21.   Van Miert said the SP had forbidden its members to take any money from arms manufacturers or anybody linked to them.

22.   Rules of the House categorically forbid members from expressing themselves by reading from notes, by applauding, or by shouting.

23.   The constitution currently forbids members of parliament from aligning their salaries with those of civil servants.

24.   The four of them created three clans, and drew up family laws which forbade members marrying within the same clan.