§ Ordered,
| That Standing Order No. 18 (Business of Supply) be amended, as follows: |
| Line 2, after 'August', insert 'of which not more than two may be taken in the form of four half days '. |
| Line 23, at end insert— |
| (3) On a half day so allotted, when the business of supply shall stand as first order, no business other than the business of supply shall be taken before seven of the clock unless the House otherwise order on the motion of a Minister of the Crown made after notice at the commencement of public business to be decided without amendment or debate, and no business of supply shall be taken after seven of the clock. |
| (4) Not more than one half day so allotted may be taken in two consecutive calendar months: |
| Provided that if for the purposes of calculating the last allotted day referred to in paragraph (6) of this order, the total number of half days already taken includes an odd half day, that odd half day shall be deemed the equivalent of one day. |
| —[Mr. Crossman.] |