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June 4, 1970
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading June 4, 1970 Journals pp. 937-8 Debates pp. 7737-8 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-144, an Act to...
A ruling that a motion to recommit a bill is out of order if its instructions are beyond the bill's established scope.
June 2, 1970
According to the rules, a motion to amend, delete, insert or restore any clause in a bill must be printed on the Notice Paper no later than 24 hours prior to the consideration of a report stage....
A statement clarifying that substantive amendments at a bill's report stage require 24 hours' notice on the Notice Paper.
May 21, 1970
The form and content of a motion to amend an interpretation clause must be consistent with the purposes given in that clause. One of the motions neither defines nor interprets any provision of the...
A Speaker's ruling finds amendments out of order for being substantive additions to an interpretation clause and for exceeding the Royal Recommendation.
May 4, 1970
"... the only way in which the Standing Order can be operated so as to work and make sense is to have agreement between... representatives of the parties in the House." In this instance, there has...
The Speaker permitted a vaguely worded supply day motion to proceed as a non-confidence vote but warned that future motions must more clearly express non-confidence.
February 25, 1970
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading February 25, 1970 Journals p. 492 Debates pp. 4100-1 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-134, an Act to...
A motion to recommit a bill is out of order if its instructions propose amendments beyond the bill's original scope.
February 9, 1970
Since the first series of motions was negatived, the consequential motions are deemed to have been dropped.
A procedural statement clarifying that when a motion is defeated, any dependent consequential motions are automatically dropped.
January 21, 1970
Despite the reservations as to whether or not this case involves a question of privilege, the Member's remarks were not followed by a motion, and thus no further action can be taken. The Standing...
The Speaker ruled that no action could be taken on a member's concern because it was not followed by a motion, clarifying the rules for tabling documents.
January 20, 1970
The few precedents to which the Chair can revert for guidance suggest that a Member who is not a member of a committee can move concurrence in a report. ''An extensive search of the records of the...
A ruling confirming that a Member who is not on a committee can move a motion for concurrence in that committee's report.
January 19, 1970
Rules of Debate / Repetition January 19, 1970 Debates p. 2547 Background During Private Members' Business (Notices of Motions), Mr. Orlikow (Winnipeg North) proposed a motion to create a special...
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December 17, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading December 17, 1969 Journals pp. 220-1 Debates pp. 2099-100 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-171, an Act...
A motion to recommit a bill was ruled out of order because its instructions proposed amendments that went beyond the bill's established scope.