HC Deb 17 July 1989 vol 157 c85

2.—(1) The proceedings on consideration and Third Reading of the Bill shall be completed in one allotted day, and on that day—

  1. (a) the proceedings on consideration shall be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock; and
  2. (b) the proceedings on Third Reading shall be brought to a conclusion at midnight.

(2) The Business Committee shall report to the House its Resolutions as to the proceedings on consideration of the Bill not later than the third day on which the House sits after the day on which the Chairman of the Standing Committee reports the Bill to the House.

(3) The Resolutions in any Report made under Standing Order No. 80 (Business Committee) may be varied by a further Report so made whether or not within the time specified in sub-paragraph (2) above, and whether or not the Resolutions have been agreed to by the House.

(4) The Resolutions of the Business Committee may include alterations in the order in which proceedings on consideration of the Bill are taken.