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152D.—(1) There
shall be a committee of this House, called |
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the House of Commons
Members Estimate Committee. |
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(2) The members of the
committee shall be those Members |
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who are at any time members
of the House of Commons |
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Commission pursuant to section
1 of the House of Commons |
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(Administration) Act 1978;
the Speaker shall be chairman of |
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the committee; and three
shall be the quorum of the committee. |
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(3) The functions of the
committee shall be— |
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(a) to codify and keep
under review the provisions of the |
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resolutions of this House
relating to expenditure |
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charged to the Estimate
for House of Commons: |
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(b) to modify those
provisions from time to time as the |
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committee may think necessary
or desirable in the |
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interests of clarity,
consistency, accountability and |
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effective administration,
and conformity with current |
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(c) to provide advice,
when requested by the Speaker, on |
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the application of those
provisions in individual cases; |
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(d) to carry out the
responsibilities conferred on the |
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Speaker by the resolution
of the House of 5th July 2001 |
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relating to Members’
Allowances, Insurance, &c., |
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except the responsibility
of appointing the Advisory |
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Panel provided for in
paragraph (5)(1) of that |
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(4) Paragraph (3)(b)
above does not empower the |
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(a) to create a new
form of charge on the Estimate for |
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House of Commons: Members;
or |
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(b) to increase any
rate of charge or payment determined |
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by resolution of this
House. |
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(5) The committee shall
report to the House from time to |
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time, and in any case not
less than once a year, the provisions |
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of the resolutions of this
House relating to expenditure charged |
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to the Estimate for House
of Commons: Members, as codified |
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and modified pursuant to
paragraph (3) of this order. |
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(6) The committee shall
have power to sit notwithstanding |
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any adjournment of the House. |
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153. Every Member
offering to present a petition to the |
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House, not being
a petition for a private bill, or relating to a |
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private bill before
the House, shall confine himself to a |
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statement of the
parties from whom it comes, the number of |
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signatures attached
to it, and the material allegations contained |
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in it, and to reading
the prayer of such petition. |
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154.—(1) Every
petition presented under Standing Order |
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No. 153 (Presentation
of petitions) not containing matter in |
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breach of the privileges
of this House, and which according to |
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the rules or usual
practice of this House can be received, shall |
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(a) on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, |
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after a member of the
government shall have signified |
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his intention to move
‘That this House do now |
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adjourn’, for the
purpose of bringing the sitting to a |
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(b) on Fridays, at the
commencement of public business, |
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provided that petitions
remaining to be presented at ten |
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o’clock on a Friday
on which private Members’ bills |
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have precedence under
Standing Order No. 14 |
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(Arrangement of public
business) shall stand over and |
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may be brought to the
Table after a member of the |
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government shall have
signified his intention to move |
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‘That this House
do now adjourn’, for the purpose of |
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bringing the sitting
to a conclusion. |
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(2) Proceedings under paragraph
(1)(a) and (1)(b)
of this |
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order shall not be interrupted
at the moment of interruption. |
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(3) The Speaker shall not
allow any debate, or any Member |
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to speak upon, or in relation
to, such petition; but it may be read |
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by the Clerk if required. |
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155. In the case
of a petition presented under Standing Order |
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No. 153 (Presentation
of petitions) and complaining of some |
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present personal
grievance, for which there may be an urgent |
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necessity for providing
an immediate remedy, the matter |
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contained in such
petition may be brought into discussion on |
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the presentation
thereof and proceedings under this order may |
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be proceeded with,
though opposed, until any hour. |
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156. All petitions
presented under Standing Order No. 153 |
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(Presentation of
petitions), and not proceeded with under |
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Standing Order No.
155 (Petition as to present personal |
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grievance), shall
be ordered to lie upon the Table and to be |
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printed, and the
Clerk of the House shall transmit all such |
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petitions to a Minister
of the Crown and any observations made |
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by a Minister or
Ministers in reply to such petitions shall be laid |
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upon the Table by
the Clerk of the House and shall be ordered |
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157. Petitions
against any resolution or bill imposing a tax or |
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duty for the current
service of the year shall be henceforth |
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received, and the
usage under which the House has refused to |
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entertain such petitions
shall be discontinued. |
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158. If, during
the existence of a Parliament, papers are |
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commanded by Her
Majesty to be presented to this House at |
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any time, the delivery
of such papers to the Votes and |
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Proceedings Office
shall be deemed to be for all purposes the |
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presentation of them
to this House. |
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159. Where, under
any Act of Parliament, a statutory |
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instrument is required
to be laid before Parliament, or before |
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this House, the delivery
of a copy of such instrument to the |
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Votes and Proceedings
Office on any day during the existence |
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of a Parliament shall
be deemed to be for all purposes the |
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laying of it before
the House: |
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Provided that nothing
in this order shall apply to any |
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statutory instrument
being an order which is subject to special |
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parliamentary procedure
or to any other instrument which is |
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required to be laid
before Parliament, or before this House, for |
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any period before
it comes into operation. |
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160. When any communication
has been received by the |
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Speaker, drawing
attention to the fact that copies of any |
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statutory instrument
have yet to be laid before Parliament, and |
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explaining why such
copies have not been so laid before the |
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instrument came into
operation, the Speaker shall thereupon |
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lay such communication
upon the Table of the House. |
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