HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 c997

Amendment made: No. 58, in page 13, line 12, leave out subsection (5) and insert—

'(5) If—

  1. (a) a panel cannot reach a unanimous decision on a question arising before it, and
  2. (b) a majority of the panel have the same opinion,
the question shall be decided according to that opinion.

(5A) If—

  1. (a) a panel cannot reach a unanimous decision on a question arising before it, and
  2. (b) a majority of the panel do not have the same opinion,
the chairman of the panel shall decide the question acting with the full powers of an umpire or, in Scotland, an oversman.'—[Mr. Wills.]

Further consideration adjourned.—[Mr. Pope.]

Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee, to be further considered tomorrow.