Accommodation and Works Committee, 142
Act of Parliament, proceedings under, length of debate, 16
Adjournment

amendments tabled during, 64
debates

half-hour, 9(7)
Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 116(5)
scope of

references to legislation, 30
urgent debate, 24(6)
Scottish Grand Committee, 99, 100(6)
urgent specific and important matter, 24
Welsh Grand Committee, 108(5)
dilatory motion, 34, 35, 83I(6)

standing committees, 89(3)(c)
disorder, by Speaker because of, 46
earlier meeting during, 13
Friday to Monday, 11(6)
motion lapses at moment of interruption, 9(3)
papers presented during, 158, 159
periodic, 25
questions, effect on notice period, 22(7)-(8)
select committees

reports &c. during, 137
sittings during, 123
Thursday to Monday, 12(2)
when movable, 9(2)
without question put, 9(7)
Administration Committee, 142
Affirmation, 5, 6

select committee witnesses, 132
Aids and supplies, Bills of, not to be brought from Lords, 80
Allocation of time orders, 83

Business Committee, 82
business sub-committees, 120
programming of bills, 83A-I
Allotted days

bills, 82, 120
estimates, 54(1)
opposition business, 14(2)
Amendments

bills, to

powers of committees to consider, 65
receipt of during adjournment, 64
report stage, when authorisation required, 75
third reading, must be merely verbal, 77
early day motions, to, receipt of, 22(2)
Lords, 78

pecuniary penalties, and, 79
non-sitting Fridays, tabled on, 12(3)
Queen's Speech debate, at end of, 33
question to be proposed on, 31
selection of, 32

in standing committees, 89(3)(a)
Speaker's election, not allowed, 1B(14)
standing committees, referred to, 89(3)(a)
Anticipation rule, 28
Appropriation Bills, proceedings on, 56

committal procedure does not apply, 63(1)


Ballots

election of Speaker, 1B
private Members' bills, 14(6)
Bills, hybrid, 61
Bills, private

committees, service of suspended Member on, 45(2)
pecuniary penalties, &c., imposed by Lords, 79
public money standing orders, and, 53
when taken, 9(1), 11(1), 20
Bills, provisional order

committal procedure does not apply, 63(1)
hybridity rules do not apply, 61
public money standing orders, and, 53
Bills, public. See also Committee of the whole House

allocation of time to, 83
amendments. See under Amendments
carry-over, 80A
clause or schedule standing part, debate on, 68

standing committees, in, 89(3)(c)
clause, new, 69
Bills, public—continued

committal, 63

motions subject to selection, 32(4)
programme orders, under, 83A
committees' powers to consider amendments, 65
consideration on report. See subheading report stage
Consolidated Fund or Appropriation, proceedings on, 56

committal procedure does not apply, 63(1)
consolidation, 58

joint committee, 140
Examiners, referred to, 61
first reading, 57, 57A
hybrid, 61
introduction of, 57
Law Commission bills, 59

and consolidation, 140(1)(d), (e)
long title amended, 65
Lords, brought from, 57A

pecuniary penalties, 79
private Members, by, 14(7)(c)
privilege, 80
public charge, creating, 50(2)
Lords amendments and reasons, 78

pecuniary penalties, 79
programming, 83F, 83G, 83H
money and ways and means resolutions on, 52
preamble postponed, 67
presentation, 57
printing, 57, 57A
private Members'

ballot, 14(6)
days for, 14(4)
precedence, 14(5), (8)
ten-minute rule, 23
unprinted, 14(9), 90(2)
writs and, 19
programming, 83A-I
proposal of question, motions for, 29
public charge as main purpose, 50
re-committal, 72, 74

motions subject to selection, 32(4)
Bills, public—continued

report stage

amendments requiring authorisation, 75
as amended in committee of whole House, 71, 72
standing committee, bills reported from, 73

speaking twice, 76
standing committee, referred for consideration in, 92
Scottish, 97

standing committees, see Committees, standing: Scottish second reading
amendments to question, 62

amendment to leave out 'now', 31(1)
bill considered in Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 113
bill considered in Scottish Grand Committee, 97(6)
bill considered in Welsh Grand Committee, 106
second reading committee, 90

