Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]

Miss Melanie Johnson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; Welwyn Hatfield, Labour)

I beg to move,

That 1. during proceedings on the Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords], the Standing Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.05 am on Tuesday 29th June 2004) meet at 2.30 pm on Tuesday 29th June 2004 and at 9.05 am and 2.30 pm on Thursday 1st July 2004;

2. the proceedings shall be taken in the following order:

Clause 1

Schedule 1

Clauses 5 and 6

Clause 8

Schedule 2

Clauses 9 to 11

Schedules 3 and 4

Clauses 12 and 13

Clauses 2 to 4

Clause 7

New Clauses

New Schedules

Any remaining proceedings on the Bill;

3. the proceedings on the Bill (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 1st July 2004.

It will be a pleasure to welcome you to the Chair, Mrs. Adams, but first I propose that the Committee accepts the programme motion. The hon. Member for Westbury (Dr. Murrison) asked me in the Programming Sub-Committee about the time taken in the Lords. The Lords debated the Bill for just under nine and a half hours, and spent just under four and a half hours discussing it in Grand Committee. By comparison, we propose ample time to discuss the Bill, and do not want to insert any knives into the timetable. The Programming Sub-Committee accepted the motion unanimously.

Question put and agreed to.

Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North, Labour)

I remind the Committee that copies of the money resolution to the Bill are available in the Room. I also remind hon. Members that they should, as a general rule, give adequate notice of amendments. My co-Chairman and I do not intend to call starred amendments, including any starred amendments that may be reached during the afternoon sittings.Clause 1 Health Protection Agency