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Session 2006 - 07 Internet Publications House of Commons Standing Orders - Public Business

		(9) In any other case, proceedings on the bill shall be
		suspended at the conclusion of the Session in which the bill
		was first introduced.
		(10) If a bill is presented in the next Session in the same terms
		as the bill reported to the House under paragraph (8) or as it
		stood when proceedings were suspended under paragraph (9),
		the bill shall be read the first and second time without question
		put, shall be ordered to be printed, and—
		(a) in the case of a bill reported from a public bill
		committee under paragraph (8), shall stand committed
		to a public bill committee in respect of those clauses
		and schedules not ordered to stand part of the bill in the
		first Session;
		(b) in the case of a bill reported from a committee of the
		whole House under paragraph (8), shall stand
		committed to a committee of the whole House in
		respect of those clauses and schedules not ordered to
		stand part of the bill in the first Session;
		(c) in the case of a bill committed to a public bill
		committee but on which proceedings on the bill were
		not begun, shall again stand committed to a public bill
		committee;
		(d) otherwise shall be set down as an order of the day for
		(as the case may be) committee, consideration, further
		consideration or third reading.
		(11) Notices of amendments, new clauses and new schedules
		given in respect of parts of a bill not disposed of in the first
		Session shall be reprinted as notices in respect of the bill as
		presented and proceeded with under paragraph (10).
		(12) A programme order relating to a bill which is carried
		over to the next session of Parliament shall continue to apply in
		the next Session.
		(13) Proceedings on a bill ordered to be carried over to the
		next Session of Parliament shall lapse on the expiry of the
		period of twelve months from the date of its first reading in this
		House and the bill shall be laid aside unless the House shall
		order, in pursuance of a motion under paragraph (14), that
		proceedings on the bill be extended for a specified period.
		(14) A motion may be made by a Minister of the Crown to
		extend for a specified period proceedings on a bill which would
		otherwise lapse under paragraph (13), and any such motion—
		(a) may contain provisions amending or supplementing a
		programme order in respect of the bill;
		(b) may be proceeded with, though opposed, after the
		moment of interruption;
		and the Speaker shall put any question necessary to dispose of
		proceedings on any such motion not later than one and a half
		hours after the commencement of those proceedings.
	Temporary laws.
		81.The precise duration of every temporary law or
		enactment shall be expressed in a distinct clause or subsection
		of the bill.
	Business
	Committee.
		82. There shall be a committee, to be called the Business
		Committee, consisting of the Chairman of Ways and Means,
		who shall be chairman of the committee, and not more than
		eight other Members to be nominated by the Speaker, in
		respect of each bill to which this order applies. The quorum of
		the committee shall be four. The committee—
		(a) shall, in the case of any bill in respect of which an
		order has been made by the House, allotting a specified
		number of days or portions of days to the consideration
		of the bill in committee of the whole House or on
		report, divide the bill into such parts as it may see fit
		and allot to each part so many days or portions of a day
		so allotted as it may consider appropriate; and
		(b) shall report its resolution (or resolutions) to the House,
		and on a motion being made for the consideration of
		such report the question thereon shall be put forthwith
		and on consideration of the said report the question
		‘That this House doth agree with the committee in its
		resolution (or resolutions)’ shall be put forthwith and, if
		that question be agreed to, any such resolution shall
		have effect as if it were an order of the House.
		Proceedings in pursuance of this sub-paragraph,
		though opposed, may be decided after the expiration of
		the time for opposed business.
	Allocation of
	time to bills.
		83. If a motion be made by a Minister of the Crown providing
		for an allocation of time to any proceedings on a bill the
		Speaker shall, not more than three hours after the
		commencement of the proceedings on such a motion, put any
		question necessary to dispose of those proceedings.
		Programming of bills
	Programme
	motions.
		83A.—(1) If, before second reading of a bill, notice of a
		motion providing—
		(a) for committal of the bill, and
		(b) for any proceedings on the bill to be programmed,
		is given by a Minister of the Crown, the motion may be made
		immediately after second reading, and Standing Order No. 63
		(Committal of bills not subject to a programme order) shall not
		apply to the bill.
		(2) Such a motion is to be called a programme motion.
