Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Public Bill Committees, 25 April 2006, 10:30 am
David Hanson (Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office; Delyn, Labour)
I beg to move,
That the order in which proceedings in Standing Committee on the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill are to be taken shall be Clauses 8 and 9, new Clauses relating to Part 2, new Schedules relating to Part 2, Clauses 13 to 17, Schedule 1, Clause 18, new Clauses relating to Part 4, new Schedules relating to Part 4, Clauses 23 to 27, Schedule 3, Clauses 28 to 31, Schedules 4 and 5, Clauses 32 to 34, remaining proceedings on the Bill.
I welcome you, Mr. Taylor, and your co-Chairman, Mr. Atkinson, to the Committee. I have served under you on several occasions and I know that you will discharge your duty fairly and efficiently.
The debate in the Programming Sub-Committee took less than 30 seconds, so I assume that there is no opposition from the Official Opposition or others to the programme motion and I hope that the Committee will support it. It gives us scope for two days of consideration, although I hope that we can finish earlier.