HC Deb 15 November 2000 vol 356 cc946-7

  1. 1.—(1) Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Bill shall be completed at today's sitting.
  2. (2) If not previously concluded, the proceedings shall be brought to a conclusion at midnight.
  3. (3) The Lords Amendments shall be considered in the following order—
  4. (4) Each part of the proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in relation to that part of the proceedings in this Table.

TABLE
Proceedings Time for conclusion of proceedings
Lords Amendments Nos. 27 to 29. Three and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion in the name of Mr Stephen Timms relating to the Transport Bill [Ways and Means] (No. 3).
Lords Amendment No. 31. Four and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on that Motion.
Remaining Lords Amendments. Six and a quarter hours after the commencement of proceedings on that Motion.

2.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1.

(2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any question which has been proposed from the chair and not yet decided.

(3) If that question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment, the Speaker shall then put forthwith—

  1. (a) a single question on any further amendments of the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and
  2. (b) the question on any motion made by a Minister of the Crown that this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment or (as the case may be) in their Amendment as amended.

(4) The Speaker shall put forthwith—

  1. (a) a single question on any amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and
  2. (b) the question on any motion made by a Minister of the Crown that this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in the Amendment or (as the case may be) in their Amendment as amended.

(5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the question on any motion made by a Minister of the Crown that this House disagrees with the Lords in a Lords Amendment.

(6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the question that this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments.

(7) As soon as the House has—

  1. (a) agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their Amendments, or
  2. (b) disposed of an Amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to,
the Speaker shall put forthwith a single question on any amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown relevant to the Lords Amendment.