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Standing
Order No.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES
    statutory instruments made by 74(2)
NORTHERN IRELAND ACT 2000:
    Orders in Council under, not subject to report of Joint Committee on S.I.s 74(1)
    reference of Affirmative Instruments to Consolidation Bills Committee 52(6)
NOTICE:
    business of which notice necessary 37
    business of which no notice necessary 42
    House to take in order 40
    "no day named" 44
    not to be put down more than a month ahead 44
    of Motions 37
    postponement and advancement of 43(1)
    postponement without notice 43(3)
    precedence in Order Paper 41
    precedence of adjourned business 46
    revival of proxies 61
    withdrawal of 43(1)
OATH:
    of Allegiance, to be taken at new Parliament 76(1)
        -time for taking 42(5)
        -Lord Chancellor to take first 76(1)
        -may be taken during leave of absence 23(4)
    not to be imposed against privilege of peerage 86
OFFICIAL REPORT:
    reply to Question for written answer to be printed in 45
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT 1, 76
ORDER IN THE HOUSE 20
ORDER OF BUSINESS:
    to be taken as an Order Paper 40
    variation of precedence 41(8)
ORDER OF COMMITMENT:
    Bill not to be read 3a on same day as discharge of 47
    discharge of, when no amendments down for Committee 48(2)
ORDER PAPER:
    arrangement of 41
    business to be taken as on 40
PAPERS:
    Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments 74
    presentation of, by Command 70
    Statutory Instruments, laying of during recess 71
        -notifications 72
PEERAGE CLAIMS 79
    Irish peerages 80
    Irish peerages in abeyance 81
    report of Committee for Privileges if improper arrangement entered into between co-heirs 82
PEERS: (see also under "LORDS")
    elections of hereditary 9, 10
    higher titles to be used 7
    Peers by descent not to be introduced 3
    Peers under the age of twenty-one 2
    Peers who are minors 84
    precedency in House 8
    register of hereditary 10(5), 11
    widows of 84
PERSONAL BILLS COMMITTEE:
    may meet in new session 65
PETITIONS, PUBLIC 75
POSTPONEMENT OF BUSINESS 43(1), 43(3)
PRECEDENCE OF ADJOURNED BUSINESS 46
PRECEDENCY, according to ancienty 8
PRINTING OF COMMONS BILLS, AMENDMENTS OR REASONS:
    to be printed and circulated by the Clerk of the Parliaments 51
PRINTING OF PROCEEDINGS, subject to privilege of the House 16
PRIVATE BUSINESS, may be taken before Public Business 41(2)
PRIVATE NOTICE QUESTIONS 36
PRIVILEGE:
    arrest, freedom from 83
    minor Peers and Noblewomen have no Parliamentary 84
    no oath to take away privilege of Peerage 86
    publication of reports of proceedings 16
    testimony in perpetuam rei memoriam 85
PRIVILEGE AMENDMENT 51
PRIVILEGES, COMMITTEE FOR 78
    claims of Irish peerages in abeyance 81
    claims of Peerage referred to 79
    may meet in new session 65
    report of, if improper arrangement entered into between co-heirs 82
PROCEDURE COMMITTEE, may meet in new session 65
PROROGATION 77
    Appellate Committees may sit 87(5)
PROTESTS 60
PROXIES:
    not to be revived without notice 61
PUBLIC BILLS: (see also under "BILLS")
    precedence of 41(4)
PUBLIC PETITIONS 75
PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS:
    subject to privilege of the House 16
QUARRELS, to prevent 34
QUEEN:
    arrangements when present 1
    Speech of, at Opening of Parliament 76
QUESTION:
    Debate to be relevant to 29
    Leave of the House 32
    Lords not to speak after 30
QUESTIONS:
    for written answer 45
    no day named 44(1)
    private notice 36
    starred questions 35
        -can be advanced on Order Paper 43(1)
        -tabled up to one month in advance 44(2)
        -to be entered before other business 41(1)
    unstarred questions:
        -can be advanced on Order Paper 43(1)
        -no Lord to speak more than once 31
