Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill
10:30 am
Mr John Denham (Minister of State (Police, Courts and Drugs), Home Office; Southampton, Itchen, Labour)
I beg to move,
That, during proceedings on the Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill, the Committee do meet on Tuesdays at half-past Ten o'clock and at half-past Four o'clock and on Thursdays at five minutes to Ten o'clock and at half-past Two o'clock.
I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Butterfill. I am sure that you and Mr. Illsley—should he get the opportunity—will conduct our proceedings in a fair, courteous and expeditious manner. The Programming Sub-Committee declined to timetable the Bill, so that will give us plenty of time to consider it. Judging by the excellent debate on Second Reading, I am sure that the Bill will be scrutinised closely. Several questions were asked in that debate about our experience of the Football (Disorder) Act 2000. I said that I would share what information I could with the Committee about the impact of the measures on individuals as well as hooliganism under paragraphs 14B, 21A and 21B of schedule 1 of that Act. With your agreement, Mr. Butterfill, I hope to honour that commitment during our proceedings.
Question put and agreed to.