Racial and Religious Hatred Bill
10:30 am
Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South, Labour)
I have some preliminary announcements to make before we proceed to the substance of the Bill. I remind hon. Members that adequate notice should be given of amendments; I am sure that they will co-operate in that. As a general rule, my co-Chairman and I do not intend to call starred amendments, and we would be grateful not to be put in the position of having to take that decision.
I also ask hon. Members to ensure that mobile phones and pagers are either turned off or in silent mode during Committee sittings.