        -notice to be given 37
        -to be entered last on Order Paper 41(9)
QUORUM, for Bills and subordinate legislation 58
RECALL OF THE HOUSE 17
REGISTER OF HEREDITARY PEERS10(5), 11
RECESS:
    presentation of Command Papers during 70
    laying of Statutory Instruments during 71
    tabling of business in advance 44(2)
REGULATORY REFORM ACT 2001:
    draft Orders under 41(6), 73(1), 74(1)
RELEVANCE OF DEBATE:
    debate to be relevant to Question before House 29
REMEDIAL ORDERS UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998:
    precedence of 41(7)
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE:
    statutory instruments made by members of 74(2)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:
    may meet in new session 65
SECRET SITTINGS 15
SELECT COMMITTEES:
    all Lords may attend and speak but not vote 66
    Chairman of, may speak twice on report of, with leave 31
    Chairman proposed by Committee of Selection 64(3)
    concurrent meetings 68
    Lords selected by Committee of Selection 64(2)
    Lord Chairman presides over 62
    power to hear Counsel 67
    precedence of debate 41(4)
    reports of 31, 69
SELECTION, COMMITTEE OF 64
SERJEANT-AT-ARMS:
    to remain in secret sittings 15
SESSION:
    proceedings upon opening of 76
    proroguing Parliament at close of 77
SESSIONAL COMMITTEES 65
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
    Lord Chancellor to attend as 18
    Lords to choose Speaker when Lord Chancellor and Deputies absent 18
    puts Question on Motion for Short Debate forthwith 38
SPECIAL PROCEDURE ORDERS:
    Joint Committees on 64(2)
    Laying of 71(1)
SPEECH: (see also under "Debate")
    Queen's 76
STAGES OF A BILL
    definition of (Equality of votes) 57(4)
    no two on one day 47
STANDING ORDERS:
    not to be made or dispensed with without notice 88
STANDING ORDERS (PRIVATE BILLS) COMMITTEE:
    may meet in new session 65
STARRED QUESTIONS
    can be advanced on Order Paper 43(1)
    tabled up to one month in advance 44(2)
    to be entered before other business 41(1)
STATEMENTS 36
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS:
    affirmative instruments 73
    joint committee 74
    Lord Chancellor's notification when in operation before
        laying 72
    procedure for laying 71
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 194672
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS COMMITTEE 74
    may meet in new session 65
STATUTORY ORDERS (SPECIAL PROCEDURE) ACT 1945 64(2)
STRANGERS:
    admission of 12, 13(1)
    secret sittings 15
SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION, quorum for division on 58
SUPPLY:
    Bills may not be committed 48(1)
    no clause to be annexed to a Bill of, foreign to the matter 53
SUSPENDING OF STANDING ORDERS:
    not to be done without notice 88
TABLE:
    Lords not to pass between Woolsack and 20(1)
TACKING 53
TELLERS:
    appointment of 54(1), 54(3)
    insufficiency of 54(2)
    Lord voting in House 55
    Lord voting in wrong lobby 56
THIRD READING, amendments on 49
THURSDAY, precedence of business 41(1)
TIME-LIMITED DEBATES 38
TITLES:
    higher to be used 7
UNSTARRED QUESTIONS:
    can be advanced on Order Paper 43(1)
    no Lord to speak more than once 31
    notice to be given 37
    to be entered last on Order Paper 41(9)
VOTING: (see also under "DIVISIONS")
    equality of votes 57
    in case of infirmity, Peers may vote seated 55
    in Select Committees 66
    in House 55
    in wrong lobby 56
WALES, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR:
    statutory instruments made by 74(2)
WEDNESDAY:
    precedence of business 41(5)
WITNESSES, testimony in perpetuam rei memoriam85
WOOLSACK:
    Lords not to pass between Table and 20(1)
    Lords not to converse in space behind 22
WRITS:
    difference in form or style to be examined 5
WRITTEN ANSWERS 45
YEOMAN USHER 13(4)
   
 
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