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The fourth element is the crucial question of the conventions in this House and those between this House and the other place. These were considered by the noble Lord, Lord Cunningham of Felling, in a brilliant report in 2006, but experience of the last Parliament suggests that these need to be polished up. The fundamental principle of our constitution is that the King’s Government must be carried on. Of course, this House should observe the Salisbury convention, though most Governments are wise enough not to die for every last dot and comma of a manifesto.