§ Ordered,
§ That
| Second Reading Committees. | (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 thereto, Mr. Speaker shall declare that the Noes have it. |
| (2) A second reading committee shall be a standing committee consisting of not less than twenty nor more than eighty members, to be nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve on the committee during the consideration of each bill; 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; they shall have power to state their reasons for recommending that a Bill ought not to be read a second time; and the Question for the second reading of such a bill shall thereafter be decided without amendment or debate. | |
| That this Order be a Standing Order of the House.—[Mr. Grossman.] |