Pensions Bill
10:30 am
John Greenway (Ryedale, Conservative)
It is a rare pleasure to serve on a Public Bill Committee and I want to apologise to you in advance, as I will be absent on one or two occasions in the next five or six weeks because of my Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly responsibilities. However, I intend to play a full and thorough part in the Bill.
On a point of information, the programme motion clearly sets out when we will begin our sittings but can the Minister clarify where he expects the various sittings to end? I am not clear about what happens on Thursday if we start at 9.30 am. I am quite happy to sit in committee when question times take place on the floor of the House as I think this is more important. Other colleagues may have a different point of view. Some clarification on when we think we will end would help because, as my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) says, we do have a lot of work on this Bill and it will help us to programme how far we need to get if we know exactly how much time we have for deliberation. In the meantime, we look forward to serving under your excellent chairmanship.