Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:30 am ar 27 Tachwedd 2001.
Jacqui Smith
Minister of State, Department of Health, Minister of State (Department of Health)
10:30,
27 Tachwedd 2001
I beg to move,
That—
(1) during proceedings on the Adoption and Children Bill the Special Standing Committee do meet on Tuesdays at half-past Ten o'clock and at half-past Four o'clock and on Thursdays at half-past Nine o'clock and half-past Two o'clock;
(2) 20 sittings in all shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;
(3) the proceedings to be taken on the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;
(4) the proceedings which under paragraph (3) are to be taken on any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;
(5) paragraph (3) does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the Table) at any earlier sitting that that provided for under paragraph (3) if previous proceedings have already been concluded.
TABLE Sitting TD><TD width=">Proceedings Time for conclusion of proceedings 27th November Clause 1, Clauses 17 to 40 and Clauses 50 and 51 — 27th November Clause 1, Clauses 17 to 40 and Clauses 50 and 51 — 29th November Clauses 1, Clauses 17 to 40 and Clauses 50 and 51 11.25 a.m. 29th November Clauses 41 to 49 and Clause 52 5 p.m. 4th December Clauses 94 to 99, Clauses 104 and 105 — 4th December Clauses 94 to 99, Clauses 104 and 105 7 p.m. 6th December Clauses 63 to 73 11.25 a.m. 6th December Clauses 80 to 87, Clause 120 and Clause 123 — 11th December Clauses 80 to 87, Clause 120 and Clause 123 1 p.m. 11th December Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122 — 13th December Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122 — 13th December Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122 — 18th December Clauses 2 to 16, Clauses 115 to 119 and Clause 122 1 p.m. 18th December Clauses 53 to 62, Clause 74, Schedule 1, Clauses 75 and 76, Schedule 2, Clauses 77 to 79 — 10th January Clauses 53 to 62, Clause 74, Schedule 1, Clauses 75 and 76, Schedule 2, Clauses 77 to 79 — 10th January Clauses 53 to 62, Clause 74, Schedule 1, Clauses 75 and 76, Schedule 2, Clauses 77 to 79 5 p.m. 15th January Clauses 88 to 93 and Clauses 113 and 114 1 p.m. 15th January Clauses 106 to 112, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 2 — 17th January Clauses 106 to 112, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 211.2 5 a.m. 17th January Clauses 100 to 103, Clause 121, Clause 124, Schedules 3 to 5, Clauses 125 to 132, Schedule 6, Clauses 133 to 135, remaining New Clauses and New Schedules 5 p.m.
I welcome you to the Chair, Mrs. Roe. Other members of the Committee are back from last week's deliberations and evidence gathering. You visited us briefly then, but I fear that you will have to spend rather longer with us in forthcoming weeks than perhaps you would have wished. However, I am sure that all Committee members are determined to make our time productive, interesting and informative.
We had useful evidence-gathering sittings last week, which will inform our discussions as we go through the Bill in more detail. Given that we also had discussions in the Programming Sub-Committee, I hope that Members will be satisfied if I move the motion briefly, so that we can get on to the substantive business that I know they are raring to get on with.
