European Parliament (Representation) Bill
4:30 pm
Ms Yvette Cooper (Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department; Pontefract and Castleford, Labour)
I beg to move,
That—
(1) during proceedings on the European Parliament (Representation) Bill the Standing Committee shall, after its first sitting on Tuesday 7th January at 4.30 pm, sit on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9.25 am and 2.30 pm;
(2) the proceedings to be taken at the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;
(3) the proceedings which under paragraph 2 are to be taken at any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;
(4) paragraph 2 does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the table) at any earlier sitting than that provided for under paragraph 2 if previous proceedings have already been concluded.
Sitting Proceedings Time for Conclusion of Proceedings 7th January Clauses 1 to 6, the Schedule and Clause 7 --- 9th January Clauses 1 to 6, the Schedule and Clause 7 5.30 p.m. 14th January Clauses 8 to 25, new Clauses, new Schedules and remaining proceedings on the Bill --- 16th January Clauses 8 to 25, new Clauses, new Schedules and remaining proceedings on the Bill 5.30 p.m.
I welcome you to the Committee, Mr. Cook, and look forward to serving under your chairmanship.
The programme motion was agreed at the meeting of the Programming Sub-Committee on 16 December. We changed the proposals in response to concerns raised by Opposition parties and I hope that the motion satisfies those concerns.