§ (1) If a Bill is subject to a programme order which commits it to a Standing Committee, the order stands referred to the Committee and shall be considered by a sub-committee of the Committee.
§ (2) The sub-committee is to be called the Programming Sub-Committee.
§ (3) The Programming Sub-Committee shall consist of—
- (a) the Chairman or one of the Chairmen of the Committee (who is to be chairman of the sub-committee); and
- (b) seven members of the Committee, nominated by the Speaker.
§ (4) The quorum of the Programming Sub-Committee is four.
§ (5) The Programming Sub-Committee shall report to the committee any resolution which it makes about—
- (a) the number of sittings to be allotted to the consideration of the Bill in the Committee;
- (b) the allocation of the proceedings to each sitting;
- (c) the time at which any proceedings, if not previously concluded, are to be brought to a conclusion.
§ (6) On a motion being made in the Committee in the terms of a resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee, any question necessary to dispose of proceedings on the motion shall be put not later than half an hour after the commencement of those proceedings.
§ (7) If such a motion is agreed to, its provisions shall have effect as if they were included in the programme order for the Bill.
§ (8) Resolutions of the Programming Sub-Committee—
- (a) may be reported from time to time; and
- (b) subject to the powers of the chairman to select the amendments, new Clauses and new Schedules to be proposed, may include alterations in the order in which specified proceedings are to be taken.