UK Parliament — House of Commons
Order ID:80
Known as:
- Debates on Motions for Adjournment
- Motions for Adjournment in Abuse of the Rules of the House
- Dilatory motion in abuse of rules of the house
- Dilatory motion in abuse of rules of House
Order numbers:
11, 23, 22, 26, 28, 29, 34, 35
Cite as
Current version
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| 2022 — 30th November | 35 Dilatory motion in abuse of rules of House | (1) |
If the Speaker, or the chair, shall be of opinion that a dilatory motion is an abuse of the rules of the House, he may forthwith put the question thereupon from the chair, or he may decline to propose the question thereupon to the House or the committee. |
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| (2) |
For the purposes of this order the expression 'dilatory motion' shall include a motion for the adjournment of a debate, or of the House, during any debate, or of further consideration of a bill or of the Lords amendments to a bill, or that the occupant of the chair do report progress or do leave the chair. |
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First appearance
| 1882 — 27th November | 11 Debates on Motions for Adjournment |
That, if Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman of a Committee of the whole House, shall be of opinion that a Motion for the Adjournment of a Debate, or of The House, during any Debate, or that the Chairman do Report Progress, or do leave the Chair, is an abuse of the Rules of the House, he may forthwith put the Question thereupon from the Chair. |
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