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House of Commons
Thursday 7 April 2005
The House met at half-past Eleven o'clock
PRAYERS
[Mr. Speaker in the Chair]
PRIVATE BUSINESS
Standing Orders
Ordered,
That the Amendments to Standing Orders set out in the Schedule be made at the beginning of the new session of Parliament:—
Schedule
'the term "unitary district" means a non-metropolitan district which is not included in the area of a county council;'.
1A.—(1) Any reference in a provision of these orders to a document, or to a copy or copies of a document, being deposited in accordance with this order is a reference to the document, or to a copy or copies of the document, being deposited—
(a) at the offices of such government departments and public bodies as may be specified in the list, and
'document' includes any bill, plan, section, book of reference, ordnance map, environmental or other statement or estimate;
'the list' means the list which, for the purposes of this order, is compiled and maintained by the Private Bill Office under the direction of the Chairman of Ways and Means.
(3) The provisions of these orders which contain such references as are mentioned in paragraph (1) above are—
Standing Order 2A, line 5, after 'November', insert '(or if that day is a Saturday or a Sunday, the first Monday following that day)'.
(f) where it is proposed by the bill to confer powers authorising any alteration or disturbance of the surface of any street or road in connection with the construction of a tramway, tram road, trolley vehicle system or an underground railway, a general description of the roads or streets which may be affected by the exercise of the power and of the circumstances in which, and the extent to which, it is envisaged that the power may be exercised.'.
Standing Order 10, line 40, after 'county', insert ', metropolitan district, unitary district or London borough'.
(a) authorises the construction of works to which Standing Order 27 (Deposit of plan, book of reference, and section, etc.) applies, or the compulsory acquisition of lands or of rights to use lands, or
(b) extends the time limited by a former Act for any of those purposes, the notice shall be displayed for two consecutive weeks ending not later than 11 December at a place of public resort in each of the counties, metropolitan districts, unitary authorities, or London boroughs or (in Wales) the counties or county boroughs or (in Scotland) the local government areas in which the works are to be, or the lands are, situated.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), 'place of public resort' includes a public library and a local government office.'.
Standing Order 12, line 4, leave out 'confer powers authorising any alteration or disturbance of' and insert 'alter or disturb'.
Standing Order 12, line 8, leave out 'such street or road' and insert 'street or road the surface of which it is proposed to alter or disturb'.
Standing Order 12, line 21, leave out 'the said powers are proposed to be conferred' and insert 'it is proposed to alter or disturb the surface of any street or road'.
Standing Order 16, line 24, leave out 'county councils, metropolitan districts or London boroughs, as the case may be' and insert 'councils of counties, metropolitan districts, unitary districts or London boroughs or (in Wales) counties or county boroughs'.
Standing Order 27, line 69, leave out from 'and' to end of line 73 and insert 'copies of the same shall be deposited in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
Standing Order 29, line 7, leave out from 'deposited' to end of line 9 and insert 'in the Private Bill Office and in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
Standing Order 30, line 5, leave out from 'deposited' to end and insert 'in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
Standing Order 30A, line 4, leave out from 'deposit' to 'and' in line 5, and insert 'in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
Standing Order 31, line 6, leave out from 'deposited' to 'marked' in line 8, and insert 'in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
Standing Order 32, line 8, leave out from 'deposited' to end of line 9, and insert 'in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
Standing Order 34, line 9, leave out from 'deposited' to end and insert 'in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
copies of so much of the deposited plan, section (if any) and book of references as relates to the land shall, on or before 20th November, be deposited in accordance with Standing Order IA.'.
Standing Order 38, line 3, after 'November', insert '(or when 27th November is a Saturday or a Sunday, on the first Monday following that day)'.
39. On or before 4th December, printed copies of every bill shall be deposited in accordance with Standing Order 1A.'.
Standing Order 45, line 19, leave out from 'deposited' to end and insert accordance with Standing Order IA.'.
Standing Order 47, line 9, leave out from 'and' to 'on' in line 11 and insert 'in accordance with Standing Order IA.'.
Standing Order 61, line 33, after 'county' insert ', metropolitan district, unitary district or London borough'.
Standing Order 62, line 15, after 'county' insert ', metropolitan district, unitary district or London borough'.
Standing Order 65, line 28, after 'county,' insert 'metropolitan district, unitary district or London borough'.
Standing Order 131A, line 3, leave out from 'be' to end of line 4 and insert 'reproduced at the expense of the parties and the cost of reproduction shall be divided among the several parties in such proportions as may be specified by the Private Bill Office.'.
145A. The minutes of the evidence taken before a committee on a private bill shall be laid on the Table of the House and ordered to be published.'.
Standing Order 147, line 7, leave out 'for Transport' and insert 'responsible for the time being for transport matters'.
