§ Lord GrocottMy Lords, with the leave of the House, the business today will include a Statement to be repeated by my noble friend the Leader of the House on the Asian earthquake. With the agreement of the usual channels, it will be taken after the three opening speeches on the Mental Capacity Bill; that is, after the speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Barker.
As the House will know, the Second Reading is to be followed by an Unstarred Question. We should meet our target rising time of 10 o'clock quite comfortably if Back-Bench contributions to the Second Reading, which stand at 24 speakers, are limited to eight minutes per speech.