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December 20, 1973
The Standing Orders provide for a substantive proposition to be considered by the House. This cannot be done, however, by way of a recommendation from a committee studying a bill. "... there is no...
This ruling establishes that a committee studying a bill can only report the bill itself, with any changes being formal amendments, not separate recommendations.
December 4, 1973
"It is well-established practice that committee proceedings cannot be brought into consideration or debate in the House except by way of a report from the committee." It is also well established...
The Speaker ruled that committee proceedings and member conduct cannot be raised in the House via a question of privilege and must be presented through a formal committee report.
September 17, 1973
Routine Proceedings / Motions September 17, 1973 Journals p. 558 Debates pp. 6641-2 Background During debate on the motion of Mr. McGrath (St. John’s East) to concur in the second report of the...
The provided text is a heading related to a committee report and an amendment, not a Speaker's Ruling.
June 18, 1973
"Prior to 1968 the Committee of Supply could consider, reject, reduce and adopt Estimates, but the ultimate concurrence in the Estimates rested in the House after report from Committee of Supply....
A ruling clarifying that the House of Commons, not standing committees, holds the ultimate power of concurrence for government Estimates.
April 11, 1973
If there is fault to be found with the wording of the report, it would be found in the passage which reads "... and to take steps immediately to enter into negotiations with the Indian people with...
A Speaker's ruling amends a committee report's wording from an improper instruction to a procedurally correct recommendation.
March 16, 1972
No precedent permits the Chair to allow the submission of one or more minority reports. However, there is nothing in the precedents that forbids the inclusion in a committee report of dissident or...
The Speaker rules that separate minority reports from committees are not permitted, but dissident opinions can be included within the main report.
June 7, 1971
The proposed motion in amendment is in the form of a substantive motion which goes significantly beyond the scope of the bill. Although it does not say so explicitly, it provides in essence that...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order for being beyond the scope of the bill and attempting to amend a separate, unrelated Act.
May 28, 1971
Given that committees sometimes study the same question for several weeks, "it would seem to be most impractical for the House to adopt the position that the membership of committees should not be...
The Speaker denied a request to return a committee report, citing the impracticality of freezing membership and the proximity of the Supply deadline.
March 24, 1970
"No principle is more surely provided for by our constitution and our Standing Orders than that which provides that the Crown alone initiates financial proposals... It is not competent... for the...
A ruling affirming the constitutional principle that only the Crown can initiate financial proposals, thereby preventing committees from substituting financial provisions in estimates.
February 17, 1970
The objection raised by the Member deals with the content of the report, which cannot be commented on when the report is presented. This can be done only on a motion in reference to the report....
A ruling clarifying that objections to a committee report's content are only permissible during the debate on a concurrence motion, not during the report's initial presentation.