Mike O'Brien (Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health; North Warwickshire, Labour)

I beg to move,

That—

(1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday 16 June) meet—

(a) at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 16 June;

(b) at 9.30 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 18 June;

(c) at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 23 June;

(d) at 9.30 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 25 June;

(2) the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 13, Schedule 1, Clauses 14 to 16, Schedule 2, Clauses 17 to 19, Schedule 3, Clauses 20 to 24, Schedule 4, Clauses 25 to 33, Schedule 5, Clauses 34 to 37, Schedule 6, Clauses 38 to 40, new Clauses, new Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill;

(3) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 25 June.

I begin by welcoming you to the Chair of the Committee, Mr. O’Hara. I hope that under the expert tutelage of yourself and Mr. Bercow we can make good progress in handling this important Bill for the national health service. I hope that this resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee is passed by the Committee, so that we can meet and discuss in an orderly way the various clauses and schedules of the Bill.

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