§ Lord DenhamMy Lords, we have now spent 26 minutes on Question Time. The House is urgently awaiting the Statement that my noble friend the Leader of the House is about to make. The business announcement must come first.
It may be for the convenience of the House to know that the Committee stage of the Planning and Compensation Bill will be adjourned at 7 p.m. for about one hour, and that during the adjournment a Prayer to annul the Social Security Income Support (General and Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1990 will be taken.