Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 4:45 pm on 8 July 2013.
Andrew Tyrie
Chair, Treasury Sub-Committee, Chair, Treasury Committee, Chair, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee), Chair, Treasury Committee
4:45,
8 July 2013
I beg to move an Amendment,
“leave out ‘6.00 pm’ and insert ‘7.00 pm’.”
I am very grateful to you, Mr Speaker, as you have covered the whole of my speech in one sentence. I understand the proposal to replace 6 pm with 7 pm may receive widespread support.
Manuscript amendment agreed to.
Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to.
Ordered,
That the Order of
(1) Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted.
(2) Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall be taken in two days in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
(3) Proceedings on Consideration shall be taken on the days show in the first column of the following Table and in the order so shown.
(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at The Times specified in the second column of the Table.
| Table | |
| Proceedings | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| First day | |
| Amendments to clauses 1 to 8 other than amendments relating to competition | 7.00 pm |
| New Clauses relating to Bank of England Financial Policy Committee | 8.00 pm |
| Remaining New Clauses other than any standing in the name of a Minister of the Crown or relating to competition or to portability of bank accounts | 10.00 pm |
| Second day | |
| New Clauses relating to competition; New Clauses relating to portability of bank accounts; remaining proceedings on Consideration | Two hours after the commencement of proceedings on Consideration on the second day |
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on Consideration on the second day.
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