Clause 45
Charities Bill [Lords]
7:00 pm
Edward Miliband (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office; Doncaster North, Labour)
I beg to move,
That paragraph (3) of the Order of the Committee of 4th July 2006 be amended by the substitution for ‘4.00 p.m.’ of‘9.00 p.m.’.
Members will be delighted to hear that that will enable them to debate until 9 pm on Thursday evening to ensure that there is proper scrutiny of the Bill, which is important. Proceedings have speeded up somewhat, although I hope that that is not to the detriment of scrutiny. I think that all parties felt that there might not be enough time for proper scrutiny to take place if we only had a four-and-a-half-hour sitting on Thursday afternoon. We have extended the deadline till 9 pm so we can sit for longer and ensure that there is proper scrutiny.