Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

I seek clarification on the proposed Order of Business. The Leader of the House proposed that Second Stage of the Bill will conclude not later than 6 p.m. and that Committee and Remaining Stages will conclude not later than 6.45 p.m. Will she agree that it might be a better idea if we were to roll one Stage of the Bill into the next? I propose we do not have a guillotine on the debate and that at the conclusion of Second Stage we would go straight into Committee Stage because that Stage could be more productive for all Members given that we are a committee sitting here in plenary session. There is no limit as to the amount of time we will require to deal with this Bill in this House. I put forward that suggestion because the other House got into difficulty this morning because of the strict guillotine and time limit set for the debate. I do not anticipate that problem arising here because of the tradition of this House——