[Hywel Williams in the Chair]

Amendment No. 25 amends clause 45 of the Bill by removing subsection (2), the privilege amendment inserted by convention in the final stage of the Bill’s passage in the other place. The subsection reserves the Commons’ rights in relation to the financial implications of the Bill, and is no longer needed now that the Bill has been passed to this House. So, Mr. Williams, I hope that Members will be happy to accept the Government amendments.