§ 3.6 p.m.
§ Lord DenhamMy Lords, at a convenient moment after 3.30 this afternoon, my noble friend Lord Caithness will, with the leave of the House, repeat in the form of a Statement an answer to a Private Notice Question in another place on the recent events in Lithuania.
With the leave of the House, I should like to say a word about the length of speeches in today's debate standing in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ezra, to which your Lordships have agreed to apply a five-hour time limit. On the principle that the mover is allowed 20 minutes and that the Minister should rise to reply not less than 25 minutes before the scheduled end of the debate, all other speeches should not exceed eight minutes.