Orders of the Day — Civil Procedure Bill [Lords] [Money]

– in the House of Commons at 7:28 pm on 30 January 1997.

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Queen's recommendation having been signified

Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 50A(1)(a),That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Civil Procedure Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

  1. (a) any administrative expenses incurred by the Lord Chancellor in consequence of the Act, and
  2. (b) any sums required by the Lord Chancellor for reimbursing expenses of members of the Civil Justice Council or the Civil Procedure Rule Committee.—[Mr. Streeter.]

Question agreed to.

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