Standing Orders of the House of Commons - Public Business 2013
Dates when Standing Orders were passed and amended
Table showing times of sittings and other events
1.Election of the Speaker: Member presiding
1A.Re-election of former Speaker
1B.Election of Speaker by secret ballot
2A.Election of the Deputy Speakers
7.Seats not to be taken before prayers
10.Sittings in Westminster Hall
12.House not to sit on certain Fridays
13.Earlier meeting of House in certain circumstances
14.Arrangement of public business
16.Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents
17.Delegated legislation (negative procedure)
18.Consideration of draft legislative reform orders etc
20.Time for taking private business
22.Notices of questions, motions and amendments
22B.Notices of questions etc. during September
22D.Select Committee statements
24B.Amendments to motions to consider specified matters
26.Orders of the day to be read without question put
27.Order of disposing of orders of the day
29.Powers of chair to propose question
30.Debate on motion for the adjournment of the House
33.Calling of amendments at end of debate
35.Dilatory motion in abuse of rules of House
37.Majority for closure or for proposal of question
40.Division unnecessarily claimed
45.Members suspended, &c., to withdraw from precincts
45A.Suspension of salary of Members suspended
46.Power of the Speaker to adjourn House or suspend sitting
48.Recommendation from Crown required on application relating to public money
49.Certain proceedings relating to public money
50.Procedure upon bills whose main object is to create a charge upon the public revenue
52.Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills
53.Application of public money standing orders to private bills, &c
55.Questions on voting of estimates, &c
57.Presentation and first reading
57A.Bills brought from the Lords
61.Bills which are prima facie hybrid
62.Amendment on second or third reading
63.Committal of bills not subject to a programme order
64.Notices of amendments, &c., to bills
66.Committee of whole House on bill
68.Debate on clause or schedule standing part
69.Procedure on offer of new clause
70.When chair leaves chair without question put
71.Report of bill from committee of whole House
72.Consideration of bill as amended in committee of whole House
73.Report of bills committed to public bill committees
76.Debate on bill reported from public bill committee
80.Privilege (bills brought from the Lords)
80B.Carry-over (bills brought in upon a ways and means resolution)
83.Allocation of time to bills
83C.Programming sub-committees
83E.Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration or third reading
83F.Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments
83G.Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on further messages from the Lords
83H.Programme orders: reasons committee
83I.Programme orders: supplementary provisions
85.Chairs of general committees
86.Nomination of general committees
87.Attendance of law officers and ministers in general committees
88.Meetings of general committees
89.Procedure in general committees
91.[Repealed, 1 November 2006]
92.Consideration on report of certain bills by a general committee
93.Scottish Grand Committee (composition and business)
94.Scottish Grand Committee (questions for oral answer)
95.Scottish Grand Committee (short debates)
96.Scottish Grand Committee (ministerial statements)
97.Scottish Grand Committee (bills in relation to their principle)
98.Scottish Grand Committee (delegated legislation)
99.Scottish Grand Committee (substantive motions for the adjournment)......
100.Scottish Grand Committee (sittings)
101.[Repealed, 1 November 2006]
102.Welsh Grand Committee (composition and business)
103.Welsh Grand Committee (questions for oral answer)
104.Welsh Grand Committee (short debates)
105.Welsh Grand Committee (ministerial statements)
106.Welsh Grand Committee (bills)
107.Welsh Grand Committee (matters relating exclusively to Wales)
108.Welsh Grand Committee (sittings)
109.Northern Ireland Grand Committee (composition and business)
110.Northern Ireland Grand Committee (questions for oral answer)
111.Northern Ireland Grand Committee (short debates)
112.Northern Ireland Grand Committee (ministerial statements)
113.Northern Ireland Grand Committee (bills in relation to their principle).....
115.Northern Ireland Grand Committee (delegated legislation)
116.Northern Ireland Grand Committee (sittings)
117.Regional Affairs Committee
118.Delegated Legislation Committees
121.Nomination of select committees
122.Lists of Members serving on select committees
122A.Term limits for chairs of select committees
122B.Election of select committee chairs
122C.Resignation or removal of chairs of select committees
122D.Election of Chair of Backbench Business Committee
124.Quorum of select committees
125.Select committees (admission of the public)
126.Withdrawal of Members from meetings of select committees
127.Withdrawal of documents before select committee
128.Entry on formal minutes of select committee
129.Formal minutes to be reported
130.Entry on the record of evidence of select committee
132.Administration of oath in select committee
133.Power to report opinion and observations
134.Select committees (reports)
135.Witnesses and evidence (select committees)
136.Publication of evidence (select committees)
137.Select committees (adjournment of the House)
137A.Select committees: power to work with other committees
138.Members (attendance at Lords select committees)
140.Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c., Bills
141.Regulatory Reform Committee
142.Localism Act 2011, etc.: scrutiny of certain orders and draft orders
143.European Scrutiny Committee
144.Finance and Services Committee
146.Select Committee on Public Administration
148.Committee of Public Accounts
149A.Lay members of the Committee on Standards: appointment, etc.
150.Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
151.Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
152.Select committees related to government departments
152A.Environmental Audit Committee
152B.Human rights (Joint Committee)
152C.Tax law rewrite (Joint Committee)
152D.House of Commons Members Estimate Committee
152E.Members of the Intelligence and Security Committee
152G.Committee on Members’ Expenses
152H.Planning: national policy statements
152I.National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
152J.Backbench Business Committee
152K.Public Bodies: draft orders
154.Time and manner of presenting petitions
155.Petition as to present personal grievance
156.Publishing of petitions and of ministerial replies
157.Petitions against imposition of tax
158.Presentation of command papers
159.Presentation of statutory instruments
160.Notification in respect of certain statutory instruments
161.Duties of Serjeant at Arms with respect to the public
162.Places to which the public are not admitted
Notice of amendments in public bill committees
Political and Constitutional Reform Committee