Law Commission bills, 59
tax law rewrite bills, 60
special standing committee, 91

motions to commit bills to, 63(2), 97(5)
tax law rewrite bills, 60

committal procedure does not apply, 63(1)
committee discharged, 60(8), 66
joint committee, 152C
temporary laws, duration to be specified, 81
third reading

amendments to bill must be merely verbal, 77
amendments to question, 62

amendment to leave out 'now', 31(1)
bill considered in Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 113
bill considered in Scottish Grand Committee, 97
Wales, relating to,

standing committee composition, 86(2)(ii), 92(2)(proviso)
Welsh Grand Committee, and, 106
ways and means resolution, brought in on, exempted, 15(1)(a)
Broadcasting, Select Committee on, 139
Budget Day, and ten-minute rule bills, 23(3)
Business Committee, 82
Business of the House. See also Private Business

arrangement of, 14, 27
earlier meeting of House, at, 13(2)
exemption motions, 15(2)-(6)
government business has precedence, 14(1)
interruption of, 9(3)

and closure motions, 9(4)
and exemption motions, 15(2)-(6)
on Fridays, 11(2)(b)
opposed, when taken after moment of interruption, 9(6), 15(1)
opposition parties, 14(2)-(3)
order of, 9

Fridays, 11
not reached or not disposed of, 9(5)
private Members', 14(4)-(8)
Business sub-committees, 120


Carry-over of bills, 80A
Catering Committee, 142
Chairman of Ways and Means, 2, 3. See also Committee of the whole House; Deputy Speaker

Business Committee, and, 82
member of Chairmen's Panel, 4(2)
private business, and, 20
programming committees, and, 83B
requests Temporary Chairmen to take Chair, 4(1)
Chairmen

Panel, 4(2), 85(3), (4)

Westminster Hall sittings, 10(5)
temporary, 4

may not—

accept closure, 36(3)
accept motion to propose question, 29(2)
select amendments, 32(2)
Church of England Measures, 118(4)(b)
Clauses, see under Bills, public
Clerk at the Table

absence of Speaker, &c., notifies, 3
amendments to consolidation bills, receives, 58(2)
Clerk at the Table—continued

Lords bills, notified that Member will take charge, 14(7), 50(2), 57A(1), 80(b)
orders of the day,

reads, 26
receives instructions to defer, 9(5)
petitions, reads, 154(3)
private Members' bills, receives nomination of another Member to present, 14(6)
Clerk of the House

petitions, and, 156
select committee reports, and, 134
supervises ballot to elect Speaker, 1A
Closure of debate, 36

at interruption of business, 9(4)
majority required, 37
standing committees, in, 89(3)(b)

temporary chairman may not accept, 85(5)
Command papers, presentation of, 158
Committee of the whole House

chairman

leaves chair, 70

at 11 a.m. on Fridays, 11(5)
temporary, 4(1)
closure of debate, 36
committal of bills to, 63(2), (3)
conclusion of proceedings under programme order, 83D debate on clause or schedule standing part, 68
dilatory motions, 34, 35, 83I(6)
disorderly conduct, 43, 44
divisions in, 38-40, 41A
instructions to, 66
interruption of business, 9(3)
irrelevance or repetition, 42
motions to commit a bill to, 63(2), (3)
motions to propose question in, 29
order of the day for, procedure on, 66
private sittings, motions for, 163
reports from, 70, 71
selection of amendments, 32(2)-(4)
Committees, grand, see Northern Ireland Grand Committee; Scottish Grand Committee; Welsh Grand Committee
Committees, joint

