Announcements for Tuesday 27 June 2017

 FORTHCOMING END OF DAY ADJOURNMENT DEBATES

Tuesday 4 July to Monday 10 July (deadline 28 June)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 28 June. The ballot will take place on Thursday 29 June.

Tuesday 11 July to Monday 17 July (deadline 5 July)

Applications should be made in writing to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on Wednesday 5 July. The ballot will take place on Thursday 6 July.

 FORTHCOMING WESTMINSTER HALL DEBATES

Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the deadline dates listed below. Members may submit applications to the Table Office in person, or from their own email account, or send a signed application through the post. Application forms are available from the Table Office or through the intranet at http://intranet.parliament.uk/tableoffice/.

The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members will be informed of the outcome by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 4 July and Wednesday 5 July (ballot closed)

The ballot for 4 July and 5 July will take place today. Applications for this ballot have now closed.

Tuesday 11 July and Wednesday 12 July (deadline 3 July)

The following Departments will answer:

Cabinet Office; Communities and Local Government; Education; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Exiting the European Union; Health; Home Office; International Trade; Scotland; Treasury; Women and Equalities.

Tuesday 18 July and Wednesday 19 July (deadline 10 July)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; International Development; Justice; Northern Ireland; Transport; Wales; Work and Pensions.

 ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKERS

Nominations

Nominations must be received in writing in the Table Office between 10am and 5pm on Tuesday 27 June (the day before the election). Each nomination shall consist of a brief signed statement made by the candidate declaring their willingness to stand for election, accompanied by the signatures of not fewer than six, nor more than ten Members. No Member may sign more than three such statements; if any Member does so, their signature shall no longer be valid. As soon as possible after the close of nominations, the list of candidates and their sponsors will be placed in the Vote Office in the Members’ Lobby and published on the intranet. A booklet with candidates’ names, photographs and statements will be made available on the morning of Wednesday 28 June.

Ballot

The ballot will take place between 10am and 1.30pm on Wednesday 28 June in Committee Room 8. Members each have one vote, which is transferable. They place candidates in their preferred order using the figures ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, etc. The figure ‘1’ represents the vote and is mandatory. The rest are contingency markings and are optional but allow the elector to influence the final result. Members should express preferences until they are unable, or do not wish, to differentiate between any of the remaining candidates.

Count

The ballot will be counted under the Single Transferable Vote system. It will be subject to the constraints set out in Standing Order No. 2A (5)(e). As soon as practicable after the votes have been counted the Speaker will announce to the House the results of the ballot. For further details, please see the Briefing Note available in the Vote Office and on the intranet:

https://intranet.parliament.uk/Documents/Briefing%20Notes%202017/Commons-Briefing-note-ballot-for-deputy-speakers-election.pdf

 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS

Ballot bills

Members may enter in the list only one name, either their own or that of another Member who has authorised them to do so, and no name may appear more than once.

On the day of the ballot, the Chairman of Ways and Means will draw twenty names in reverse order. At about 9.30am on that day the list of successful Members will be posted in the No Division Lobby and copies of this list will be available in the Vote Office and on the internet. Members who win a place in the Ballot will be contacted by the clerk in charge of Private Members’ Bills about the subsequent procedure.

Ten Minute Rule motions and Presentation of non-ballot bills

Notes:

Arrangements made according to Standing Order No.14(10) and (11).