HL Deb 17 May 1999 vol 601 c11
Lord Carter

My Lords, it may be for the convenience of the House if I indicate to your Lordships that arrangements have been made for refreshments to be provided tonight. In the view of many of your Lordships and of myself, it should be possible to complete the list of amendments before the House within a reasonable time. In the unlikely event that the debate is prolonged, arrangements have been made for refreshment facilities to be made available until the rise of the House. I suggest that there will be no need to sit very late tonight. Starting half an hour later than today, the House rose just after midnight on Thursday, having dealt with one more group of amendments than are on the Marshalled List today.