UK Parliament — House of Commons

Fragment ID:#355

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Current version

2022 — 30th November (3)

A second reading committee shall report to the House either that it recommends that the bill ought to be read a second time or that it recommends that the bill ought not to be read a second time, and in the latter case it shall have power to state its reasons for so recommending.

First appearance

1967 — 14th November

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.