Index to Standing Orders

INDEX TO THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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Subject	Standing Order No.	Page
A
Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Standing Committee
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(h)
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
Appointed days
Announcement by Minister..........................................................................................................	50(3)
Precedence over other business....................................................................................................	50(3)
Exceptions....................................................................................................................................	50(3)
Debate
Amendment disposed of on fourth day........................................................................................	50(6)
Amendment not permitted after fifth day.....................................................................................	50(7)
Days, not to exceed six..................................................................................................................	50(1)
Leader of the Opposition..............................................................................................................	50(2)
Motion, disposed of on sixth day, interruption by Speaker.........................................................	50(8)
Prime Minister..............................................................................................................................	50(2)
Speeches, time limits.....................................................................................................................	50(2)
Subamendment disposed of on second day...................................................................................	50(5)
Unused days added to Supply proceedings..................................................................................	81(11)
Address of the House
Presentation, 48 hours’ notice...........................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Prorogation, effects.............................................................................................................................	49
Adjournment of the House
Daily adjournment times....................................................................................................................	24(2)
Emergency debate see instead Emergency Debate
Motion required in certain cases........................................................................................................	25
Motion to adjourn..............................................................................................................................	60
Notice during......................................................................................................................................	55(1)
Orders of the day, interrupted by, item stands.................................................................................	41(2)
Quorum lacking..................................................................................................................................	29(3)(4)
Royal Assent
Recall for.......................................................................................................................................	28(4)
Written declaration, message, publishing in Journals...................................................................	28(5)
Speaker election.................................................................................................................................	2(3)
Time, affected by other House proceedings
Business to be disposed of............................................................................................................	25
Closure, question period...............................................................................................................	67.1(2)
Divisions, deferred after Oral Questions.......................................................................................	45(7.1)
Extended sittings...........................................................................................................................	26 27
Introduction of Government Bills.................................................................................................	30(4)
Quorum lacking.............................................................................................................................	29(2)(3)(4)
Recall of the House.......................................................................................................................	28(3)
Statements by Ministers...............................................................................................................	33(2)
Take-note debates.........................................................................................................................	53.1(3)(e)
Time allocation, question period...................................................................................................	67.1(2)
See also Parliamentary Papers—Depositing with Clerk of the House; Royal Assent; Tabling of Documents—Depositing with Clerk of the House
Adjournment Proceedings (Late Show)
Debate
30 minutes.....................................................................................................................................	38(1)(5)
Answer time..................................................................................................................................	38(5)
Business of the House, announcement concerning, not included in 30 minutes ...........................	38(6)
Completed, motion deemed adopted.............................................................................................	38(5)
Follow up time..............................................................................................................................	38(5)
Question time................................................................................................................................	38(5)
Time limit on subsequent matter...................................................................................................	38(2)(a)
Notice..................................................................................................................................................	38(2)(a)
Addressed to Speaker....................................................................................................................	37(3)
Deemed withdrawn if matter not taken up...................................................................................	38(2)(b)
Withdrawn after 45 days...............................................................................................................	37(3)
Oral questions, unsatisfactory responses, subject matter raised.......................................................	37(3)
Questions on the Order Paper, transferred after 45 days at Member’s request...............................	39(5)(b)
Notice deemed withdrawn if matter not taken up.........................................................................	38(2)(b)
Selection of questions, Speaker decides, criteria................................................................................	38(3)
Speaker announces to House questions to be raised..........................................................................	38(4)
Suspension, Take-note debates..........................................................................................................	53.1(2)
Time and days....................................................................................................................................	38(1)
Agenda and Procedure Subcommittee see Committees, Legislative
Allotted days see Supply
Amendments
Closure, question decided without debate or amendment..................................................................	57
Debatable motions.............................................................................................................................	67
Motion concerning committee travel, question put during Routine Proceedings without debate or amendment.......................................................................................................................................	56.2(1)
Motion for previous question affirmative, original question put forthwith without any amendment or debate...........................................................................................................................................	61(2)
Motion for previous question precludes all amendments..................................................................	61(1)
Motion to refer question to committee, precludes all amendment of main question .........................	63
Motion under Government Orders to go into Committee of the Whole decided without debate or amendment.......................................................................................................................................	56(2)
Senate amendments, debatable...........................................................................................................	67(1)(g)
Unanimous consent denied, routine motion by Minister..................................................................	56.1(1)(a)(2)
See also Address in Reply to The Speech from the Throne—Debate; Public Bills; Supply; Take-note debates—Motion; Ways and Means—Budget
Annual reports see Committees, Standing; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee
Appeals
Order and decorum, Speaker’s decisions...........................................................................................	10
