APPENDIX
RESOLUTIONS, TEMPORARY STANDING ORDERS AND SESSIONAL
ORDERS
RESOLUTIONS
Matters sub judice
Resolution of 15th November 2001
Resolved, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair,
and to the right of the House to legislate on any matter or to
discuss any delegated legislation, the House in all its proceedings
(including proceedings of committees of the House) shall apply
the following rules on matters sub judice:
(1) Cases in which proceedings are active in United Kingdom
courts shall not be referred to in any motion, debate or question.
(a) (i) Criminal proceedings are active when a charge has been
made or a summons to appear has been issued, or, in Scotland,
a warrant to cite has been granted.
(ii) Criminal proceedings cease to be active when they are concluded
by verdict and sentence or discontinuance, or, in cases dealt
with by courts martial, after the conclusion of the mandatory
post-trial review.
(b) (i) Civil proceedings are active when arrangements for the
hearing, such as setting down a case for trial, have been made,
until the proceedings are ended by judgment or discontinuance.
(ii) Any application made in or for the purposes of any civil
proceedings shall be treated as a distinct proceeding.
(c) Appellate proceedings, whether criminal or civil, are active
from the time when they are commenced by application for leave
to appeal or by notice of appeal until ended by judgment or discontinuance.
But where a ministerial decision is in question, or in the opinion
of the Chair a case concerns issues of national importance such
as the economy, public order or the essential services, reference
to the issues or the case may be made in motions, debates or questions.
(2) Specific matters which the House has expressly referred
to any judicial body for decision and report shall not be referred
to in any motion, debate or question, from the time when the Resolution
of the House is passed until the report is laid before the House.
(3) For the purposes of this Resolution
(a) Matters before Coroners Courts or Fatal Accident Inquiries
shall be treated as matters within paragraph (1)(a);
(b) 'Motion' includes
a motion for leave to bring in a bill; and
(c) 'Question' includes a supplementary question.
Scrutiny of European Business
Resolution of 17th November 1998, as in effect following
the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam.
Resolved, That the Resolution of the House of 24th October
1990 relating to European Community Legislation be rescinded and
the following Resolution be made:
That,
(1) No Minister of the Crown should give agreement in the Council
or in the European Council to any proposal for European Community
legislation or for a common strategy, joint action or common position
under Title V or a common position, framework decision, decision
or convention under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union
(a) which is still subject to scrutiny (that is, on which
the European Scrutiny Committee has not completed its scrutiny)
or
(b) which is awaiting consideration by the House (that
is, which has been recommended by the European Scrutiny Committee
for consideration pursuant to Standing Order No. 119 (European
Standing Committees) but in respect of which the House has not
come to a Resolution).
(2) In this Resolution, any reference to agreement to a proposal
includes
(a) agreement to a programme, plan or recommendation
for European Community legislation;
(b) political agreement;
(c) in the case of a proposal on which the Council acts
in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of
the Treaty of Rome (co-decision), agreement to a common position,
to an act in the form of a common position incorporating amendments
proposed by the European Parliament, and to a joint text; and
(d) in the case of a proposal on which the Council acts
in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 252 of
the Treaty of Rome (co-operation), agreement to a common position.
(3) The Minister concerned may, however, give agreement
(a) to a proposal which is still subject to scrutiny
if he considers that it is confidential, routine or trivial or
is substantially the same as a proposal on which scrutiny has
been completed;
(b) to a proposal which is awaiting consideration by
the House if the European Scrutiny Committee has indicated that
agreement need not be withheld pending consideration.
(4) The Minister concerned may also give agreement to a proposal
which is still subject to scrutiny or awaiting consideration by
the House if he decides that for special reasons agreement should
be given; but he should explain his reasons
(a) in every such case, to the European Scrutiny Committee
at the first opportunity after reaching his decision; and
(b) in the case of a proposal awaiting consideration
by the House, to the House at the first opportunity after giving
agreement.
(5) In relation to any proposal which requires adoption by unanimity,
abstention shall, for the purposes of paragraph (4), be treated
as giving agreement.