Consolidation, &c., Bills, 140
Human Rights, 152B
motions to commit bills to, 63(2)
Statutory Instruments, 151
Tax Law Rewrite Bills, 152C
Committees, private bill, service of suspended Member on, 44(5)
Committees, second reading, see under Committees, standing
Committees, select. See also names of particular committees

chairmen

joint sittings, for, 137A(1)(d)
term limits for, 122A
committal of bill to, 63(2)
documents, withdrawal or alteration of, 127
evidence, communication to other committees, other Parliaments etc., 137A(1)(a)
evidence, publication before reporting to House, 136
joint meetings, 137A

quorum at, 124(2)
lists of members, 122
Lords, Members as witnesses before, 138
Members not on committee, withdrawal of, 126
memoranda, authorising of publishing, 135
minutes of evidence

members' names recorded in, 130, 131
power to report, 133
minutes of proceedings, 129

members' names for attendance and voting, 128
nomination of, 121

motions at commencement of public business, 23(1)
opposed motions for

exempted business, 15(1)(c)
     on Fridays, 11(2)(c)
oath or affirmation, 132
public, members of

admission of, 125
misconduct by, 161(2)
Committees, select—continued

quorum, 124
reports

advance copies of, 134
debates on, in Westminster Hall, 10(13)
during adjournments, 137
joint, 137A
power to make, 133
sittings during adjournment, 123
witnesses' names, publication of, 135
working with other committees, 137A
Committees, standing

adjournment of, 88(2)
amendments (referral and selection), 89(3)(a)
business sub-committees, 120
chairmen, 85

special standing committee, 91(2)
closure, 89(3)(b)
conclusion of proceedings under programme order, 83D
constitution and membership, 84, 86
debate on clause or schedule standing part, 89(3)(c)
delegated legislation, 118
dilatory motions, 83I(6), 89(3)(c)
division in House, sitting suspended for, 89(4)
European, 119
government bills, precedence and arrangement, 84(3), (4), 101(2)
irrelevance or repetition, 89(3)(c)
law officers, attendance of, 87(1)
meetings, 88. See also Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Grand Committees
ministers, attendance of, 87(2)
minutes of proceedings of, 89(3)(d), (5), 128, 129
programming sub-committees, 83C
public, members of, admission of, 89(2), 91(1)

misconduct, 161(2)
quorum, 89(1), (3)(d), 117(4), 119(4). See also Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Grand Committees
Regional Affairs, Standing Committee on, 117
report stage, for, 92
Committees, standing—continued

second reading committee, 90

Law Commission bills, 59
tax law rewrite bills, 60
Scottish, 101

committal to, 97(5)
membership, 86(2)(i)
report stage, for, 92
special standing committees, and, 91(1)(proviso), 97(5)
special standing committee, 91

motions to commit bills to, 63(2), 97(5)
Wales, bills relating to, for, 86(2)(i), 92(2)(proviso)
Consolidated Fund Bills, proceedings on, 56

committal procedure does not apply, 63(1)
Consolidation, &c., Bills, 58

Joint Committee on, 140
Constitutional Affairs Committee, 152
Crown. See also Ministers; Queen's Recommendation

Debts to, releasing or compounding, require resolution, 49
Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 152


Debate. See also Anticipation rule; Closure; Dilatory motions; Disorder; Second speeches; Short speeches.

motions to adjourn, 34, 35
Defence Committee, 152
Delegated legislation

debates in House, 16
Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, 151
negative procedure, 17

Fridays, 11(3)
Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 114, 115
Northern Ireland consolidation legislation, 140(1)(f)
notification of instruments not laid, 160
presentation of, 159
regulatory reform orders, 18, 141
remedial orders, 152B
Scottish Grand Committee, 98
standing committees, 118
Deputy Chairmen, 2, 3. See also Committee of whole House

members of Chairmen's Panel, 4(2)
Deputy Speaker. See also Chairman of Ways and Means

earlier meeting of House, summons, 13(3)
leaves chair when Speaker to be elected, 1
powers, 3
selection of amendments, 32
Westminster Hall, 10(4), (5)
Deregulation, see Regulatory Reform
Dilatory motions, 34

lapse at moment of interruption, 9(3)
programming, under, 83I(6)
Speaker's powers, 35
standing committees, in, 89(3)(c)
Disorder

public, members of, by, 161
Speaker's powers, 43-46
Divisions, 38-39

deferred, 41A
members voting to be listed (committees), 89(3)(d), 128
quorum, 41
standing committee sitting suspended for, 89(4)
unnecessarily claimed, 40
Domestic Committees, 142


