NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY BILL (Hansard, 16 April 1973)

§ The Chairman

It would be for the convenience of the Committee, I think, in these rather unusual proceedings if I were to make a short statement. As the Committee will know, it is not possible to give formal notice of amendments before a Bill has had its Second Reading. We therefore have to proceed upon the basis of manuscript amendments.

Following the usual practice, however, I think that most hon. Members who wish to move manuscript amendments have already given the Public Bill Office an advance sight of the text of the manuscript amendments which they would like to move. These have been typed in a marshalled form in the order in which they will be taken when the clauses are considered, and copies are available now in the Vote Office.

I have also made available a provisional selection list of those manuscript amendments of which notice has so far been given, and copies have been placed in the "No" Lobby. These exclude 133 three amendments in the name of the hon. and gallant Member for Down, South (Captain Orr) and two in the name of the hon. Member for Belfast, East (Mr. McMaster), which will be circulated as soon as they have been typed and on which I shall announce my selection in due course. I therefore call the first amendment, No. 3 on the circulated paper.