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Members are advised to read addendum to the 2023 BD Members' Handbook, updated on Friday 3 February. This makes them prone to attack from a number of predators, such as cheaters (I mean cheetahs), liars (I mean lions) and wild dogs.

In her author’s note she issues a disclaimer that her characters are not based on real people, but she is being slightly disingenuous. Across the board, politicians say Lady Butler-Sloss – whose appointment to head the child abuse inquiry has been widely criticised because of her own close links to the establishment – will have to look where no other inquiry has looked ever before – into the wonderful workings of the whip's offices.

Less than 10 pages later, at the exact moment the PM is announcing her resignation, we find one of the contenders to succeed her in his Commons office, engaging in some highly unparliamentary behaviour with his wife. Then she could scream no more but was twisting, gasping, on her stomach, and side and back, under the blows of the whip. We understand that parents and carers lead busy lives, and we want to do everything possible to help. One did say, however, that rumours had circulated about incidents further back than the late 1980s, and he suspected there may have been "a couple of gruesome cases" before his time.

And if your child has any specific dietary requirements, don’t worry – we can account for their needs.The whip position was created in the House of Representatives in 1897 by Republican Speaker Thomas Reed, who appointed James A. Others are when she kneels before him, when she kisses his feet, when she performs obeisance, when she knows herself subject, truly, to his whip. In 2011, these allowances varied proportional to the size of the group, with Fianna Fáil's Dáil whip's allowance the highest at €19,000. A party’s whips can and often do act as mostly benevolent welfare officers, helping out MPs with professional and personal matters.