Education and Skills Committee, 152
Elections, opposed writs for, on private Members' days, 19
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 152
Environmental Audit Committee, 152A

opinions on European Union documents, 143(11)
Estimates

consideration of, 54, 145(3)

exemption motion, effect on, 15(2)
House of Commons Members Estimate Committee, 152D
selection of amendments, 32(5)
voting on, 55
European Scrutiny Committee, 143
European Union documents

definition and scrutiny, 143
length of debate, 16
resolution regarding scrutiny and ministerial agreement, Appendix, p 158
standing committees, 119
Examiners of Petitions, referral of public bills to, 61
Excess votes, 55(3)(c)


Finance and Services Committee, 144

considers recommendations involving expenditure, 139(4), 142(5), 144(1)(c)
Foreign Affairs Committee, 152
Fridays

House not sitting, 12
sittings, 11


Government departments, select committees related to, 152

opinions on European Union documents, 143(11)
Grand Committees, see Northern Ireland Grand Committee; Scottish Grand Committee; Welsh Grand Committee
Guillotines, see Allocation of time


Health Committee, 152
Health Service Commissioners, 146
Home Affairs Committee, 152
House. See also Adjournment; Business of the House

earlier meeting, 13
estimates of expenditure, and domestic committees, 139(4), 144(1)(a), 142(5)
Fridays, non-sitting, 12
hour of meeting, 9(1)

Fridays, 11
when ballot held to elect Speaker, 1B(14)
private sittings, motions for, 163
quorum, 41
suspension for grave disorder, 46
Westminster Hall sittings, 10
House of Commons Commission

advice to, 145(1)(b)
communication of evidence to, 139(3)(c), 142(4)(c), 144(4)(b)
recommendations to, 139(4), 142(5)
House of Commons Members Estimate Committee, 152D
Human Rights, Joint Committee on, 152B


Information Committee, 142
Instructions

selection of, 32(4)
to committee on bill, when considered, 66
to particular select committees, 141(14), (15), 151(9), (10)
International Development Committee, 152
Irrelevance in debate, 42

standing committees, 89(3)(c)


Joint committees, see Committees, joint


Law Commission bills, 59

and consolidation, 140(1)(d), (e)
Law officers

attendance at Committee on Standards and Privileges, 149(9)
attendance at standing committees, 87(1)
Liaison Committee, 145

debates on select committee reports in Westminster Hall, 10(13)
estimates, 54(1)-(3)
Lords, House of. See also under Bills, public; see also Committees, joint

Lords may attend private sittings of Commons, 163(2)
select committees, Commons Members' evidence to, 138


Measures, Church of England, 118(4)(b)
Members

disorder by, 43
interests and conduct, complaints on, 149, 150
irrelevance or tedious repetition by, 42

standing committees, in, 89(3)(c)
Lords select committees, attendance at, 138
members of the public, not to bring into certain areas, 162
named, 44
oath or affirmation, 5, 6
personal explanations (Fridays), 11(4)
presiding over Speaker's election, 1
questions to, 21
seats, reserving of, 7, 8
select committees, withdrawal of non-nominated, 126
Members—continued

suspended, 44, 45

effect on salary, 45A
Ministers. See also Statements

attendance at—

Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 109(4)
Scottish Grand Committee, 93(3)
standing committees on certain bills, 87(2)
Welsh Grand Committee, 102(4)
reply to petitions, 156
Minutes of Proceedings

select and standing committees, 128, 129
standing committees, 89(3)(d), (5)
Money, public

private bills, &c., application of standing orders to, 53
Queen's recommendation, 48
resolutions required, 49
Money resolutions on bills, 52

Lords amendments not covered by, 78(3)
Motions

for early day, amendments and added names to, 22(2)
subject to selection, 32(4)


National Audit Office

evidence from, transmission to other committees, 137A
New clauses, 69
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 152
Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 109

adjournment debates, 109(3)(g), 116(1)(h), (5)
bills, 113
delegated legislation, 115, 118(5)
legislative proposals, 114
ministerial statements, 112
questions, 110
quorum, 109(2), 116(3)
short debates, 111
sittings, 116
Northern Ireland, Parliamentary Ombudsman for, 146