Order and disorder, Chair’s decisions................................................................................................	117
Appointees see Clerk of the House—Proposed appointee; Officer of Parliament—Proposed appointee; Parliamentary Librarian—Proposed appointee
Appointments see Order in Council appointments
Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole
Election, motion................................................................................................................................	8(2)
Mandate............................................................................................................................................	8(1)
Speaker designating..........................................................................................................................	8(1)
B
Bells see Divisions; Quorum
Bills see Estimates; Government Bills; Private Bills; Private Members’ Bills; Public Bills; Senate Public Bills
Black Rod see instead Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
Board of Internal Economy
Documents tabled by Speaker
Decisions, Committee budgets......................................................................................................	148(2)
Reports of proceedings.................................................................................................................	148(1)
Oral questions, addressing.................................................................................................................	37(2)
See also Committees, Legislative—Budget; Committees, Special—Budget; Committees, Standing—Budget; Conflict of Interest Code—Application
Borrowing Authority Bill
Debate at second reading, maximum two sitting days.......................................................................	73(5)
Bribery see Members—Election
Broadcasting see Committees, Legislative; Committees, Special; Committees, Standing
Budget Debate see Ways and Means
Business of the House
Commencement, following prayers...................................................................................................	30(2)
Daily order of business, Routine Proceedings...................................................................................	30(3)
Interruption.........................................................................................................................................	41(1)
C
Cabinet Ministers see instead Ministers of the Crown
Calendar see instead Sittings of the House—Parliamentary
Canada Gazette see Private Bills
Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(b)
Casting vote
Speaker...............................................................................................................................................	9
Chair of Committees of the Whole
Absence, ad hoc appointment...........................................................................................................	7(4)
Assistant Deputy Chair, appointment, role......................................................................................	8
Deputy Chair, appointment, role......................................................................................................	8
Election, motion..................................................................................................................................	7(1.1)
Language, knowledge..........................................................................................................................	7(2)
Speaker designating..........................................................................................................................	7(1)
Term of office....................................................................................................................................	7(3)
Vacancy..............................................................................................................................................	7(3)
See also Committee of the Whole
Clerk of Petitions see Petitions; Private Bills—Petitions for Private Bills
Clerk of the House
House of Commons staff, directing and controlling...........................................................................	151
House records, safe-keeping..............................................................................................................	151
Messages to and from Senate.............................................................................................................	154
Officers, directing and controlling......................................................................................................	151
Order Paper, Speaker’s copy............................................................................................................	152
Private bills, responsibility................................................................................................................	135(1) 141(8)
Publication of Standing Order respecting applications.................................................................	129
Private Members’ Business, responsibility.......................................................................................	87(1)(a)(2)(a)(3)
Proposed appointee
Motion to ratify, within thirty days.............................................................................................	111.1(2)
Standing committee consideration.................................................................................................	111.1(1)
Reports and returns, tabling required by law, list, distributing to Members .....................................	153
See also Parliamentary Papers—Depositing; Petitions—Depositing; Questions on the Order Paper; Royal Assent
Closure ..............................................................................................................................................	57
Committee, Liaison
Associate members............................................................................................................................	107(5)
Election of Chair and Vice-Chair........................................................................................................	107(2)
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	107(1)(3)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	107(1)(a)
Whip or designate, participation....................................................................................................	107(1)(b)
Organization meeting.........................................................................................................................	107(2)
Quorum..............................................................................................................................................	107(4)
Reports..............................................................................................................................................	107(3)
Subcommittees...................................................................................................................................	107(6)
Committee of the Whole
Bill, consideration..............................................................................................................................	100
Debatable motions.............................................................................................................................	67(1)(l)
Debate
Irrelevancy or repetition, Chair to report......................................................................................	11(2)
Leader of the Opposition..............................................................................................................	101(3)
Prime Minister..............................................................................................................................	101(3)
Speeches........................................................................................................................................	101(2)
Disorder, Chair to report...................................................................................................................	12
Main estimates, considering...............................................................................................................	81(4)(a)
Motion that Chair leave Chair...........................................................................................................	102
Motions under Government Orders, to go into.................................................................................	56(2)
Order and decorum, Chair to maintain...............................................................................................	12
Order for House to go into.................................................................................................................	100
Public Bills, consideration..................................................................................................................	67(1)(l) 100
Referral of report or return, motion debatable...................................................................................	67(1)(n)
Resolution reported from, motion to concur n.................................................................................	103
Speaker to leave Chair........................................................................................................................	100
Standing Orders application...............................................................................................................	101(1)
Take-note debates, rules, following, exceptions................................................................................	53.1(3)
See also Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole; Chair of Committees of the Whole; