Ruling
February 26, 2014
Report stage: sponsor not moving concurrence
Hon. Andrew Scheer
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Speaker:
The House now seems faced with what seems to be an unprecedented situation. Since the two hours of debate prescribed for report stage and third reading have concluded and the report stage motions have been disposed of, all questions necessary to dispose of the Bill should now be put immediately to the House, pursuant to Standing Order 98(4).
[3]
However, the sponsor of the Bill, the hon.
Member for Edmonton—St. Albert, has indicated that he does not wish to move the motion to concur in the Bill as amended at report stage. Members will recall that pursuant to Standing Order 94, [4]
the Speaker may make all arrangements necessary to ensure the orderly conduct of private Members' business.
Accordingly, I rule that the order for concurrence at report stage of Bill C-461, An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (disclosure of information), be discharged and the Bill be dropped from the Order Paper..
[1]
Three amendments to Bill C-461 were adopted during clause-by-clause study by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (Minutes of Proceedings, June 5, 2013, Meeting No. 84 ).
[2]
See Appendix A, "Cited Provisions:
Standing Orders of the House of Commons ", Standing Order 94.
[3]
See Appendix A, Standing Order 98(4).
[4]
See Appendix A, Standing Order 94.
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Holding
"When the sponsor of a Private Member's Bill declines to move the motion for concurrence at report stage, the Speaker has the authority to order the bill discharged and dropped from the Order Paper."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled that when a sponsor refuses to move the concurrence motion for their Private Member's Bill, the bill is discharged and dropped from the Order Paper.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Other
- Tone
- Neutral
- Procedural Stage
- Private Members' Business
- Significance
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