THE SPEAKER 1. Election of the Speaker: Member presiding Drafting amendments 1A. Re-election of former Speaker Drafting amendments 1B. Election of Speaker by secret ballot Drafting amendments DEPUTY SPEAKER AND CHAIRMEN 2. Deputy Chairmen Repeal, because superseded by SO No. 2A 2A. Election of the Deputy Speakers Change of timing of ballot to reflect existing practice; rafting amendments; clarifications; additional paragraph to reflect existing practice on appointment of interim Deputy Speakers at start of a Parliament 3 Deputy Speaker Rename ‘Duties and powers of Deputy Speakers’ to reflect substance 4 Panel of Chairs Amendment for flexibility to allow Deputy Speakers to chair legislation committees without formal appointment to committee; merger with SO no. 85 MEMBERS (INTRODUCTION AND SEATING) 5. Affirmation in lieu of oath No change 6. Time for taking the oath No change 7. Seats not to be taken before prayers No change 8. Seats secured at prayers No change SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE 9. Sittings of the House Drafting amendments; deletion of obsolete provisions; new language to stop adjournment debates lapsing at moment of interruption 10. Sittings in Westminster Hall Drafting amendments; updating and rationalisation. 11. Friday sittings Amalgamated with No 12 and No. 14: Drafting amendments; removal of clash with SO No. 154 (Petitions); updating 12. House not to sit on certain Fridays Amalgamated with No 11: Drafting amendments; addition of text from other SOs for clarity; amendment to reflect existing practice 13. Earlier meeting of House in certain circumstances Deletion of unnecessary provision ARRANGEMENT AND TIMING OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUSINESS 14. Arrangement of public business Split into four Standing Orders, covering Government business (current para (1)); Opposition days (current paras (2) and (3)): drafting amendments; changes to reflect current practice and improve clarity; and Backbench business (current paras (4) to (8); and Private Members’ Fridays (current paras (9) to (14)) 15 Exempted business Drafting amendments; changes to reflect current practice; deletion of sub-para resulting from addition to SO No. 24. 16. Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents Drafting amendments 17. Delegated legislation (negative procedure) Deletion 18. Consideration of draft legislative reform orders etc. Drafting amendments 19. New writs Amalgamated with SO No 11. 20. Time for taking private business Restriction of private business to government time to reflect current practice NOTICES OF QUESTIONS, ETC. 21. Time for taking questions Drafting amendments 22. Notices of questions, motions and amendments Amendments to reflect current practice and to remove need for end of session resolution on territorial department questions 22A. Written statements by ministers No change 22B. Notices of questions etc. during September Changes to clarify that SO is for years in which House does not sit in September and to reflect change to SO No. 22A 22C. Motions and amendments with a financial consequence for the House of No change Commons Administration Estimate 22D Select Committee statements Drafting amendment MOTIONS FOR BILLS AND SELECT COMMITTEES 23. Motions for leave to bring in bills and nomination of select committees at Division of para (1) for clarity and removal of obsolete provision commencement of public business GENERAL DEBATES 24. Emergency debates Drafting amendment and addition to clarify interaction with SO No. 83I; new para to remove need for repeated references in other SOs 24A. Topical debates No change 24B. Amendments to motions to consider specified matters Extension to Westminster Hall and grand committees MOTIONS FOR THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE 25. Periodic adjournments Addition to allow putting of selected amendments ORDERS OF THE DAY 26. Orders of the day to be read without question put No change 27. Order of disposing of orders of the day No change RULES OF DEBATE 28. Anticipation Repeal 29. Powers of chair to propose question Clarification and deletion to allow temporary chair in CwH to use SO 30. Debate on motion for the adjournment of the House No change 31. Questions on amendments Drafting amendment 32. Selection of amendments Reordering for clarity; removal of obsolete provision 33. Amendments to address in answer to the Queen’s Speech No change 34. Debate on dilatory motion Clarification including substance of SO No. 35 35. Dilatory motion in abuse of rules of House Repeal 36. Closure of debate Clarification and deletion to allow temporary chair in CwH to use SO 37. Majority for closure or for proposal of question Repeal: provisions moved to SOs No. 29 and 36. DIVISIONS 38. Procedure on divisions Drafting amendments 39. Voting Drafting amendments 