§ Lord DenhamMy Lords, at a convenient moment after 3.30 this afternoon my noble friend Lord Belstead, with the leave of the House, will repeat a Statement to be made in another place on British Aerospace.
Again with the leave of the House, I should like to say a brief word about the timing of the two short debates this afternoon. It is normal to suggest a maximum length of time for speeches, and the principle which is adopted is that the mover should be entitled to approximately 15 minutes and the Minister should rise to reply no later than 20 minutes before the scheduled end of the debate. On that basis, I would suggest that subsequent speakers in the debate on the Motion of the noble Lord, Lord Ezra, should limit their speeches to a maximum of 11 minutes, whereas subsequent speakers in the debate on the Motion of the noble Lord. Lord Kennet, could speak for as long as 14 minutes. Perhaps I might add that if any noble Lord were to speak at even greater length he would do so at the expense of later speakers in that particular debate.