But peers agreed by a 21-vote majority to remove the relevant clause from the bill.

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And he warned that the relevant clause in the bill would enable a prime minister keen to get to the polls to "engineer" an early election.

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But peers agreed by a 21-vote majority to remove the relevant clause from the Crime and Courts Bill, during report stage of the legislation on 27 November 2012.

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It is extraordinary how many non-lawyers can name (and intelligently discuss) the relevant Commerce Clause precedents, such as Wickard, Raich, Lopez and Morrison.

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He is now calling for a "reasonableness" clause to be introduced to the act so that any request for information has to be reasonable and relevant to the workings of a council.

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