Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Phil Woolas (Minister of State (also in the Home Office), Home Office; Oldham East and Saddleworth, Labour)
I beg to move,
That—
(1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday 9 June) meet—
(a) at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 9 June;
(b) at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 11 June;
(c) at 10.30 am and 4.30 pm on Tuesday 16 June;
(d) at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 18 June;
(2) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 18 June.
Thank you, Sir Nicholas. May I say what a genuine pleasure it is to serve once again under your chairmanship? You are a strong but fair Chairman and I look forward to the Committee. We had a Programming Sub-Committee, in which the Opposition made clear their principled objection to programming. We have not put knives in the debate; we have an end time. The usual channels have a good agreement, so I will not delay the Committee any further.