Questions to Ministers
Resolution of 25th October 1999
Resolved, That, subject always to the discretion of the
Chair, and in addition to the established rules of order on the
form and content of questions, questions may not be tabled on
matters for which responsibility has been devolved by legislation
to the Scottish Parliament or the National Assembly for Wales
unless the question:
(a) seeks information which the United Kingdom Government
is empowered to require of the devolved executive, or
(b) relates to matters which:
(i) are included in legislative proposals introduced or to be
introduced in the United Kingdom Parliament,
(ii) are concerned with the operation of a concordat or other
instrument of liaison between the United Kingdom Government and
the devolved executive, or
(iii) United Kingdom Government ministers have taken an official
interest in, or
(c) presses for action by United Kingdom ministers in
areas in which they retain administrative powers.
TEMPORARY STANDING ORDERS AND SESSIONAL ORDERS
New
provision for earlier sittings on Tuesdays[*]
and Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays, 29th October 2002
Ordered, That, with effect
from 1st January 2003 until the end of the Parliament, the Standing
Orders and practice of the House shall have effect subject to
the following modifications:
(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this order and to
paragraph (14)(a) of Standing Order No. 1B (Election of
Speaker by secret ballot), the House shall meet on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays at halfpast eleven o'clock and
(a) the moment of interruption shall be at
seven o'clock;
(b) in their application to such sittings,
reference to a specified time in the Standing Orders shall be
interpreted as reference to a time three hours earlier, except
that reference to twelve o'clock in Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment
on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration)
shall be read as reference to halfpast ten o'clock, and
that references to one o'clock, a quarter past one o'clock and
halfpast three o'clock in Standing Order No. 88 (Meetings
of standing committees) shall be read as references to twentyfive
minutes past eleven o'clock, twenty minutes to twelve o'clock
and two o'clock respectively; and
(c) divisions deferred under the provisions
of the Order (Deferred Divisions) shall be held at halfpast
Twelve o'clock.
(2) On Tuesdays and Wednesdays the sitting in Westminster
Hall shall begin at halfpast nine o'clock, shall be suspended
from halfpast eleven o'clock until two o'clock and may then
continue for up to a further two and a half hours (and in calculating
that period no account shall be taken of any period during which
the sitting may be suspended owing to a division being called
in the House or a Committee of the whole House).
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Order shall not
apply to a Tuesday or Wednesday sitting which immediately follows
a periodic adjournment of more than two days or is the first day
of a Session, and in the former case the sitting in Westminster
Hall shall begin at halfpast nine o'clock and conclude at
two o'clock.
(4) On Thursdays the provisions of paragraph (1)
of this Order shall apply (and the provisions of paragraphs (2)
and (3) shall not apply), except that the moment of interruption
shall be at six o'clock and
(a) opposed private business under Standing
Order No. 20 (Time for taking private business), urgent debates
set down for the same day by direction of the Speaker under Standing
Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that
should have urgent consideration), opposition halfday debates
under paragraph (2)(c)(ii) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement
of public business) and halfday Estimates debates under
paragraph (3)(b) of Standing Order No. 54 (Consideration
of estimates) shall begin at three o'clock;
(b) opposition halfday debates under
paragraph (2)(c)(i) of Standing Order No. 14 and halfday
Estimates debates under paragraph (3)(a) of Standing Order
No. 54 shall lapse, or be interrupted, as the case may be, at
four o'clock; and
(c) references to eleven o'clock and halfpast
eleven o'clock in Standing Orders No. 15 (Exempted business) and
No. 17 (Delegated Legislation (negative procedure)) shall be read
as references to seven o'clock and halfpast seven o'clock
respectively.
(5) Unless the House otherwise orders, the House
shall not sit on any Friday other than those on which private
Members' bills have precedence and
(a) when the House is not sitting on a Friday
it shall, at its rising on the previous Thursday, stand adjourned
till the following Monday without any question being put, unless
it shall have resolved otherwise; and
(b) paragraph (4) of Standing Order No. 12
(House not to sit on certain Fridays) shall apply to any Friday
on which the House does not sit by virtue of this order, with
the addition of notices of motions relating to proceedings on
bills committed to a standing committee to the notices which may
be received by the Public Bill Office under sub-paragraph (b)
of that paragraph.
