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May 12, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading May 12, 1969 Journals p. 1024 Debates pp. 8602, 8605 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-150, an Act to...
A ruling on the procedural admissibility of a motion to recommit a bill, focusing on whether the instructions to the committee exceeded the bill's scope.
May 12, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading May 12, 1969 Journals p. 1024 Debates p. 8595 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the...
Analysis could not be completed as the provided text is a procedural heading, not a Speaker's Ruling.
April 16, 1969
Both motions in amendment are reasoned amendments since they provide that the bill be not now read. Such amendments, while appropriate at the second or third reading stage, cannot be put at the...
The Speaker ruled that reasoned amendments are procedurally inadmissible during the report stage of a bill.
March 24, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading March 24, 1969 Journals p. 829 Debates p. 7055 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-173, an Act respecting...
A ruling confirming that a motion to recommit a bill is out of order if its instructions propose amendments beyond the bill's original scope.
February 24, 1969
The rules permit third reading of a bill on the same day if the report from the committee does not include an amendment at the report stage. "It is only when there is an amendment proposed and...
A bill can proceed from report stage to third reading on the same day unless an amendment was debated at report stage.
February 7, 1969
This is not the occasion to speak on the general procedure followed by a committee of the House. If the Member "has a protest to make,... it should be made when there is a general debate on the...
The Speaker ruled that a Member's remarks at report stage must be confined to their specific motion in amendment, not general committee procedure.
March 2, 1967
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading March 2, 1967 Journals p. 1479 Debates p. 13658 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-268, an Act to amend...
The Speaker ruled a motion to recommit a bill out of order as it sought amendments beyond the scope of the bill and its authorizing Ways and Means resolution.
December 20, 1966
The scope of the amendments allowed at third reading is more limited than at second reading; in this case, the proposed amendment is beyond the scope of the bill and is not actually included in...
A Speaker's ruling finds a third-reading amendment inadmissible as it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.
December 20, 1966
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading December 20, 1966 Journals pp. 1166-7 Debates p. 11427 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-251, an Act to...
A procedural event concerning the recommittal of a specific legislative clause to a committee for further study.