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Ordered,
That Standing Order No. 72 (Welsh Grand Committee) be amended as follows:—
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Line 3, after 'consider', insert—
' (a) bills referred to them; and
(b).'.
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Line 12, at end insert—
' 1(A) 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 a public bill be referred to the Welsh Grand Committee, and the question thereupon shall be put forthwith; and if, on the question being put, at least twenty Members rise in their places and signify their objection thereto, Mr. Speaker shall declare that the noes have it:
Provided that no such notice shall be given until the bill has been printed and delivered to the Vote Office.
1(B) The Committee shall report to the House either that they recommend that the bill ought to be read a second time or that they recommend that the bill ought not to be read a second time, and in the latter case they shall have power to state their reasons for so recommending.
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1(C) Upon a motion being made for the second reading of a bill reported from the Committee, the question thereon shall be put forthwith!—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]