Motions to sit in private

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Alt label

• Standing Order No 163

SES ID

• 370515
• 434128

Notation

• 370515

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Closure of debate
• Standing orders

Scope note

• From the Standing Orders (2016): 163.—(1)If at any sitting of the House, or in a committee of the whole House, any Member moves ‘That the House sit in private’ the Speaker or the chair shall forthwith put the question ‘That the House sit in private’, and such question, though opposed, may be decided after the expiration of the time for opposed business, but such a Motion may be made no more than once in any sitting:Provided that the Speaker or the chairman may, whenever he thinks fit, order the withdrawal of those other than Members or Officers from any part of the House.

History note

• Lead term changed to Motions to sit in private after discussion at Indexing review meeting in February 2017.

Collections

• Guide to procedure term
• Procedural term