Order ID:374

If a public bill is passed by the Commons and is brought to the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments at a time when this House is not sitting, whether adjourned until a future day or during pleasure, and if it is for the convenience of this House that copies of the bill should be circulated before the bill is read a first time, the bill shall be deemed to have been brought from the Commons and the Clerk of the Parliaments shall arrange for the printing and circulation of copies of the bill and any Explanatory Notes thereto.

Likewise, if a public bill is returned from the Commons with amendments or Reasons at a time when this House is not sitting, whether adjourned until a future day or during pleasure, the Clerk of the Parliaments may, pursuant to this Standing Order, arrange for the printing and circulation of any such amendments and reasons and any Explanatory Notes on the amendments.

If a public bill is passed by the Commons and is brought to the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments at a time when this House is not sitting, whether adjourned until a future day or during pleasure, and if it is for the convenience of this House that copies of the bill should be circulated before the bill is read a first time, the bill shall be deemed to have been brought from the Commons and the Clerk of the Parliaments shall arrange for the printing and circulation of copies of the bill and any Explanatory Notes thereto.

Likewise, if a public bill is returned from the Commons with amendments or Reasons at a time when this House is not sitting, whether adjourned until a future day or during pleasure, the Clerk of the Parliaments may, pursuant to this Standing Order, arrange for the printing and circulation of any such amendments and reasons and any Explanatory Notes on the amendments.