CONTENTS
Dates when Standing Orders were passed and amended
Table showing sitting times
THE SPEAKER
1. Election of the Speaker:
Member presiding
1A. Re-election
of
former
Speaker
1B. Election
of
Speaker
by
secret
ballot
DEPUTY SPEAKER
AND CHAIRMEN
2. Deputy Chairmen
3. Deputy
Speaker
4. Chairmen's
Panel
MEMBERS (INTRODUCTION
AND SEATING)
5. Affirmation in lieu of
oath
6. Time
for
taking
the
oath
7. Seats
not
to
be
taken
before
prayers
8. Seats
secured
at
prayers
SITTINGS
OF THE
HOUSE
9. Sittings of the House
10. Sittings in Westminster Hall
11. Friday
sittings
12. House
not
to
sit
on
certain
Fridays
13. Earlier
meeting
of
House
in
certain
circumstances
ARRANGEMENT
AND TIMING
OF PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE
BUSINESS
14. Arrangement of public business
15. Exempted
business
16. Proceedings
under
an
Act
or
on
European
Union
documents
17. Delegated
legislation
(negative
procedure)
18. Consideration
of
draft
regulatory reform orders
19. New
writs
20. Time
for
taking
private
business
NOTICES OF
QUESTIONS, ETC.
21. Time for taking questions
22. Notices of questions, motions
and amendments 22A. Written statements by ministers
MOTIONS FOR
BILLS AND
SELECT COMMITTEES
23. Motions for leave to bring
in bills and nomination of select committees at commencement of
public business
MOTIONS FOR
THE ADJOURNMENT
OF THE
HOUSE
24. Adjournment on specific and
important matter that should have urgent consideration
25. Periodic
adjournments
ORDERS OF
THE DAY
26. Orders of the day to be read
without question put
27. Order
of
disposing
of
orders
of
the
day
RULES OF
DEBATE
28. Anticipation
29. Powers
of
chair
to
propose
question
30. Debate
on
motion
for
the
adjournment
of
the
House
31. Questions
on
amendments
32. Selection
of
amendments
33. Calling
of
amendments
at
end
of
debate
34. Debate
on
dilatory
motion
35. Dilatory
motion
in
abuse
of
rules
of
House
36. Closure
of
debate
37. Majority
for
closure
or
for
proposal
of
question
DIVISIONS
38. Procedure on divisions
39. Voting
40. Division
unnecessarily
claimed
41. Quorum
ORDER IN
THE HOUSE
42. Irrelevance or repetition
43. Disorderly conduct
44. Order
in
debate
45. Members
suspended,
&c.,
to
withdraw
from
precincts
45A. Suspension
of
salary
of
Members
suspended
46. Power
of
the
Speaker
to
adjourn
House
or
suspend
sitting
47. Short
speeches
PUBLIC MONEY
48. Recommendation from Crown
required on application relating to public money
49. Certain
proceedings
relating
to
public
money
50. Procedure
upon
bills
whose
main
object
is
to
create
a
charge
upon
the
public
revenue
51. Ways
and
means
motions
52. Money
resolutions
and
ways
and
means
resolutions
in
connection
with
bills
53. Application
of
public
money
standing
orders
to
private
bills,
&c.
54. Consideration
of
estimates
55. Questions
on
voting
of
estimates,
&c.
