I'm creating minutes - I have a table of one row, two cells, containing
apologies and members present. The cells are the same size.

Under this I have another table, one row, two cells. The left cell is about
90% of the page width, with the minutes, and the right cell contains initials
so people can pick out anything that relates to them.

Once I've entered the bulk of the text, a "page break" appears between the
two tables, so that the second table starts on page two. The show/hide button
doesn't show a page or section break there, and selecting the second table
doesn't give the "move" icon at the top right.

The whole document is usually about three pages long. Sometimes this problem
goes away - but I don't know what cures it. Any suggestions? Or is there a
better way to get this layout?

TIA