40. Division unnecessarily claimed Drafting amendments 41. Quorum Deletion of obsolete provision 41A. Deferred divisions Drafting amendments; exemption of carry-over motions and periodic adjournment motions ORDER IN THE HOUSE 42. Irrelevance or repetition Drafting amendments 42A. Sub judice Drafting amendment for consistency with SO No. 42 43. Disorderly conduct Drafting amendment and clarification of period of suspension 44. Order in debate Clarification of period of suspension and deletion of obsolete provision 45. Members suspended, &c., to withdraw from precincts Drafting amendment 45A. Suspension of salary of Members suspended Drafting amendment 46. Power of the Speaker to adjourn House or suspend sitting No change 47. Time limits on speeches Drafting amendments PUBLIC MONEY 48. Recommendation from Crown required on application relating to public Drafting amendment to correct syntax and remove obsolete provision money 49. Certain proceedings relating to public money No change 50. Procedure upon bills whose main object is to create a charge upon the Drafting amendments public revenue 51. Ways and means motions Drafting amendments 52. Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills Drafting amendment 53. Application of public money standing orders to private bills, &c. No change 54. Consideration of estimates Drafting amendments; changes for clarity and current practice 55. Questions on voting of estimates, &c. Drafting amendment 56. Consolidated Fund Bills No change PUBLIC BILLS 57. Presentation and first reading Drafting amendment 57A. Bills brought from the Lords Drafting amendment 58. Consolidation bills Drafting amendment 59. Law Commission bills Drafting amendment 60. Tax law rewrite bills Drafting amendment 61. Bills which are prima facie hybrid Deletion of obsolete provision and drafting amendment 62. Amendment on second or third reading Deletion of obsolete paragraph and updating of language 63. Committal of bills not subject to a programme order Drafting amendments 64. Notices of amendments, &c., to bills Addition to reflect current practice 65. Amendments in committee Drafting amendments 66. Committee of whole House on bill Drafting amendments 67. Postponement of preamble Repeal because unnecessary 68. Debate on clause or schedule standing part Drafting amendments 69. Procedure on offer of new clause Repeal because unnecessary 70. When chair leaves chair without question put No change 71. Report of bill from committee of whole House Drafting amendments 72. Consideration of bill as amended in committee of whole House Repeal because unnecessary 73. Report of bills committed to public bill committees Drafting amendment and deletion to reflect deletion of SO No. 72 74. Re-committal of bill Drafting amendment 75. Amendments on report Rewrite to reflect current practice 76. Debate on bill reported from public bill committee Rewrite to reflect current practice 77. Third reading Addition to reflect current practice 78. Lords amendments Addition to reflect current practice 79. Pecuniary penalties Drafting amendments to remove archaisms 80. Privilege (bills brought from the Lords) Drafting amendments 80A. Carry-over of bills Addition of reference to SO No. 80B and drafting amendments 80B. Carry-over (bills brought in upon a ways and means resolution) Drafting amendments 81. Temporary laws Drafting amendment 82. Business Committee Drafting amendments 83. Allocation of time to bills Clarification and drafting amendment PROGRAMMING OF BILLS 83A. Programme motions Drafting amendments 83B. Programming committees No change 83C. Programming sub-committees Amendment to allow flexibility for all knives, not just last one 83D. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings in public bill committee or in Drafting amendments committee of the whole House 83E. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration or third Drafting amendments reading 83F. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration of Lords Drafting amendments amendments 83G. Programme orders: conclusion of proceedings on further messages from the Drafting amendments Lords 83H Programme orders: reasons committee Amendment to reflect current practice 83I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions Drafting amendments GENERAL COMMITTEES 84. General committees Change ‘General committees’ to ‘Legislation committees’ 84A. Public bill committees Addition to remove need for each PBC to resolve to sit in private after opening business and before examination of witnesses 85. Chairs of general committees Merger with SO No. 4 86. Nomination of general committees Change of’ general committees’ to ‘legislation committees’ Addition of NI Grand and deletion of consistently disapplied provision on Wales 87. Attendance of law officers and ministers in general committees