HC Deb 07 November 2000 vol 356 c280

(1) If, before Second Reading of a Bill, notice of a motion providing for—

  1. (a) committal of the Bill, and
  2. (b) an allocation of time to proceedings in Committee on the Bill,
is given by a Minister of the Crown, the motion may be made immediately after Second Reading and Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of Bills) shall not apply to the Bill.

(2) Such a motion is to be called a programme motion.

(3) An order made by the House as the result of a programme motion is to be called a programme order.

(4) A motion to vary or supplement a programme order is also to be called a programme motion.

(5) The question on a programme motion to vary or supplement a programme order shall be put forthwith unless paragraph (7) applies.

(6) Otherwise, any question necessary to dispose of proceedings on a programme motion shall be put not later than three-quarters of an hour after the commencement of the proceedings.

(7) This paragraph applies to a programme motion to—

  1. (a) reduce the amount of time allocated under a programme order for any proceedings on the Bill (whether or not it also increases the amount of time allocated for other proceedings on the Bill);
  2. (b) bring forward the date on which the Bill is to be reported to the House in accordance with a programme order; or
  3. (c) add to the proceedings to which a programme order applies.

(8) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted Business) applies to proceedings on a programme motion.

(9) Standing Order No. 83 (Allocation of Time) does not apply to a programme motion.

(10) If a programme order applies to a Bill, neither Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) nor Standing Order No. 120 (Business Sub-Committee) applies to the Bill.