UK Parliament — House of Commons

Order ID:231

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12

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2022 — 30th November 12 House not to sit on certain Fridays (1) Unless the House otherwise orders, the House shall not sit on any Friday other than those on which private Members' bills have precedence.
(2) At its rising on the Thursday before a Friday on which the House is not sitting the House shall stand adjourned till the following Monday without any question being put, unless it shall have resolved otherwise.
(3) Unless the House shall have resolved to adjourn otherwise than from the previous Thursday to the following Monday, the Fridays on which the House does not sit shall be treated as sitting days for the purpose of calculating any period under any order of the House and for the purposes of paragraph (6) of Standing Order No. 22 (Notices of questions, motions and amendments) and of Standing Order No. 64 (Notices of amendments, etc., to bills); and on such Fridays-
(a) notices of questions may be given by Members to the Table Office, and
(b) notices of amendments to bills, new clauses and new schedules and of amendments to Lords amendments, and notices of motions relating to proceedings on bills committed to a public bill committee, may be received by the Public Bill Office,
between eleven o'clock and three o'clock.

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2022 — 30th November 12 House not to sit on certain Fridays (1) Unless the House otherwise orders, the House shall not sit on any Friday other than those on which private Members' bills have precedence.
(2) At its rising on the Thursday before a Friday on which the House is not sitting the House shall stand adjourned till the following Monday without any question being put, unless it shall have resolved otherwise.
(3) Unless the House shall have resolved to adjourn otherwise than from the previous Thursday to the following Monday, the Fridays on which the House does not sit shall be treated as sitting days for the purpose of calculating any period under any order of the House and for the purposes of paragraph (6) of Standing Order No. 22 (Notices of questions, motions and amendments) and of Standing Order No. 64 (Notices of amendments, etc., to bills); and on such Fridays-
(a) notices of questions may be given by Members to the Table Office, and
(b) notices of amendments to bills, new clauses and new schedules and of amendments to Lords amendments, and notices of motions relating to proceedings on bills committed to a public bill committee, may be received by the Public Bill Office,
between eleven o'clock and three o'clock.