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SERIOUS CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING.
IF IT DID HAPPEN, IT WOULD
ONLY BE WHEN THE BILL HAD ALREADY OBVIOUSLY GOT INTO SERIOUS TIME TROUBLE, AND THE CHOICE WAS BETWEEN TAKING THEM OUT AND NOT BEING
IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES WE THINK IT WOULD ABLE TO RATIFY AT ALL. BE QUITE CLEAR TO EXCO WHY THE MEASURE HAD TO BE TAKEN.
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AT THIS STAGE WE THINK THAT FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO RAISE THIS EXTREMELY REMOTE POSSIBILITY WITH EXCO WOULD BE TO START A SERIOUS AND UNNECESSARY HARE HOWE
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