Brendan Ryan (Labour)

My understanding is that there is a well established procedure where a Member inadvertently misleads the House. The person explains the mistake and the House accepts it. The Bill was not passed until the House voted for it at 12.05 a.m. because there was no certainty until that point. Either the legislation passed last night was invalid because it was passed after midnight or the Leader inadvertently misled the House. Perhaps someone misled the Leader and she was put in an invidious position.