Ruling
April 23, 1975
Amendments infringing on financial initiative of the Crown
Hon. James Jerome
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
"No amendment can exceed the terms of [a Royal Recommendation] regardless of by whom it is moved, and no action taken by the House, by any Member of the House, by any standing committee, and least of all by the Chair, must in any way weaken that very basic and fundamental principle of our practice." The Chair has no authority to send a bill back to a committee. That is a decision of the House which can be considered at the third reading stage.
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Holding
"Amendments infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown by exceeding the scope of a Royal Recommendation are out of order, and the Chair has no authority to return a bill to a committee."
AI Summary
The Speaker rules that amendments cannot exceed a Royal Recommendation and the Chair cannot unilaterally send a bill back to committee.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Debate on a bill
- Significance
Low
High