Today, Mr. Ma's speeches draw large crowds at the company's annual gathering for customers and media (celebrity speakers have included Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant).

WSJ: Weekend Confidential: Jack Ma of Alibaba

Labour MP Chris Bryant spoke against the bill, saying there were "better ways" to improve transparency in public spending.

BBC: Ten minute rule motion - Statements of Taxation Bill

Smith said that he is confident Bryant will sign the bill, which passed the state House by a 92-26 vote.

CNN: Mississippi governor reviews 'Anti-Bloomberg' bill

But Labour's Chris Bryant described Ms Dorries' bill as "the daftest piece of legislation" he had seen, saying there was no evidence teaching abstinence would lead to fewer pregnancies or STDs.

BBC: Nadine Dorries: Schools should teach sexual abstinence

The Public Bill Committee will convene under the chairmanship of the Conservative Gary Streeter, and includes some of the prominent combatants from last Tuesday's second reading debate, David Burrows the Conservative backbencher who organised the vote against on the Tory benches, and former minister turned awkward squaddie Tim Loughton will be ranged against prominent supporters of the bill, like Labour's Chris Bryant.

BBC: Week ahead in committees

But fellow Labour MP Chris Bryant spoke against Mr Mann's bill, claiming that, if approved, it would merely join the "backlog" of 109 other private members' bills currently awaiting debate in the Commons.

BBC: Ten Minute Rule Bill - Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill

On Tuesday, one day after the bill passed the Senate, the office of Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said the proposal is under review.

CNN: Mississippi governor reviews 'Anti-Bloomberg' bill

Introducing a bill under the ten minute rule on 8 September 2010, Chris Bryant said the UK had a "terrible" problem with teenage pregnancy compared with other European countries.

BBC: Bryant calls for mandatory sex and relationship lessons