Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill
10:30 am
Mike O'Brien (Solicitor General, Law Officers' Department; North Warwickshire, Labour)
I beg to move,
That—
(1) during proceedings on the Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 12th December) meet—
(a) at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 12th December;
(b) at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 14th December;
(2) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 14th December.
I am sure that we will enjoy a useful and interesting debate under your able chairmanship, Mr. Bercow, and I look forward to it.
The Bill is short and contains a small number of clauses, so it should not detain us unduly long. Some Committees go on for months, but I suspect that we will be able to deal with the Bill in about three or four sittings. For that reason, we propose to meet again this afternoon and on Thursday at the times set out in the resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee.