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  Political Parties and Elections Bill - Second Reading
  
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  The majority of MPs voted to give the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/141/08141.i-ii.html Political Parties and Elections Bill] its Second Reading,[1] which means it begins its journey through the Parliamentary procedure.  
  
  Ordinarily, a Bill which is brought to the House so close to the end of a Parliamentary session would be doomed to fall off the timetable.  However, a motion was proposed to carry it over to the next session.[2]
  
  Owing to the fact that an MP shouted "Object" when the Speaker proposed it, this motion had to be voted on before it would pass.  The voting was deferred till later.[3]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-10-20a.41.1 Jack Straw MP], House of Commons, 20 October 2008
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-10-20a.131.0 Michael Martin - Carry over bills], House of Commons, 20 October 2008
  * [3] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2008-10-22&number=281 Division 281], House of Commons, 22 October 2008
  
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