HC Deb 09 July 1998 vol 315 c1337

Ordered, That the following shall apply to proceedings on the Landmines Bill—

  1. 1. Proceedings on the Bill shall be completed at the sitting on Friday 10th July.
  2. 2. Proceedings on Second Reading shall, unless previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one and a half hours after the commencement of those proceedings.
  3. 3.—(1) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall, unless previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the end of the allotted periods specified in the following table—

Proceedings Allotted period after the commencement of the proceedings specified in column 1
Clauses 1 to 5 two and a half hours
Clauses 6 to 29, new Clauses and new Schedules three quarters of an hour
(2) On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee, the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question, and if he reports the Bill with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill, as amended, without any Question being put. 4. Proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading shall, unless previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion a quarter of an hour after the commencement of those proceedings. 5. Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on the Bill at the sitting on 10th July. 6.—(1) For the purpose of bringing to a conclusion any proceedings which have not previously been brought to a conclusion, the Chairman or Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others)—
  1. (a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;
  2. (b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;
  3. (c) any Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown;
  4. (d) any Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded; and on a Motion made for any new Clause or new Schedule, the Chairman or the Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
 (2) If two or more Questions would fall to be put—
  1. (a) under sub-paragraph (1)(c) on amendments moved or Motions made by a Minister of the Crown, or
  2. (b) under sub-paragraph (1)(d) in relation to successive provisions of the Bill, the Chairman or Speaker shall instead put a single Question in relation to those amendments, Motions or provisions.
 7. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on the Bill. 8. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which proceedings on the Bill are taken. 9. If a Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to vary or supplement the provisions of this Order in relation to proceedings on the Bill, the Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, at any hour and the proceedings on that Motion, unless previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three-quarters of an hour after thay have been commenced.—[Mr. Jon Owen Jones.]
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