HC Deb 19 March 1997 vol 292 cc887-8

Ordered,

That the following provisions shall have effect—

(1) At the sittings this day and tomorrow the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until any messages from the Lords have been received.

(2) At this day's sitting, in respect of the motion relating to ministerial accountability the Speaker shall forthwith put the questions on the motion and on any amendment which may have been selected and moved; and the questions may be decided, though opposed, after Ten o'clock.

(3) At this day's sitting—

(a) the Speaker shall, at Ten o'clock, put the question on any motion in the name of a Minister of the Crown relating to estimates, and

(b) any Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill ordered to be brought in and read the first time shall be proceeded with as if its Second Reading stood as an Order of the Day, and Standing Order No. 54 (Consolidated Fund Bills) shall apply.

(4) At the sitting tomorrow, in respect of any motion in the name of a Minister of the Crown which relates to tax simplification or a report from a Select Committee, the Speaker shall forthwith put the questions on the motion and on any amendment which may have been selected and moved.

(5) If any Lords Amendment to the Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill is received at the sitting this day or tomorrow—

(a) it shall be considered forthwith,

(b) the Speaker shall forthwith put the question on any motion which may then be made relating to it, and

(c) the question may be decided, though opposed, after Ten o'clock.

(6) Notwithstanding Standing Orders Nos. 11 and 11A (Fridays) and the Order of 30th October 1996, the House shall sit on Friday 21st March, at Eleven o'clock.—[Mr. Peter Ainsworth.]