Member

The additional oath that I suggest a Member should take would remind them of the fundamental duty that he or she has to this House. It has another advantage. There are Members of this House, as there were Members in the House of Commons, who are even more sensitive than I to the views of their Front-Bench colleagues. Should such Members come under unwelcome pressure—as a former Whip and Member of Parliament for 40 years, I know that happens frequently—the oath that I propose would enable Members to respond to such unwelcome pressure by asserting the primacy of the oath that they have taken. I therefore suggest that Amendment 44A has merit.