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Time For Committee

Volume 170: debated on Monday 2 April 1990

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1.(1) The Proceedings in Committee of the whole House on the matters in respect of which the Bill is committed there shall be completed in two allotted days and shall be brought to a conclusion at Eleven o'clock on the second of those days.

(2) The Business Committee shall report to the House its Resolutions as to those proceedings not later than 19th April.

(3) When the Order of the Day is read for the House to resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill, Mr. Speaker shall leave the Chair without putting any question whether or not notice of an instruction has been given.

(4) The Standing Committee to which the Bill is allocated shall report the Bill to the House, except the matters in respect of which the Bill is committed to a Committee of the whole House, on or before 22nd May.

(5) Proceedings on the Bill at a sitting of the Standing Committee on 22nd May may continue until Eleven o'clock, whether or not the House is adjourned before that time, and if the House is adjourned before proceedings have been brought to a conclusion the Standing Committee shall report the Bill to the House on 23rd May.