I beg to move, That(1) Standing Orders" Nos. 1, 6, 7, 8 and 14 shall have effect as if, for any reference to a time mentioned in the first column of the following Table there were substituted a reference to the time respectively mentioned in the second column of that Table:

(2) The following Order shall be substituted for Standing Order No. 2– 2. The House shall meet on Fridays at 11 a.m. for private business, petitions, orders of the day and notices of Motion. Standing Order No. 1 (as amended by this or any other Order) shall apply to the sittings on Fridays with the omission of paragraph (i) thereof and with the substitution of references to 4 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. for references to 10 p.m. and 10.30 p.m.(3) Standing Order No. 25 shall apply—

1. (a) to sittings on days other than Fridays, with the substitution of references to half-past seven and half-past eight for the references to a quarter-past eight and a quarter-past nine; and
2. (b) to sittings on Fridays with the substitution of references to a quarter-past one and a quarter-past two for the references to a quarter-past eight and a quarter-past nine."

The effect of the Motion is that the hours of sitting for this Session will be the same as they were for the Session that expired yesterday.

Question put, and agreed to.