* For the effect of this Order, see the Table on page
xvi. The House made a separate Order for Tuesdays in the same
terms as for Wednesdays in paragraphs (1) to (3) of this Order
(except paragraph (1)(c)): the two Orders have been combined
for ease of reference. Back
Carry-over of Bills, 29th October 2002
That in the current Parliament the following order shall have effect:
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this order, a Minister of the Crown may give notice of a motion (a 'carry-over motion') that proceedings on a public bill not completed before the end of the Session shall be resumed in the next Session of Parliament; and the Speaker shall put any question necessary to dispose of proceedings on such a motion
(a) forthwith if the motion is made on the day the bill is read a second time; or
(b) not more than one and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion if the motion is made at any other time.
(2) A carry-over motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, after the moment of interruption.
(3) A carry-over motion shall not be made in respect of more than one bill.
(4) A carry-over motion shall not be made in respect of a bill carried over from a previous Session of Parliament.
(5) Paragraphs (6) to (9) of this order shall apply to any bill ordered to be carried over to the next Session of Parliament in pursuance of a carry-over motion.
(6) If proceedings in Committee on the bill are begun but not completed before the end of the first Session, the Chairman shall report the bill to the House as so far amended and the bill shall be ordered to lie upon the Table.
(7) In any other case, proceedings on the bill shall be suspended at the conclusion of the Session in which the bill was first introduced.
(8) If a bill is presented in the next Session in the same terms as the bill reported to the House under paragraph (6) or as it stood when proceedings were suspended under paragraph (7), the bill shall be read the first and second time without question put, shall be ordered to be printed, and
(a) in the case of a bill reported from a standing committee under paragraph (6), shall stand committed in respect of those clauses and schedules not ordered to stand part of the bill in the first Session, to a standing committee of the same Members as the members of the standing committee on the bill in the first Session;
(b) in the case of a bill reported from a Committee of the whole House under paragraph (6), shall stand committed to a Committee of the whole House in respect of those clauses and schedules not ordered to stand part of the bill in the first Session;
(c) in the case of a bill committed to a standing committee but on which proceedings on the bill were not begun, shall again stand committed to a standing committee;
(d) otherwise shall be set down as an order of the day for (as the case may be) committee, consideration, further consideration or third reading.
(9) Notices of amendments, new clauses and new schedules given in respect of parts of a bill not disposed of in the first Session shall be reprinted as notices in respect of the bill as presented and proceeded with under paragraph (8).
(10) Proceedings on a bill ordered to be carried over to the next Session of Parliament shall lapse on the expiry of the period of twelve months from the date of its first reading in this House and the bill shall be laid aside unless the House shall order, in pursuance of a motion under paragraph (11), that proceedings on the bill be extended for a specified period.
(11) A motion may be made by a Minister of the Crown to extend for a specified period proceedings on a bill which would otherwise lapse under paragraph (10), and any such motion
(a) may contain provisions amending or supplementing a programme order in respect of the bill;
(b) may be proceeded with, though opposed, after the moment of interruption;
and the Speaker shall put any question necessary to dispose of proceedings on any such motion not later than one and a half hours after the commencement of those proceedings.
Programming of Bills, 28th June 2001 Renewed for Session 2002-03, 29th October 2002
Ordered, That in the current Session of Parliament Orders
A to I below shall have effect:
A. Programme Motions
(1) If, before second reading of a bill, notice of a motion
providing
(a) for committal of the bill, and
(b) for any proceedings on the bill to be programmed,
is given by a Minister of the Crown, the motion may be made
immediately after second reading, and Standing Order No. 63 (Committal
of bills) shall not apply to the bill.
(2) Such a motion is to be called a programme motion.
(3) An order made by the House as a result of a programme motion
is to be called a programme order.
(4) A motion to vary or supplement a programme order is also
to be called a programme motion.
(5) A programme motion may provide for the allocation of time
for any proceedings on a bill.
(6) Except in the following three cases, or where paragraph
(8) of Sessional Order B (Programming Committees) applies, the
question on a programme motion is to be put forthwith.
(7) The first exception is where
(a) a Standing Committee has reported a resolution under
paragraph (11) of Sessional Order C (Programming Sub-Committees)
proposing an alteration of the date by which the bill is to be
reported to the House, and
(b) the motion made under paragraph (12) of Sessional
Order C (Programming Sub-Committees) does not give effect to the
Standing Committee's proposal.
