HC Deb 11 November 1999 vol 337 cc704-5W
Mr. Austin

To ask the President of the Council (1) if she will make a statement on her plans for extending to public bills the procedure whereby private or hybrid bills may be carried over to the next session of Parliament; [98434]

(2) if she will make a statement on the constitutional implications of carrying over public bills from one session of Parliament to another; [98435]

(3) what assessment she has made of the advantages and disadvantages of carrying over public bills from one session of Parliament to another; and if she will make a statement. [98436]

Mrs. Beckett

I shall write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.