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<p>The Companion to the Standing Orders is the single authoritative statement of practice
and procedure of the House, issued with the authority of the Procedure Committee.</p><p><strong><br>Erskine
May is edited by the Clerk of the House of Commons. It contains some additional information
about the history and privileges of Parliament, including the House of Lords, and
Lords Clerks contribute to its production, but for the House of Lords the resulting
text does not have the authoritative status that it does in the House of Commons.
For this reason, and in order to keep the Companion a manageable length, I do not
propose to pursue amalgamation of the texts into a single volume.</strong></p>
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