A subgroup U of a finite solvable group G is system permutable in G if there is a Hall system ∑ of G such that US ≤ G for all S ∈∑. We introduce and investigate three properties, each apparently weaker than system permutability.We show that all three properties are equivalent to system permutability in a group of p-length at most 1 for each prime p, and they determine the same subgroup closed class as system permutability. We give an example to show that two of these properties are weaker than system permutability. For the third property,this is unresolved.