"My Lords, before we move on to the fourth day of Committee, I will make a statement about proceedings, as I did on the previous three sitting Fridays. I hope again that this will help planning and is in line with how business has proceeded previously.
"When the noble Baroness spoke, I remembered the Countess of Mar, who would regularly get up and correct noble Lords when they were getting things wrong. The noble Baroness is absolutely right. We should all follow the Companion. We are all responsible. We are a self-regulating House and we …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"I can confirm that I had never heard of the one and a half days figure until I saw the letter that arrived yesterday. We are a self-regulating House. There is no formal algorithm that we use for Committee days. I talk to the usual channels to try to get …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, we have completed four groups of amendments today, which in my opinion is still slow progress. It means that, in four days of Committee, we have completed only 10 groups of amendments. Before we return to Committee in the new year, I think that all noble Lords should …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, before we proceed, I will just say that we are getting to the point where we should begin to think about Front-Bench replies to this group of amendments so we can finish at around 3 pm. I do not want to break mid-group because that, of course, is …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"I am very happy to give thought to that. When I came to this Dispatch Box a couple of weeks ago and announced the extra days, I hoped that that would assist the House, but at this rate of progress I think we may still struggle. I am very happy …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, we have completed three groups of amendments, which is fewer than I had hoped for when I spoke in the House this morning. All noble Lords need to reflect on that before we resume consideration of the Bill next Friday...." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, as I have done on previous days, I will make a short statement about proceedings today before we start Committee. Everything I am about to say remains in line with how business usually would move forward, and how it has done so on the previous two days of …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech