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Walter Bagehot famously differentiated between the “efficient” and the “dignified” parts of the British constitution, with the other place highlighted as the efficient part, however unlikely that might sound today, and the monarchy being the dignified part. The point about the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain is that they are both dignified and efficient. To spare them from the exigencies of the Bill should be done on the grounds that membership of this House would allow them to maintain more easily the contacts that help them perform their duties.