§ Ordered,
§ That during the present Session the following paragraphs shall have effect:—
- (1) when any public bill has been printed, a Motion, of which not less than ten days' notice has been given, may be made by a Minister of the Crown at the commencement of public business, that the bill be referred to a Second Reading Committee, and the Question thereupon shall be put forthwith and decided without amendment or debate; and if, on the Question being put, not less than twenty Members rise in their places and signify their objection there-to, Mr. Speaker shall declare that the Noes have it;
- (2) a Second Reading Committee shall be a Standing Committee consisting of not less than thirty nor more than eighty Members, to be nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve on the Committee during the consideration of each bill referred to it; and in the nomination of such Members the Committee of Selection shall have regard to their qualifications and to the composition of the House;
- (3) a Second Reading Committee shall report to the House whether or not they recommend that the bill ought to be read a second time; and they shall have power to state their reasons for recommending that a bill ought not to be read a second time;
- (4) the terms of a Second Reading Committee's report shall be stated on the Order Paper beneath the order for the second reading of the bill; and the Question for the second reading of such a bill shall be decided without amendment or debate.—[Mr. Bowden.]