UK Parliament — House of Commons

With respect to any bill brought to this House from the House of Lords, or returned by the House of Lords to this House, with amendments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, or fee shall be authorised, imposed, appropriated, regulated, varied, or extinguished, this House will not insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the following cases:

That in any Bill which, having passed the House of Lords, shall be sent down to this House for their concurrence, or in any Bill which, having passed this House, shall be returned by the Lords with Amendments, it shall appear that any Pecuniary Penalty or Forfeiture is thereby imposed, varied or taken away, The Speaker shall, before the Second Reading of such Bill or Amendments, report to The House his Opinion, whether the object thereof be to impose, vary, or take away any Pecuniary Charge or Burthen on the Subject, or whether the same relates only to the punishment or prevention of Offences; and The House shall thereupon determine whether it may be expedient, in such particular case, to insist upon the exercise of their Privilege to originate all such provisions respecting pecuniary Penalties or Forfeitures.