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Sessional Order Details

Sessional Order (561) - Committee Reports - Tabling in the House and Debate (adopted 23 March 2016)

This Sessional Order amends Standing Order 306. Click this link to view the Standing Order.
COMMITTEE REPORTS, TABLING IN THE HOUSE AND DEBATE
(adopted 23 March 2016)

That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, Standing Order 306 shall read as follows:

306.
(1) The report and associated documents of any committee (not being a legislation committee or the Standing Orders and Procedure Committee) shall be presented at the time provided in the Routine of Business, or at any other time with the leave of the House.
(2) The Member presenting the report may move “That the document be printed”. This question shall be decided without debate or amendment.
(3) Reports from committees (not being reports of the Standing Orders and Procedure Committee) shall stand in the order in which they are presented (or reported by the Clerk when received during an adjournment) as Orders of the Day “That the House take note of the Report”.
(4) Such Orders of the Day may be considered at the time allocated in the Routine of Business on Thursday for a period of up to 30 minutes. Any interrupted item of business shall stand as an Order of the Day for tomorrow.
(5) Debate on an Order of the Day may be adjourned and the resumption of the debate set down as an Order of the Day for tomorrow.
(6) When the Order of the Day is called on and not proceeded with, consideration of the report shall be postponed until the next Thursday sitting when reports are considered. If the Order of the Day is called on at that subsequent sitting and is not proceeded with, the question shall be put.
(7) If a committee has more than one report on the Business Paper, the Chair or Member who tabled the report may move a motion without notice, amendment or debate to facilitate the consideration of two or more of the committee’s reports together.
(8) The Member tabling the report may speak for up to 6 minutes and any other Member may speak for up to 4 minutes to the question “That the House take note of the Report” with the question being put after 22 minutes. No reply is permitted.