		(3) A programme motion may not disapply paragraph (2) of
		Standing Order No. 84A (Public bill committees).
		(4) An order made by the House as a result of a programme
		motion is to be called a programme order.
		(5) A motion to vary or supplement a programme order is
		also to be called a programme motion.
		(6) A programme motion may provide for the allocation of
		time for any proceedings on a bill.
		(7) Except in the following four cases, the question on a
		programme motion is to be put forthwith.
		(8) The first exception is where—
		(a) a public bill committee has reported a resolution under
		paragraph (12) of Standing Order No. 83C
		(Programming sub-committees) proposing an alteration
		of the date by which the bill is to be reported to the
		House, and
		(b) the motion made under paragraph (13) of Standing
		Order No. 83C does not give effect to the public bill
		committee’s proposal.
		(9) The second exception is where the motion makes further
		provision for proceedings on consideration and third reading of
		the bill otherwise than in accordance with a resolution of a
		public bill committee under paragraph (14) of Standing Order
		No. 83C.
		(10) The third exception is where the motion reduces the
		amount of time allocated under a programme order for any
		proceedings on the bill (whether or not it also increases the
		amount of time allocated for other proceedings on the bill).
		(11) The fourth exception is where the motion relates to a
		resolution of a programming committee.
		(12) If any of the exceptions applies, any question necessary
		to dispose of proceedings on a programme motion is to be put
		not later than three-quarters of an hour after the
		commencement of proceedings on the motion.
		(13) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) applies
		to proceedings on a programme motion.
		(14) Standing Order No. 83 (Allocation of time to bills) does
		not apply to a programme motion.
		(15) If a programme order applies to a bill, neither Standing
		Order No. 82 (Business Committee) nor Standing Order No.
		120 (Business sub-committees) applies to the bill.
	Programming
	committees.
		83B.—(1) This order applies if proceedings in committee of
		the whole House or on consideration and third reading are
		subject to a programme order.
		(2) There is to be a committee for the bill consisting of—
		(a) the Chairman of Ways and Means (who is to be
		chairman of the committee); and
		(b) not more than eight other Members, nominated by the
		Speaker.
		(3) The committee is to be called the programming
		committee.
		(4) The quorum of the programming committee is four.
		(5) The programming committee shall consider the allocation
		of time to proceedings in committee of the whole House or on
		consideration and third reading and report any resolution
		which it makes to the House.
		(6) Proceedings in the programming committee shall be
		brought to a conclusion not later than two hours after their
		commencement.
		(7) For the purposes of bringing any proceedings to a
		conclusion in accordance with paragraph (6), the chairman
		shall—
		(a) first put forthwith any question which has been
		proposed from the chair and not yet decided; and
		(b) then put successively questions on any motions made
		by a Minister of the Crown.
		(8) Resolutions of the programming committee—
		(a) may be reported from time to time; and
		(b) subject to the powers of the Speaker or chairman to
		select the amendments, new clauses and new schedules
		to be proposed, may include alterations in the order in
		which specified proceedings on the bill are to be taken.
	Programming
	sub-committees.
		83C.—(1) If a bill is subject to a programme order which
		commits it to a public bill committee, the order stands referred
		to the committee and, subject to paragraph (10) of this order,
		shall be considered by a sub-committee of the committee.
		(2) The sub-committee is to be called the programming sub-
		committee.
		(3) The programming sub-committee shall consist of—
		(a) the chairman or one of the chairmen of the committee
		(who is to be chairman of the sub-committee); and
		(b) seven members of the committee, nominated by the
		Speaker.
		(4) The quorum of the programming sub-committee is four.
		(5) The programming sub-committee shall report to the
		committee any resolution which it makes about—
		(a) the number of sittings to be allotted to the
		consideration of the bill in the committee;
		(b) the allocation of the proceedings to each sitting;
		(c) the time at which any proceedings, if not previously
		concluded, are to be brought to a conclusion;
		(d) the date by which the bill is to be reported to the
		House;
		(e) the programming of consideration and third reading.
		(6) Proceedings in the programming sub-committee shall be
		brought to a conclusion not later than two hours after their
		commencement.
		(7) For the purposes of bringing any proceedings to a
		conclusion in accordance with paragraph (6), the chairman
		shall—