Tory from London area fearing parliamentary scrutiny (6,7)
I believe the answer is:
second reading
'parliamentary scrutiny' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'tory from london area fearing' is the wordplay.
'tory from london area' becomes 'secon' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fearing' becomes 'dreading' ('dread' can be a synonym of 'fear').
'secon'+'dreading'='SECOND READING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for second reading that I've seen before include "discussion of a bill" , "that derives from the New Testament?" , "further presentation of bill" , "Parliamentary process" , "presentation in parliament" .)