UK Parliament — House of Commons
Order ID:120
Known as:
- Selection of amendments
Order numbers:
32
Cite as
Current version
| Date | Title | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 — 30th November | 32 Selection of amendments | (1) | In respect of any motion or any bill under consideration on report or any Lords amendment to a bill, the Speaker shall have power to select the amendments, new clauses or new schedules to be proposed thereto. | ||
| (2) | In committee of the whole House, the Chairman of Ways and Means and either Deputy Chairman shall have the like power to select the amendments, new clauses or new schedules to be proposed. | ||||
| (3) | The Speaker, or in a committee of the whole House, the Chairman of Ways and Means or either Deputy Chairman, may, if he think fit, call upon any Member who has given notice of an amendment, new clause or new schedule to give such explanation of the object thereof as may enable him to form a judgement upon it. | ||||
| (4) | For the purposes of this order, motions for instructions to committees on bills, motions to commit or re-commit bills and motions relating to the proceedings on bills shall be treated as if they were amendments under paragraph (1) of this order. | ||||
| (5) | The powers conferred on the Speaker by this order shall not be exercised by the Deputy Speaker save during the consideration of the estimates. | ||||
First appearance
| 2022 — 30th November | 32 Selection of amendments | (1) | In respect of any motion or any bill under consideration on report or any Lords amendment to a bill, the Speaker shall have power to select the amendments, new clauses or new schedules to be proposed thereto. | ||
| (2) | In committee of the whole House, the Chairman of Ways and Means and either Deputy Chairman shall have the like power to select the amendments, new clauses or new schedules to be proposed. | ||||
| (3) | The Speaker, or in a committee of the whole House, the Chairman of Ways and Means or either Deputy Chairman, may, if he think fit, call upon any Member who has given notice of an amendment, new clause or new schedule to give such explanation of the object thereof as may enable him to form a judgement upon it. | ||||
| (4) | For the purposes of this order, motions for instructions to committees on bills, motions to commit or re-commit bills and motions relating to the proceedings on bills shall be treated as if they were amendments under paragraph (1) of this order. | ||||
| (5) | The powers conferred on the Speaker by this order shall not be exercised by the Deputy Speaker save during the consideration of the estimates. |