INTRODUCTIONS
11. Given the prospect of new creations of peers,
the Committee has considered the days appropriate to Introductions.
We recommend replacing the current Companion guidance "introductions
should be confined to Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays" (paragraph
1.13) with "introductions normally take place on Mondays,
Tuesdays and Thursdays". The case for avoiding, though not
excluding, Wednesdays, is that an Introduction would take more
time out of a day which has been shortened by the decision to
sit at 3pm. There is no reason not to permit Thursdays, now that
the House sits in the morning. An Introduction on a Wednesday
would be exceptional.
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