Oath, 5, 6

select committee witnesses, 132
Official Report

standing committees, 91(1), 94(4), 103(4), 110(4)
written statements, 22A
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee, 152
Opposition days, 14(2), (3)

questions on amendments on, 31(2)
Scottish Grand Committee debates, 99
Orders of the Day

committee of whole House, for, 66
order of disposal, 27
not disposed of or not reached, deferred, 9(5)
read by Clerk, 26
Westminster Hall, to be taken in, 10(7)


Papers, Parliamentary, 158, 159, 160
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, 146
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, 149, 150
Pecuniary penalties in Lords bills and Lords amendments, 79
Petitions, public

present personal grievance, 155
presentation of, 153
printing and replies, 156
public money, relating to, 48
tax, against imposition of, 157
when taken, 154

Fridays, 11(1), 154(1)(b)
Prayers, reserving of seats at, 7, 8
Prayers against Statutory Instruments, 17, 118(4)
Preambles to bills, postponed, 67
Private Business. See also Bills, private

when taken, 9(1), 11(1), 20
Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, see Bills, Provisional Order
Private Members' bills, see under Bills, public
Privilege. See also Standards and Privileges

Lords bills and amendments, and, 78-80
publication of evidence, 136
Procedure Committee, 147
Programming of bills

carried-over bill, and, 80A(12)
conclusion of proceedings:

consideration and third reading, 83E
Lords amendments and later stages, 83F, 83G, 83H
standing committee and committee of whole House, 83D
programme motions and orders, 83A
programming committees, 83B
programming sub-committees, 83C
supplementary provisions, 83I
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968, motions under, 51(2)
Provisional Order Bills, see Bills, provisional order
Public, members of the

admitted to select committees, 125
admitted to standing committees, 89(2), 91(1)
misconduct by, 161, 162
motions to exclude by sitting in private, 163
Public Accounts, Committee of, 148

excess votes, 55(3)(c)
opinions on European Union documents, 143(11)
Public Administration, Select Committee on, 146

opinions on European Union documents, 143(11)
Public Bill Office

amendments

during adjournments, 64
on non-sitting Fridays, 12(3)(b)
notice of ten-minute rule bills, 23(2)
Public bills, see Bills, public
Public money

petitions, grants and charges, 48, 49
private bills, &c., application of standing orders to, 53


Queen's recommendation, 48
Question, proposal of, motions for, 29, 89(3)(b)

majority required, 37
Questions

European Standing Committees, 119(7)
non-sitting Fridays, and, 12(3)
Northern Ireland Grand Committee, in, 110
notices of, 22
Scotland or Wales, relating to, Appendix, p. 160
Questions—continued

Scottish Grand Committee, in, 94
urgent (private notice), 21(2)

Fridays, 11(4)
Welsh Grand Committee, in, 103
Westminster Hall, in, 10(3)
when taken, 9(1), 21(1)
written answer, for, when sitting broken, 21(3)
Quorum. See also under Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Grand Committees

House, 41
select committees, 124
standing committees, 89(1), (3)(d), 119(4)
Westminster Hall, 10(8)


Re-committal of bills, 72, 74

motions subject to selection, 32(4)
Regional Affairs, Standing Committee on, 117
Register of Members' Interests, 149, 150
Regulatory Reform Committee, 141
Regulatory reform orders, proceedings in House, 18
Remedial orders, 152B
Repetition in debate, 42

standing committees, in, 89(3)(c)
Returns, unopposed, when taken, 9(1), 11(1)


Schedules, see Bills, public: clauses
Science and Technology Committee, 152
Scottish Affairs Committee, 152
Scottish Grand Committee, 93

adjournment debates, 99, 100(6)
bills in relation to their principle, 97
delegated legislation, 98
ministerial statements, 96
questions, 94
quorum, 93(1), 100(6)
report stage of bills, 92(1)
short debates, 95
sittings, 100
Seats, reservation of, in House, 7, 8
Second reading committees, see under Committees, standing
Second speeches, on bill reported from standing committee, 76
Select committees, see Committees, select
Selection, Committee of[2]

nomination of certain select committees, 121(2)
nomination of standing committees, 86(1)

