Despite support from MPs, and the British embassy in Moscow, officials demanded extra payments and paperwork.
The government responded by whipping MPs through the Commons to defeat the measure, promising to legislate later.
Douglas Carswell told MPs that talk of withdrawal was now a "mainstream" rather than a "maverick" view.
Ms Greening said the move, which will be popular with Tory MPs, reflected India's economic progress and status.
Plenty there for MPs - and hacks - to think about as we disappear for the parliamentary recess.
"I watch the programmes that you'd expect somebody of my background to, " he told MPs.
Ministers also plan to abolish the dual mandate that allows AMs to sit as MPs.
Mr Byrne told MPs that a "Plan B" for economic growth was now required.
MPs would then either have to vote on another candidate or request an election.
He told MPs that the "precincts of Parliament are not a haven from the law".
MPs went on to approve the funding settlement for local councils by 79 votes.
The bill's third reading was backed by 366 MPs, giving it a majority of 205.
MPs and peers will decide how such schemes are to work, Sir George added.
This royal charter will only be changed with a two thirds majority of MPs and peers.
Even some of the MPs closest to him had no idea it was going to happen.
Mr Goldsmith said MPs would "easily vote down" any new proposals if they were not acceptable.
In 1983, when Mr Chope entered Parliament, there were 81 MPs holding office, including 13 whips.
Mulcahy and Salvador owned MPS Ltd. in equal shares, but Pauritsch was not an owner.
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His resignation could harm Ms Gillard's slender majority, which relies on votes from independent MPs.
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"By contrast this government in all our information has been extraordinarily transparent, " he told MPs.
MPs in several EU countries, including the Irish Republic, are considering following the American example.
Foreign lorry drivers had "long enjoyed an advantage over our own haulage industry", he told MPs.
He rejected accusations of complacency from some MPs, saying the government had tightened up competition laws.
But changes introduced in 2010, following the expenses scandal, stopped the practice for all new MPs.
PML-N officials said he was holding talks with some independent MPs to work out cabinet positions.
The "Marriage for All" bill was backed by President Francois Hollande's Socialists and other left-wing MPs.
Some MPs have suggested that the House should elect future speakers by secret ballot.
If MPs wanted to remove that power, they would have to change the law.
Stephen Byers denies he had misled MPs over the departure of his press chief Martin Sixsmith.
MPs agreed that the provisions should remain part of the bill without a vote.
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