sit in private
  
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  <p>Eric Forth moved "That the House sit in private", in accordance to <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmstords/416/41605.htm#a183"> Standing Order No. 163</a>, which says: 
  
  <p class="indent">If at any sitting of the House... any Member moves 'That the House sit in private' the Speaker... shall forthwith put the question 'That the House sit in private', and such question, though opposed, may be decided after the expiration of the time for opposed business, but such a Motion may be made no more than once in any sitting.</p>
  
  <p>Although an MP cannot make a reference in a speech to the number of members present, this achieves the same result of providing a head count of those available in the building at 9:30am on a Friday morning.</p> 
  
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