Commons Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Jim Knight (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
I beg to move,
That—
(1)during proceedings on the Commons Bill [Lords] the Standing Committeeshall (in addition to its first meeting on Tuesday 25th April at 10.30a.m.) meeton—
(a) Tuesday25th April at 4.00p.m.;
(b) Thursday27th April at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00p.m.;
(2) theproceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) bebrought to a conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 27thApril.
It is a greatpleasure to serve for the first time under your chairmanship, MissBegg. It is perhaps a sad reality of devolution that no ScottishMembers of Parliament are members of the Committee, so it is a joy thattwo Scottish MPs will be in the Chair using their wisdom to look afterus. We are all looking forward to that and to our forthcomingproceedings in which the various stars of the debate on Second Readingwill be brought together. The programme motion is straightforward inrespect of the timing of the four sittings of theCommittee.