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Brown in clean-up bill defeat

Plans to clean up Westminster by tightening the rules on MPs' conduct were described as a shambolic mess last night after the Government lost a vote to allow parliamentary proceedings to be admissible as evidence in court.

Plans to clean up Westminster by tightening the rules on MPs' conduct were described as a shambolic mess last night after the Government lost a vote to allow parliamentary proceedings to be admissible as evidence in court.