Making laws
pairing
An informal agreement between two members on opposite sides that one will abstain when the other cannot be present, so the absence changes no outcome.
In full
A live pair is announced on the floor: a member present withholds their vote because an absent colleague would have voted the other way. It is a courtesy with no force, and it does not appear in the official tally, but it is recorded so the record shows the absent member's position. Pairs are far rarer than they once were.
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