Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill
Public Bill Committees, 17 June 2009, 9:30 am
David Wilshire (Spelthorne, Conservative)
Before we start discussing of the Bill, may I make a few comments? First, as Mr. Donohoe was anxious to know, of course everybody may take their jackets off if they feel the need to do so. Secondly, will those with a mobile phone either turn it off or put it on silent?
If anybody is tempted to try to table amendments at this stage, I must make it clear that I do not like late amendments, so I am unlikely to consider them. I remind you that there are money and ways and means resolutions on the table. Finally, having consulted with the interested parties on the Bill, I think that one way of dealing with it expeditiously would be to discuss the substance of the clauses when debating amendments to them. That way, I will not have to call stand part debates, unless anybody objects. I see no objections.