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<p>The uniform for Table Clerks is not a matter covered by the Standing Orders agreed
by the House, or the Companion to the Standing Orders, which the Procedure and Privileges
Committee oversees on behalf of the House.</p><p>Having reviewed Procedure and Privileges
Committee papers dating back to the 1970s, there is no record of decisions about uniform
for Table Clerks being taken by that Committee.</p><p>The Clerk of the Parliaments,
as the statutory employer, is responsible for these decisions, though the Clerk of
the Parliaments is of course aware that these matters are of wider concern to members
of the House and has emphasised this in recent discussions we have had on this matter.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is of course open to conversation with any member about
any of his responsibilities.</p>
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