56. Consolidated
Fund
Bills
PUBLIC BILLS
57. Presentation and first reading
58. Consolidation
bills
59. Law
Commission
bills
60. Tax
law rewrite
bills
61. Bills
which
are
prima
facie
hybrid
62. Amendment
on
second
or
third
reading
63. Committal
of
bills
64. Notices
of
amendments,
&c.,
to
bills
65. Amendments
in
committee
66. Committee
of
whole
House
on
bill
67. Postponement
of
preamble
68. Debate
on
clause
or
schedule
standing
part
69. Procedure
on
offer
of
new
clause
70. When
chairman
leaves
chair
without
question
put
71. Report
of
bill
from
committee
of
whole
House
72. Consideration
of
bill
as
amended
in
committee
of
whole
House
73. Report
of
bills
committed
to
standing
committees
74. Recommittal
of
bill
75. Amendments
on
report
76. Debate
on
bill
reported
from
standing
committee
77. Third
reading
78. Lords
amendments
79. Pecuniary
penalties
80. Privilege
(bills
brought
from
the
Lords)
81. Temporary
laws
82. Business
Committee
83. Allocation
of
time
to
bills
STANDING
COMMITTEES
84. Constitution of standing committees
85. Chairmen
of
standing
committees
86. Nomination
of
standing
committees
87. Attendance
of
law
officers
and
ministers
in
standing
committees
88. Meetings
of
standing
committees
89. Procedure
in
standing
committees
90. Second
reading
committees
91. Special
standing
committees
92. Consideration
on
report
of
certain
bills
by
a
standing
committee
93. Scottish
Grand
Committee
(composition
and
business)
94. Scottish
Grand
Committee
(questions
for
oral
answer)
95. Scottish
Grand
Committee
(short
debates)
96. Scottish
Grand
Committee
(ministerial
statements)
97. Scottish
Grand
Committee
(bills
in
relation
to
their
principle)
98. Scottish
Grand
Committee
(delegated
legislation)
99. Scottish
Grand
Committee
(substantive
motions
for
the
adjournment)
100. Scottish Grand Committee
(sittings)
101. Scottish
Standing
Committees
102. Welsh
Grand
Committee
(composition
and
business)
103. Welsh
Grand
Committee
(questions
for
oral
answer)
104. Welsh
Grand
Committee
(short
debates)
105. Welsh
Grand
Committee
(ministerial
statements)
106. Welsh
Grand
Committee
(bills)
107. Welsh
Grand
Committee
(matters
relating
exclusively
to
Wales)
108. Welsh
Grand
Committee
(sittings)
109. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(composition
and
business)
110. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(questions
for
oral
answer)
111. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(short
debates)
112. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(ministerial
statements)
113. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(bills
in
relation
to
their
principle)
114. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(legislative
proposals
and
other
matters
relating
exclusively
to
Northern
Ireland)
115. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(delegated
legislation)
116. Northern
Ireland
Grand
Committee
(sittings)
117. Standing
Committee
on
Regional
Affairs
118. Standing
Committees
on
Delegated
Legislation
119. European
Standing
Committees
120. Business
subcommittees
SELECT COMMITTEES
121. Nomination of select committees
122. Lists of Members serving on
select committees
122A Term limits for chairmen of select committees
123. Sittings
of
committees
124. Quorum
of
select
committees
125. Strangers
(select
committees)
126. Withdrawal
of
Members
from
meetings
of
select
committees
127. Withdrawal
of
documents
before
select
committee
128. Entry
on
minutes
of
proceedings
of
select
committee
129. Minutes
of
proceedings
to
be
laid
on
the
Table
130. Entry
on
minutes
of
evidence
of
select
committee
131. Entry
of
questions
asked
132. Administration
of
oath
in
select
committee
133. Power
to
report
opinion
and
observations
134. Select
committees
(reports)
135. Witnesses
and
evidence
(select
committees)
136. Publication
of
evidence
(select
committees)
137. Select
committees
(adjournment
of
the
House)
137A. Select
committees:
power
to
work
with
other
committees
138. Members
(attendance
at
Lords
select
committees)
139. Select
Committee
on
Broadcasting
140. Joint
Committee
on
Consolidation,
&c.,
Bills
141. Regulatory Reform Committee
142. Domestic
Committees
143. European
Scrutiny
Committee
144. Finance
and
Services
Committee
145. Liaison
Committee
146. Select
Committee
on
Public
Administration
147. Procedure
Committee
148. Committee
of
Public
Accounts
149. Committee
on
Standards
and
Privileges
150. Parliamentary
Commissioner
for
Standards
151. Statutory
Instruments
(Joint
Committee)
152. Select
committees
related
to
government
departments
152A. Environmental
Audit
Committee
152B. Human
rights
(joint
committee)
152C. Tax
law rewrite
(joint
committee)
PUBLIC PETITIONS
153. Presentation of petitions
154. Time
and
manner
of
presenting
petitions
155. Petition
as
to
present
personal
grievance
156. Printing
of
petitions
and
of
ministerial
replies
157. Petitions
against
imposition
of
tax
PARLIAMENTARY
PAPERS
158. Presentation of command papers
159. Presentation
of
statutory
instruments
160. Notification
in
respect
of
certain
statutory
instruments
STRANGERS
161. Duties of Serjeant at Arms
with respect to strangers
162. Places
to
which
strangers
are
not
admitted
163. Motions
to
sit
in
private
APPENDIX:
RESOLUTIONS,
TEMPORARY
STANDING
ORDERS
AND
SESSIONAL
ORDERS
RESOLUTIONS
Matters
sub
judice
Scrutiny of European Business
Questions to Ministers
TEMPORARY
STANDING
ORDERS
AND
SESSIONAL
ORDERS
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday sittings
Carry-over of bills
Programming
of
Bills
Deferred divisions
Modernisation of the House of Commons
Liaison Committee (Membership)
Standing Committee on the Convention
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