I beg to move,

That the following provisions shall apply to the Prevention of Terrorism Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Order of 23rd February 2005—

1. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Order shall be omitted.

2. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House and any proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion six hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order or at 10.00 p.m., whichever is the later.

3. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after the commencement of those proceedings.

In programming today's business, the Government are, of course, very conscious of the speed with which we are having to consider this legislation, but we have tried, as far as possible, to ensure the maximum time available to the House to consider its provisions. Clearly, we are in this position today because of the House of Lords judgment that was made on 16 December. That judgment set out the reasons why it was considered that the existing part 4 powers were not compatible with the European convention on human rights. Therefore, it is necessary for us to have a new legislative framework in place by 13 March.