(8) The second exception is where the motion makes further provision
for proceedings on consideration and third reading of the bill
otherwise than in accordance with a resolution of a Programming
Committee under paragraph (5) of Sessional Order B (Programming
Committees) or a resolution of a Standing Committee under paragraph
(13) of Sessional Order C (Programming Sub-Committees).
(9) The third exception is where the motion reduces the amount
of time allocated under a programme order for any proceedings
on the bill (whether or not it also increases the amount of time
allocated for other proceedings on the bill).
(10) In an excepted case, any question necessary to dispose
of proceedings on a programme motion is to be put not later than
three-quarters of an hour after the commencement of proceedings
on the motion.
(11) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) applies to
proceedings on a programme motion.
(12) Standing Order No. 83 (Allocation of time to bills) does
not apply to a programme motion.
(13) If a programme order applies to a bill, neither Standing
Order No. 82 (Business Committee) nor Standing Order No. 120 (Business
sub-committees) applies to the bill.
B. Programming Committees
(1) This order applies if proceedings in committee of the whole
House or on consideration and third reading are subject to a programme
order.
(2) There is to be a committee for the bill consisting of
(a) the Chairman of Ways and Means (who is to be chairman
of the committee); and
(b) not more than eight other Members, nominated by the
Speaker.
(3) The committee is to be called the Programming Committee.
(4) The quorum of the Programming Committee is four.
(5) The Programming Committee shall consider the allocation
of time to proceedings in committee of the whole House or on consideration
and third reading and report any resolution which it makes to
the House.
(6) Proceedings in the Programming Committee shall be brought
to a conclusion not later than two hours after their commencement.
(7) For the purposes of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion
in accordance with paragraph (6), the chairman shall
(a) first put forthwith any question which has been proposed
from the chair and not yet decided; and
(b) then put successively questions on any motions made
by a Minister of the Crown.
(8) On a motion being made in the House relating to a resolution
of the Programming Committee, any question necessary to dispose
of proceedings on the motion shall be put not later than three-quarters
of an hour after the commencement of those proceedings.
(9) If such a motion is agreed to, its provisions shall have
effect as if they were included in the programme order for the
bill.
(10) Proceedings on a motion made under paragraph (8) may be
entered upon and decided, though opposed, at any hour.
(11) Resolutions of the Programming Committee
(a) may be reported from time to time; and
(b) subject to the powers of the Speaker or Chairman
to select the amendments, new clauses and new schedules to be
proposed, may include alterations in the order in which specified
proceedings on the bill are to be taken.
C. Programming Sub-Committees
(1) If a bill is subject to a programme order which commits
it to a standing committee, the order stands referred to the committee
and shall be considered by a sub-committee of the committee.
(2) The sub-committee is to be called the Programming Sub-Committee.
(3) The Programming Sub-Committee shall consist of
(a) the chairman or one of the chairmen of the committee
(who is to be chairman of the sub-committee); and
(b) seven members of the committee, nominated by the
Speaker.
(4) The quorum of the Programming Sub-Committee is four.
(5) The Programming Sub-Committee shall report to the committee
any resolution which it makes about
(a) the number of sittings to be allotted to the consideration
of the bill in the committee;
(b) the allocation of the proceedings to each sitting;
(c) the time at which any proceedings, if not previously
concluded, are to be brought to a conclusion;
(d) the date by which the bill is to be reported to the
House;
(e) the programming of consideration and third reading.
(6) Proceedings in the Programming Sub-Committee shall be brought
to a conclusion not later than two hours after their commencement.
(7) For the purposes of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion
in accordance with paragraph (6), the chairman shall
(a) first put forthwith any question which has been proposed
from the chair and not yet been decided; and
(b) then put forthwith successively questions on any
motions made by a Minister of the Crown.
(8) Resolutions of the Programming Sub-Committee
(a) may be reported from time to time; and
(b) subject to the powers of the chairman to select the
amendments, new clauses and new schedules to be proposed, may
include alterations in the order in which specified proceedings
are to be taken.
(9) On a motion in the terms of a resolution of the Programming
Sub-Committee being made in the committee, any question necessary
to dispose of proceedings on the motion is to be put not later
than half an hour after the commencement of those proceedings.
