The Conservatives will use an obscure parliamentary procedure in a last-ditch bid to block 24-hour drinking laws. Culture spokesman Theresa May is lodging a motion for a procedure known as "praying against a statutory instrument". This would force another Commons vote on the Licensing Act in the next few weeks. The Tories are also planning to use the Lords in an attempt to stop the new laws being introduced. The Sunday Times 09/10/05 page 2

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