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1882. NEW ZEALAND.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AS TO CLOSING DEBATE, ETC. (PAPERS RESPECTING).
Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.
GREAT BRITAIN. RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE OP COMMONS BY MR. GLADSTONE (Febkfaby 28, 1882). [The Times, Wednesday, February 8, 1882.] I. Proceduee. 1. Putting {he Question. —That when it shall appear to Mr. Speaker, or to the Chairman of a Committee of the whole House, during any debate, to be the evident sense of the House, or of the Committee, that the question be now put, he may so inform the House; and, if a motion be made " That the question be now put," Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman, shall forthwith put such question ; and, if the same be decided in the affirmative, the question under discussion shall be put forthwith: Provided that the question shall not be decided in the affirmative, if a division be taken, unless it shall appear to have been supported by more than two hundred members, or to have been opposed by less than forty members. 2. Motions for Adjournment before Public Business. —That no motion for the adjournment of the House shall be made, except by leave of the House, before the Orders o£ the Day, or Notices of Motions, have been entered upon. 3. Debates on Motions for Adjournment. —That when a motion is made for the adjournment of a debate, or of the House, during any debate, or that the Chairman of a Committee do report progress, or do leave the chair, the debate thereupon shall be strictly confined to the matter of such motion; and no member, having spoken to any such motion, shall be entitled to move, or second, any similar motion daring the same debate, or during the same sitting of the Committee. 4. Divisions. —That when, before a division, the decision of Mr. Speaker, or of the Chairman of a Committee, that the "Ayes" or "Noes" have it, is challenged, Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman, may call upon the members challenging it to rise in their places; and, if they do not exceed twenty, he may forthwith declare the determination of the House, or of the Committee. 5. Irrelevance or Repetition. —That Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman of a Committee, may call the attention of the House, or of the Committee, to continued irrelevance or tedious repetition on the part of a member ; and may direct the member to discontinue his speech. 6. Postponement of Preamble. —That, in Committee on a Bill, the preamble do stand postponed until after the consideration of the clauses, without question put. 7. Chairman to leave the Chair without Question. —That when the Chairman of a Committee has been ordered to make a report to the House, he shall leave the chair without question put. 8. Half-past Twelve o'Cloclc Bide.— To add to the Standing Order of the 18th of February, 1879, the following words : " But this rule shall not apply to the motion for leave to bring in a Bill, nor to any Bill which has passed through Committee." 9. Order in Debate. —To amend the Standing Order of the 28th of February, 1880, as follows : That whenever any member shall have been named by the Speaker, or by the Chairman of a Committee of the whole House, as disregarding the authority of the Chair, or abusing the rules of the House, by persistently and wilfully obstructing the business of the House, or otherwise, then, if the offence has been committed in the House, the Speaker shall forthwith put the question, on a motion being made, no amendment, adjournment, or debate being allowed, " that such member be suspended from the service of the House ; " and, if the offence has been committed in a Committee of the whole House, the Chairman shall, on a motion being made, put the same question in a similar way, and, if the.motion is carried, shall forthwith suspend the proceedings of the Committee, and report the circumstance to the House, and the Speaker shall thereupon put the same question, without amendment, adjournment, or debate, as if the offence had been committed in the House itself. If any member be suspended under this order, his suspension on the first occasion shall continue for a week, on the second occasion for a month, and on the third occasion for the remainder of the session : Provided always, that nothing in this resolution shall be taken to deprive the House of the power of proceeding against any member according to ancient usages. • , , : ,
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