Considered in Committee [TWELFTH DAY—Progress, 22nd March.]

[Sir DENNIS HERBERT in the Chair.]

I think the Committee may be looking for some indication as to how far we are likely to get to-day. Consideration of the Amendments on the Paper leads me to express the hope that to-night we may be able to complete Parts V and VI, and, if I were something of an optimist, I might further hope that we might get the first few Clauses of Part VII. There is a large number of Amendments to Parts V and VI, but for the most part they are on minor issues, and many of them are purely drafting or consequential. I do not think, therefore, that they will take very long, and we ought to make considerable progress. The Committee will remember that it is desired to make as much progress as possible day by day in this part of the Bill, in order to give more time for the new Clauses and Schedules.