Manual of Procedure in the Public Business of the House of Commons |
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Common terms and phrases
28 February adjournment allotted appointed attendance authorised bill originating clause clerk closure COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC committee of selection committee of supply COMMITTEES-CHAP consideration consolidated fund continued Crown decided without amendment disposed division estimates FINANCIAL BUSINESS-CHAP given grant House of Commons House of Lords hybrid bills I.-STANDING ORDERS-continued leave the chair MATTERS TAKEN means member in charge ment minister mittee mode moved nominated notice paper notices of motions Number of Standing oath parliament person postponed presented printed private bills privileges Procedure proceedings proposed Provided public bills PUBLIC BILLS-CHAP public business PUBLIC BUSINESS-CHAP pursuance put the question question of privilege question put quorum recommitted referred resolution respect RULES OF PROCEDURE-CHAP S. O. private business second reading select committee serjeant-at-arms sitting Speaker or chairman standing committee standing orders thereupon third reading tion Tuesday unless the house Vict VIII vote Wednesday whole house withdraw
Popular passages
Page 21 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom for any lord of parliament, or other peer or prelate, not being a peer of Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain , to concern himself in the election of members to serve for the Commons in parliament...
Page 256 - House, unless a member rising in his place shall propose to move the adjournment for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance...
Page 294 - Speaker the chairman of the committee of ways and means shall perform the duties and exercise the authority of speaker in relation to all proceedings of this house, as deputy speaker, until the next meeting of the house, and so on from day to day, on the like information being given to the house, until the house shall otherwise order : provided that if the house shall adjourn for more than twenty-four hours the deputy speaker shall continue to perform the duties and exercise the authority of speaker...
Page 290 - In all contracts extending over a period of years, and creating a public charge, actual or prospective, entered into by the government for the conveyance of mails by sea, or for the purpose of telegraphic communications beyond sea, there should be inserted the condition that the contract shall not be binding until it has been approved of by a resolution of the house.
Page 168 - Thus the Crown demands money, the Commons grant it, and the Lords assent to the grant. But the Commons do not vote money unless it be required by the Crown, nor impose or augment taxes, unless...
Page 12 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty...
Page 194 - Resolved, &c., that all aids and supplies, and aids to his Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the Commons ; and all bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons ; and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct, limit and appoint in such bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations and qualifications of such grants, which ought not to be changed or altered by the House of Lords.
Page 20 - ... if anything shall come in question touching the return or election of any member, he is to withdraw during the time the matter is in debate ; and that all members returned upon double returns do withdraw till their returns are determined.
Page 195 - ... 2. That, although the Lords have exercised the power of rejecting Bills of several descriptions relating to taxation by negativing the whole, yet the exercise of that power by them has not been frequent, and is justly regarded by this House with peculiar jealousy, as affecting the right of the Commons to grant the supplies and to provide the ways and means for the service of the year.
Page 278 - ... Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the act, and in order to the execution of the act, and are not made payable into the treasury or exchequer, or in aid of the public revenue, and do not form the ground of public accounting by the parties receiving the same, either in respect of deficit or surplus. (3). When such bill shall be a private bill for a local or personal act.