HL Deb 13 May 1987 vol 487 c634
Viscount Davidson

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I should like to say a word about the short debate standing in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman. It is customary in short debates that the mover is allowed approximately 15 minutes and that the Minister should rise to reply not less than 20 minutes before the scheduled end of the debate. This means that all other speeches should be limited to a maximum of seven minutes. If any noble Lord should speak at greater length that would be at the expense of subsequent speakers in the debate.