It is proposed to order Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. No. 1 is the Nurses Bill and the Minister for Health is anxious that the Second Stage debate on this Bill, which we have had with us for some months, should at least be launched before the recess. It is proposed that there should be one speech from each side of the House and then the Second Stage debate would be adjourned until September or October. Also it is proposed to take No. 2, the Combat Poverty Agency Bill on Report, on which there are Ministerial amendments, some of them meeting amendments brought forward on Committee Stage.
In the course of the last few months or so, a number of undertakings were given by the Deputy Leader of the House and myself in regard to the discussion of matters before the recess. These included the report of the Joint Committee on Marriage Breakdown, the Housing (Homeless Persons) Bill and the question of a fuller debate on developments in the European Communities. There is some difficulty with all three of these on hand, but it was indicated to me by Senators who had expressed an interest that No. 5, developments in the European Communities, should be left until the autumn. I think we should discuss the other two matters today. I put them down in the order in which they have been for some time but I have no strong views about the order in which Nos. 3 and 4 should be debated, and if the House wishes to debate them in the reverse order I have no objection.
