§ As amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
§ 3.30 p.m.
§ Mr. SpeakerHon. Members will have noticed that today's Amendment Paper is in two parts. Part 1 contains notices given up to last Tuesday night. Part 2 contains notices given since then, together with lists of Amendments withdrawn and of names added to Amendments since Tuesday.
I have already mentioned to the House the difficulties posed to the printer by the size of the Amendment Paper. I have accordingly authorised this special arrangement for today's sitting. The Amendment Papers for Wednesday's and Thursday's consideration of the Bill will be published in the usual form.
§ Mr. R. C. Mitchell (Southampton, Itchen)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. For the convenience of the House, when calling the Amendments will you adopt the policy of stating on which page of the Amendment Paper each Amendment appears? I have spent hours trying to find my way through these Amendment Papers. If you would follow my suggestion it would be a great help to hon. Members.
§ Mr. SpeakerThe suggestion is that when an Amendment is moved and other Amendments are being discussed with it the right hon. or hon. Member moving the Amendment should indicate on which page of the Amendment Paper the other Amendments are. That will be all right, so long as the Chair does not have to do it.
,The Minister for Local Government and Development (Mr. Graham Page)Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. That would be an impossible task. If I had been warned by the hon. Member before, I might have succeeded in marking up my Amendment Paper accordingly. If I am to follow the hon. Member's suggestion it will keep the House a very long time, especially with Opposition Amendments.
§ Mr. SpeakerPerhaps we can come to it later.