Business Statement

on behalf of the Leader of the House: Next week, the annual review debate will begin. The debate is the committee stage of the Appropriation (2019/20 Confirmation and Validation) Bill and is 10 hours long. It will be conducted under the revised procedures for committee stage, with Ministers responding to questions from members. On Tuesday, the House will consider a motion to approve orders made under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 and a motion to continue the Act until the end of the year. Wednesday will be a members’ day. A debate on the report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Budget Policy Statement 2021 will replace the general debate. The second reading of the Fair Trading Amendment Bill will also be considered next week.

Thank you to the acting Leader of the House for that. Can I ask him whether or not the Government has given any thought to allowing members’ notice of motion No. 1 to be debated during the members’ day next week, thus not eating into Government time, just members’ time?

on behalf of the Leader of the House: On behalf of the Leader of the House, as the acting Acting Leader of the House, no, we haven’t given consideration to that matter.