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Score one for parliamentary democracy and common sense (even if it might have required an outburst of near-fisticuffs in the Commons).

The government has backed down on its threat to use its majority to seize control of the Commons agenda by stripping the opposition — and its own backbenchers — of virtually any power to influence the progress of House proceedings.

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According to Liberal House Leader Dominic LeBlanc, the instantly controversial motion No. 6 has been pulled from the Order Paper — permanently, effective immediately.

He announced the decision Thursday to scrap the proposal, which was put forward earlier this week, at the start of what was expected to be a particularly raucous instalment of question period.

“We have listened to the comments made by all of our colleagues and I would like to inform the House that a short while ago, we withdrew Motion No. 6 from the Order Paper,” he told the House.