Statement
October 19, 2011
Establishment of first Order of Precedence: Speaker's statement regarding royal recommendation; forty-eight hours' notice requirement for exchange
Hon. Andrew Scheer
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Speaker:
The notice requirement having been waived, Mr.
Hiebert proceeded with an exchange in the Order of Precedence such that Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use) in the name of Dan Albas (Okanagan—Coquihalla), was debated at second reading the following day.
During the Second Session of the Forty-First Parliament, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs recommended in its Twenty-Eighth Report that Standing Order 94(1)(a) [6]
be amended so that, at the beginning of a Parliament, Private Members' Hour begin no earlier than 48 hours after the presentation in the House of its report on votable items. The Report was concurred in by the House on February 4, 2015, and the changes to the Standing Orders took effect at the beginning of the Forty-Second Parliament.
[7].
[1]
Debates, October 18, 2011, pp. 2170–2.
[2]
See Appendix A, "Cited Provisions:
Standing Orders of the House of Commons ", Standing Order 94(1)(a).
[3]
See Appendix A, Standing Order 79(1).
[4]
See Appendix A, Standing Order 94(1)(a).
[5]
See Appendix A, Standing Order 94(1)(a) and 94(2)(a).
[6]
See Appendix A, Standing Order 94(1)(a).
[7]
Twenty-Eighth Report, presented to the House on December 8, 2014 (Journals, p. 1915 ) and concurred in on February 4, 2015 (Journals, p. 2092 ).
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"Following a concurred-in committee report, Standing Order 94(1)(a) was amended to require a 48-hour delay between the presentation of the report on votable items and the start of Private Members' Hour at the beginning of a new Parliament."
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The Speaker explains a change to Standing Order 94(1)(a) requiring a 48-hour notice period for the start of Private Members' Hour.
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