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Byles Bill is now law

Lord Norton

Parliament was prorogued this evening.  Prior to prorogation, remaining Bills that have passed all their stages receive Royal Assent.  One of the Bills getting Royal Assent tonight was the Byles Bill – now the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.  We thus have in place provision for the expulsion of any member sentenced to a term…