(10) If the provisions of a resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee
under sub-paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph
(5) are agreed to (with or without modification) by the committee,
the provisions (or the provisions as modified) are to have effect
as if they were included in the programme order for the bill.
(11) Any resolution of the committee
(a) proposing an alteration to the date by which the
bill is to be reported to the House; or
(b) making a recommendation about the programming of
the bill on consideration and third reading;
shall be reported to the House.
(12) If a resolution is reported proposing an alteration to
the date by which the bill is to be reported to the House, a supplemental
programme motion shall be set down for a day not later than the
fifth sitting day after the day when the report was made which
may
(a) give effect to the Committee's proposal;
(b) otherwise alter or supplement the provisions of the
original programme of the bill; or
(c) confirm the date set in the original programme order
for the bill.
(13) If a resolution is reported making a recommendation about
the programming of the bill on consideration and third reading,
a supplemental programme motion shall be set down before the consideration
of the bill on report which may
(a) give effect to the Committee's recommendations;
(b) otherwise alter or supplement the provisions of the
original programme of the bill; or
(c) confirm the original programme order for the bill.
D. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings
in Standing Committee or in Committee of the whole House
(1) This order applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings
in standing committee or in committee of the whole House to a
conclusion in accordance with a programme order.
(2) The chairman shall put forthwith the following questions
(but no others)
(a) any question already proposed from the chair;
(b) any question necessary to bring to a decision a question
so proposed;
(c) the question on any amendment, new clause or new
schedule selected by the chairman for separate division;
(d) the question on any amendment moved or motion made
by a Minister of the Crown;
(e) any other question necessary for the disposal of
the business to be concluded.
(3) On a motion made for a new clause or a new schedule, the
chairman shall put only the question that the clause or schedule
be added to the bill.
(4) If two or more questions would fall to be put under paragraph
(2)(d) on successive amendments moved or motions made by
a Minister of the Crown, the chairman shall instead put a single
question in relation to those amendments or motions.
(5) If two or more questions would fall to be put under paragraph
(2)(e) in relation to successive provisions of the bill,
the chairman shall instead put a single question in relation to
those provisions.
(6) On conclusion of the proceedings in a committee, the chairman
shall report the bill (or such of the bill's provisions as were
committed to it) to the House without putting any question.
E. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings
on consideration or third reading
(1) This order applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings
on consideration and third reading to a conclusion in accordance
with a programme order.
(2) The Speaker shall put forthwith the following questions
(but no others)
(a) any question already proposed from the chair;
(b) any question necessary to bring to a decision a question
so proposed;
(c) the question on any amendment, new clause or new
schedule selected by the Speaker for separate division;
(d) the question on any amendment moved or motion made
by a Minister of the Crown;
(e) any other question necessary for the disposal of
the business to be concluded.
(3) On a motion made for a new clause or a new schedule, the
Speaker shall put only the question that the clause or schedule
be added to the bill.
(4) If two or more questions would fall to be put under paragraph
(2)(d) on successive amendments moved or motions made by
a Minister of the Crown, the Speaker shall instead put a single
question in relation to those amendments or motions.
F. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings
on consideration of Lords Amendments
(1) This order applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings
on consideration of Lords Amendments to a conclusion in accordance
with a programme order.
(2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any question which
has been proposed from the chair and not yet decided.
(3) If that question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment,
the Speaker shall then put forthwith
(a) a single question on any further amendments of the
Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown; and
(b) the question on any motion made by a Minister of
the Crown that this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in
their Amendment or (as the case may be) in their Amendment as
amended.
(4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith
(a) a single question on any amendments moved by a Minister
of the Crown to a Lords Amendment; and
(b) the question on any motion made by a Minister of
the Crown that this House agrees or disagrees with the Lords in
their Amendment or (as the case may be) in their Amendment as
amended.
(5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the question on any
motion made by a Minister of the Crown that this House disagrees
with the Lords in a Lords Amendment.
(6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the question that this
House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments.
(7) As soon as the House has
(a) agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their
Amendments; or
(b) disposed of an amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment
which has been disagreed to,
the Speaker shall put forthwith a single question on any amendments
moved by a Minister of the Crown relevant to the Lords Amendment.
G. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings
on further messages from the Lords
(1) This order applies for the purpose of bringing proceedings
on any further message from the Lords to a conclusion in accordance
with a programme order.
(2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any question which
has been proposed from the chair and not yet decided.
(3) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the question on any
motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the
question already proposed from the chair.
(4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the question on any
motion made by a Minister on or relevant to any of the remaining
items in the Lords message.
(5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the question that this
House agrees with the Lords in all of the remaining Lords proposals.
H. Programme orders: Reasons Committee
(1) This order applies in relation to any Committee to be appointed
to draw up Reasons after proceedings have been brought to a conclusion
in accordance with a programme order.
(2) The Speaker shall put forthwith the question on any motion
made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination
and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the appointment
of its chairman.
(3) The Committee shall report before the conclusion of the
sitting at which it is appointed.
(4) Proceedings in the Committee shall be brought to a conclusion
not later than half an hour after their commencement.
(5) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion
in accordance with paragraph (4), the chairman shall
(a) first put forthwith any question which has been proposed
from the chair and not yet decided; and
(b) then put forthwith successively questions on motions
which may be made by a Minister of the Crown for assigning a Reason
for disagreeing with the Lords in any of their Amendments.
(6) The proceedings of the Committee shall be reported without
any further question being put.
I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions
(1) The provisions of this order apply to proceedings in the
House or in Committee of the whole House on a bill which is subject
to a programme order.
(2) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) applies to
the proceedings for any period after ten o'clock (or on Thursday,
seven o'clock) allocated to them in accordance with the programme
order.
(3) The proceedings may not be interrupted under any Standing
Order relating to the sittings of the House.
(4) If, on a day on which the bill has been set down to be taken
as an order of the day, a motion for the adjournment of the House
under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important
matter that should have urgent consideration) would, apart from
this order, stand over to seven o'clock
(a) that motion stands over until the conclusion of any
proceedings on the bill which, in accordance with the programme
order, are to be brought to conclusion at or before that time;
and
(b) the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on
the bill which, in accordance with the programme order, are to
be brought to a conclusion after that time is postponed for a
period of time equal to the duration of the proceedings on that
motion.
(5) If a day on which the bill has been set down to be taken
as an order of the day is one to which a motion for the adjournment
of the House under Standing Order No. 24 stands over from an earlier
day, the bringing to a conclusion of any proceedings on the bill
which, in accordance with the programme order, are to be brought
to a conclusion on that day is postponed for a period equal to
the duration of the proceedings on that motion.
(6) No dilatory motion may be made in relation to the proceedings
except by a Minister of the Crown; and the question on any such
motion is to be put forthwith.
(7) If at any sitting the House is adjourned, or the sitting
is suspended, before the expiry of the period at the end of which
proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion under a programme
order, no notice is required of a motion made at the next sitting
by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions
of the programme order.
Deferred divisions, 28th June 2001 Renewed for Session 2002-03, 29th October 2002
Ordered, That in the current Session of Parliament the
following Order shall have effect:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), Standing Order No.
38 (Procedure on divisions) shall not apply if, after the time
for the interruption of business, the opinion of the Speaker as
to the decision on a question is challenged in respect of any
question.
(2) Standing Order No. 38 (Procedure on divisions) shall apply
(and this order shall not apply) to questions
(a) on motions or amendments in the course of proceedings
on bills or allocating time to or programming such proceedings;
(b) on motions which may be made without notice;
(c) on motions to be disposed of immediately following
the disposal of amendments proposed thereto, and on such amendments;
(d) on motions made under
(i) paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business);
(ii) paragraph (3) of Standing Order No. 51 (Ways and means
motions);
(iii) sub-paragraph (1)(a) of Standing Order No. 52 (Money
resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with
bills);
(iv) paragraph (5) of Standing Order No. 54 (Consideration of
estimates); and
(v) paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 55 (Questions on voting
of estimates, &c.); and
(e) on motions made under paragraph (3) below or to which
an order made under that paragraph applies.
(3) After the moment of interruption and the conclusion of proceedings
under any other Standing Order which fall to be taken immediately
after it, a Minister of the Crown may make a motion to the effect
that this order shall not apply to questions on any specified
motions; such motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, and
the question thereon shall be put forthwith.
