“If people don't wish to drink on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, they don't have to. But why should we stop others if they wish to.” McAnulty gained the support of Labour caucus on Tuesday morning to enter the bill into the members’ bill ballots. Such members’ bills enter a ballot, or a lottery, with other bills waiting to be drawn from Parliament's “biscuit tin” and be introduced into the House. But the Labour MP hoped to make use of a new rule in Parliament, yet to be used, that allowed a members bill to skip the ballot and be introduced to the House if it gains the support of 61 MPs across the whole Parliament, excluding Cabinet ministers.