§ Ordered,
§ That the following provisions shall apply to the Scotland Bill:—
§ 1. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in eight allotted days and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the eighth day.
§ 2. Proceedings on consideration and Third Reading shall be completed in three allotted days and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the third day.
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3. (1) Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill;
(2) Resolutions of the Business Committee may include alterations in the order in which proceedings on the Bill may be taken;
(3) The Business Committee shall report to the House a Resolution as to proceedings in Committee not later than 22nd January 1998; and
(4) Any resolution of the Business Committee may be varied by a further Report of the Committee under the Standing Order (whether before or after the date on which the Committee is to report under this paragraph and whether or not that Resolution has been agreed to by the House).
§ 4. For the purpose of concluding any proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by or under this Order,
- (1) The Chairman or Speaker shall put forthwith the following Questions (but no others)
- (a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;
- (b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed (including in the case of a new Clause or Schedule which has been read a second time, the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill);
- (c) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; and
- (d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.
- (2) Proceedings under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.
- (3) If, apart from this sub-paragraph, two or more Questions would fall to be put by the Chairman under sub-paragraph (1)(d) in relation to a series of clauses or schedules to which no notice of amendment has been given by a Minister of the Crown, the Chairman shall instead put a single question in relation to those clauses and schedules.
- (4) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
§ 5. In this Order "allotted day" means a day on which the Bill is put down on the main business as first Government Order of the Day.
§ 6. If any Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to amend this Order so as to provide a greater amount of time for proceedings on the Bill under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Order, the Question thereon shall be put forthwith and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.
§ 7. If any Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to supplement the provisions of this Order in respect of proceedings on any Lords Amendments or any subsequent message from the Lords relating to the Bill, such Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, at any hour and the proceedings, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three-quarters of an hour after they have been commenced.—[Mr. Dewar.]