The Commons have just voted down an attempt to change the remit of the committee being established by Michael Martin to look into the Damian Green affair – and by the slenderest of margins (285-281). Those four votes mean that the seven-person committee will most likely have a government majority on it; just as Brown wanted. One suspects it was the Labour whip team wot won it.
UPDATE: Harriet Harman’s “government majority” version of the committee has been passed (293-270). Given that the Tories and the Lib Dems are now boycotting it, will anyone actually give any regard to its findings? Will be interesting to see if this rebounds on Brown & Co.
P.S. Andrew Sparrow’s coverage of all this is excellent.
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