Standing Order 147, line 11, leave out 'for Transport' and insert 'responsible for the time being for transport matters'.
Standing Order 154, line 12, leave out 'for Transport' and insert 'responsible for the time being for transport matters'.
Standing Order 154, line 27, leave out 'for Transport' and insert 'responsible for the time being for transport matters'.
Standing Order 174, line 3, leave out '2.45 p.m.' and insert 'a quarter of an hour after the House sits'.
Standing Order 174, line 28, leave out 'for 7 p.m.' and insert 'at a time three hours before the moment of interruption'.
Standing Order 174, line 39, leave out '7 p.m.' and insert 'a time three hours before the moment of interruption'.
(a) this House resolves that the promoters of a bill originating in this House should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next session of Parliament, and any conditions attached to the leave have been met; and
(b) the House of Lords concur with the resolution, or have previously passed a resolution to the like effect as the resolution of this House.
(2) The bill shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office on the fifth sitting day in the next session together with a declaration, signed by the agent, stating that the bill is the same in every respect as the bill at the last stage of the proceedings on it in this House in the current session.
(a) this House resolves that the promoters of a bill originating in the House of Lords should have leave to suspend any further proceedings on the bill in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next session of Parliament, and any conditions attached to the leave have been met; and
(b) the House of Lords subsequently pass a resolution to the like effect as the resolution of this House.
(4) If the bill is brought from the House of Lords in the next session, the agent for the bill shall deposit in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments a declaration, signed by the agent, stating that the bill is the same in every respect as the bill which was brought from the House of Commons in the current session.
(6) The bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it has passed in the current session, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages, and no new fees shall be charged to those stages.
(7) These Standing Orders shall apply to the bill in the next session only in regard to any stage through which the bill has not passed in the current session.
(a) any such petition which has been presented (if not withdrawn) shall stand referred to any committee on the bill in the next session;
(b) any minutes of evidence taken before a committee on the bill in the current session shall stand referred to any committee on the bill in the next session;
(c) no petitioners shall be heard before any committee on the bill in the next session unless their petition has been presented within the time stipulated for the deposit of petitions in the current session or deposited pursuant to Standing Order 126(b);
(d) Standing Order 127 shall have effect as if the words 'under Standing Order 126 (Reference to committee of petitions against bill)' were omitted.
(9) In this order 'the current session' means the session in which the resolution of this House is passed and 'the next session' shall be construed accordingly."
(i) originated in this House in an earlier session of this Parliament or in the last Parliament; and
should, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders or practice of this House, have leave to proceed with the bill in the current session; and
(b) the House of Lords concur with the resolution, or have previously passed a resolution to the like effect as the resolution of this House.
(2) The petition for the bill shall be deemed to have been deposited and all Standing Orders applicable to it shall be deemed to have been complied with.
(3) The bill shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office not later than the fifth day on which the House sits after the passing of the resolution, and a declaration, signed by the agent, shall be annexed to the bill stating that it is the same in every respect as the bill at the last stage of the proceedings on it in this House in the last session or the last Parliament or, as the case may be, the bill passed by this House.
(i) originated in the House of Lords in an earlier session of this Parliament or in the last Parliament; and
should, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders or practice of this House, have leave to proceed with the bill in the current session; and
(b) the House of Lords subsequently pass a resolution to the like effect as the resolution of this House.
(5) If the bill is brought from the House of Lords in the current session, the agent for the bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office a declaration, signed by the agent, stating that the bill is the same in every respect as the bill which was brought from the Commons in the last session or the last Parliament.
(7) The bill shall be deemed to have passed through every stage through which it has passed in the last session or last Parliament, and shall be recorded in the Journal of the House as having passed those stages, and no new fees shall be charged to those stages.
(a) any such petition which has been presented (if not withdrawn) shall stand referred to any committee on the bill in the current session;
(b) any minutes of evidence taken before a committee on the bill in the last session or last Parliament shall stand referred to any committee on the bill in the current session;
(c) no petitioners shall be heard before any committee on the bill in the current session unless their petition has been presented within the time stipulated for the deposit of petitions in the last session or last Parliament or deposited pursuant to Standing Order 126(b);
(d) Standing Order 127 shall have effect as if the words "under Standing Order 126 (Reference to committee of petitions against bill)" were omitted.
(9) In this Order "current session" means the session of Parliament in which the resolution of this House is passed and "this Parliament" means the Parliament in which the resolution of this House is passed; "the last Parliament" and "the last session" shall be construed accordingly.'.".
Standing Order 204A, line 4, leave out '7 p.m.' and insert 'a time three hours before the moment of interruption'.
Standing Order 208A, line 4, leave out '7 p.m.' and insert 'a time three hours before the moment of interruption'.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
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