European Standing Committees, 119(3)
Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 109(1)
Regional Affairs, Standing Committee on, 117(2)
report committees, 92
Welsh Grand Committee, 102(1)
Serjeant at Arms

members of the public, and, 161
misconduct by Members, 43, 44(4)
withdrawal of Members from select committees, 126
Short speeches, 47, Appendix, p. 161
Speaker

absence, 3

on day of election, 1
adjournment debates

references to legislation, discretion on, 30
urgent, rules on, 24
adjourns House, 9(7), 46
amendment at end of Queen's Speech debate, calls, 33
anticipation rule, discretion on, 28
ballot for bills, arranges, 14(6)
Business Committee and sub-committees, nominates, 82, 120(2)
chairmen, temporary, nominates, 4(1)
Counsel to, assists select committees, 141(12), 143(3), 151(4)
dilatory motions, 35
disorder by Members

orders Member to leave House, 43
names Member, 44
suspends or adjourns House, 46
divisions, 38, 40, 41A
earlier meeting of House, summons, 13(1)
Speaker—continued

election, 1, 1A, 1B
evidence to former committees, authorises publication, 135(2)
instructs doorkeepers regarding seats, 7
interrupts business for statements, &c., on Fridays, 11(4)
irrelevance or repetition, prevents, 42
Lords amendments involving charges, powers, 78(3)
orders of the day read at his direction, 46
programming committees and sub-committees, nominates, 83B, 83C
public, members of, orders withdrawal of, 163
publication of memoranda and witness names, authorises, 135(2)
question tabling dates, fixes, 22(8)
recommendations from committees to, 139(4), 142(6), 144(1)(c)
Scottish bill, certifies, 97(1)
selection of amendments, 32
short speeches, powers, 47, Appendix, p. 161
standing committees

appoints chairmen for, 85, 91(2)
distributes bills and instruments among, 84(2)
statutory instruments, unlaid, notified of, 160
urgent adjournment debates, rules on, 24
urgent (private notice) questions, allows, 21(2)
Special Procedure Orders

bills in relation to, and public money standing orders, 53
not to be laid during adjournment, 159
Standards and Privileges, Committee on, 149
Standing Committees, see Committees, standing
Standing Orders Committee,[3] and hybrid bills, 61(2)
Statements

European Standing Committees, in, 119(7)
Fridays, on, 11(4)
Northern Ireland Grand Committee, in, 112
Regional Affairs, Standing Committee on, in, 117(8)
Scottish Grand Committee, in, 96
Statements—continued

Welsh Grand Committee, in, 105
written, 22A
Statutory Instruments, see Delegated Legislation
Statutory Instruments, Joint Committee on, 151
Strangers, see Public, members of the
Sub judice resolution, Appendix, p. 157
Suspension

bill, of, to next Session, 80A
House, of, for grave disorder, 46
Members, of, 44-45A
standing committee sittings, for division in House, 89(4)


Table Office

questions tabled in, 22

on non-sitting Fridays, 12(3)(a)
for Grand Committees, 94(1), 103(1), 110(1)
short debate applications for Grand Committees, 95(1), 104(1), 111(1)
Tax law rewrite bills, 60

committal procedure does not apply, 63(1)
committee discharged, 60(8), 66
Joint Committee on, 152C
Taxes

petitions against, 157
provisional collection of, 51(2)
Temporary chairmen, 4

may not—

accept closure, 36(3)
accept motion to propose question, 29(2)
select amendments, 32(2)
Temporary laws, duration to be specified, 81
Trade and Industry Committee, 152
Transport Committee, 152
Treasury Committee, 152


Votes on account, 55(2)


Ways and means motions, 51, 52
Ways and means resolutions, bills brought in on,

exempted business, 15(1)(a)
ministers may attend standing committees, 87(2)
Welsh Affairs Committee, 152
Welsh Grand Committee, 102

adjournment debates, 108(5)
bills, 106
matters, 107
ministerial statements, 105
questions, 103
quorum, 102(2), 108(5)
short debates, 104
sittings, 108
Westminster Hall, sittings in, 10
Work and Pensions Committee, 152
Writs, motions for, lapse if opposed on private Members' Fridays, 19

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