Clause 17 - Calculation of time periods
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill
6:30 pm
Christopher Chope (Christchurch, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. Perhaps I may reinforce it by reminding hon. Members that the Procedure Committee raised with the Minister the issue of why the Government were precluding the House authorities from deciding that a different Committee might deal with the procedural side of the orders, as opposed to the substance of the orders. Rather than leaving that open to the House authorities and Standing Orders to resolve, the Minister is taking powers in the Bill to require that there should only be one Committee deciding the procedure and the substance of the orders. I hope that he will take the opportunity of this wide-ranging clause stand part debate to expand on his thinking on that.