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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

MPs back rule change for association of 180 parliaments worldwide

The United Kingdom has a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association branch (John Walton/PA) - (PA Archive)

A “vital” rule change to give two organisations privileges and certain immunities has received backing from MPs.

The Lords had already supported the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill earlier this year, which would allow the two bodies to act in a way “comparable to that of an international organisation” which the UK has signed up to.

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