Member

The noble Baroness did not emphasise that this Motion was tabled without the consent of usual channels. It is a slippery slope indeed if the Government of the day are to alter the sitting hours of the House at their own whim. I give notice that, where this is not agreed in the usual channels, we on this side will almost invariably resist it, with all the attendant pain and time that will be involved. However, I say with equal commitment that, wherever it is asked for with reasonable notice and just cause, we will always consider it constructively, just as we did in Committee on this Bill.