Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (Programme) (No. 2)

House of Commons, 19 April 2006.

David Hanson (Labour, Delyn)

I beg to move,

That the Order of 13th March 2006 (Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows:

1. Paragraphs 3 to 5 of the Order shall be omitted.

2. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in two days.

3. Those proceedings shall be taken on each of those days as shown in the first column of the Table and in the order so shown.

4. Each part of those proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in relation to it in the second column of the Table.

First Day

Proceedings | Time for conclusion of proceedings

Clauses 1 to 7, new Clauses relating to Part 1 of the Bill, new Schedules relating to Part 1 of the Bill, Clauses 10 to 12, new Clauses relating to Part 3 of the Bill, new Schedules relating to Part 3 of the Bill. | The moment of interruption on the first day.

Second Day

Proceedings | Time for conclusion of proceedings

Clause 19, Schedule 2, Clauses 20 to 22, new Clauses relating to Part 5 of the Bill, new Schedules relating to Part 5 of the Bill, other new Clauses, other new Schedules. | The moment of interruption on the second day.

5. In paragraph 7 of the Order, for "Thursday 27th April" there shall be substituted "Tuesday 2nd May".

The programme motion has been agreed through the usual channels and there will be ample opportunity for consideration of the matters before us. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House will be completed in two days—today and tomorrow—and proceedings in Standing Committee have been extended to Tuesday 2 May.

David Lidington (Conservative, Aylesbury)

I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation. The Opposition are content with what the Government propose.

Question put and agreed to.