(4) If the opinion of the Speaker is challenged under paragraph
(1) of this order, he shall defer the division until half-past
Three o'clock on the next Wednesday on which the House shall sit.
(5) On any Wednesday to which a division has been deferred under
paragraph (4) above
(a) Members may record their votes on the question under
arrangements made by the Speaker;
(b) votes may be recorded for one and a half hours after
half-past Three o'clock, no account being taken of any period
during which the House or committee proceeds to a division; and
(c) the Speaker, or the Chairman, shall announce the
result of the deferred division as soon as may be after the expiry
of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above.
Modernisation of the House of Commons, 16th July
2001
Ordered, That a Select Committee of fifteen Members be
appointed to consider how the practices and procedures of the
House should be modernised, and to make recommendations thereon;
That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and
records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House;
to adjourn from place to place; to report from time to time and
to appoint specialist advisers;
[The next paragraph contains the names of the Members]
That this Order be a Standing Order of the House until the end
of the present Parliament.
Liaison Committee (Membership) 5th November 2001
(as in force following re-naming of the Deregulation and Regulatory Reform Committee as the Regulatory Reform Committee on 14th May 2002 and amendment of 22nd July 2002)
Ordered, That
(1) With effect for the current Parliament, notwithstanding
Standing Order No. 121 (Nomination of select committees), the
Chairman for the time being of each of the Select Committees listed
in paragraph (2) below shall be a member of the Liaison Committee;
(2) The Committees to which paragraph (1) above applies are:
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Accommodation and Works
Administration
Broadcasting
Catering
Culture, Media and Sport
Defence
Education and Skills
Environmental Audit
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
European Scrutiny
Finance and Services
Foreign Affairs
Health
Home Affairs
Joint Committee on Human Rights (the Chairman being a Member
of this House)Information International Development
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Northern Ireland Affairs
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Procedure
Public Accounts
Public Administration
Regulatory Reform
Science and Technology
Scottish Affairs
Selection
Standards and Privileges
Statutory Instruments
Trade and Industry
Transport
Treasury
Welsh Affairs
Work and Pensions;
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and
(3) Mr Alan Williams and Mr Richard Allan shall also be Members
of the Liaison Committee.
Standing Committee on the Convention 12th June 2002 Renewed for Session 2002-03, 4th December
2002
(1) There shall be a standing committee, called the
Standing Committee on the Convention, for the consideration of
reports from the United Kingdom Parliamentary Representatives
to the Convention on the future of Europe.
(2) At any sitting of the standing committee, the
chairman may permit the Parliamentary Representatives to make
statements on the discharge of their responsibilities, and questions
may then be put thereon by Members:
Provided that no proceedings under this paragraph
may continue after the expiry of a period of one and a half hours
from their commencement, except with the leave of the chairman.
(3)(a) At the conclusion of proceedings under
the preceding paragraph, the committee shall consider only a motion
proposed from the chair 'That the committee has considered the
report of [date] from the United Kingdom Representatives to the
Convention on the future of Europe'; and the chairman shall put
any questions necessary to dispose of the proceedings on such
a motion, if not previously concluded, when the committee shall
have sat for two and a half hours;
(b) The chairman shall thereupon report that
the committee has considered the report of [date] from the United
Kingdom Representatives to the Convention on the future of Europe,
without putting any further question.
(4)(a) Notwithstanding Standing Order No.
86, the standing committee shall consist of those Members of the
House nominated for the time being to the European Scrutiny Committee
(appointed under Standing Order No. 143) and to the Foreign Affairs
Committee (appointed under Standing Order No. 152), together with
the Parliamentary Representatives to the Convention; and
(b) any Member of the House, not being a member
of the committee, may participate in the proceedings of the committee,
but shall not vote or make any motion or be counted in the quorum.
(5)(a) Alternate Representatives to the Convention
on the future of Europe who are members of the House of Lords
may, if that House thinks fit, make such statements as are mentioned
in paragraph (2) of this order, answer questions thereon, and
participate in debate on the motion made under paragraph (3);
and
(b) other members of the House of Lords may
participate in the committee's proceedings, but no member of that
House may vote or make any motion or be counted in the quorum.
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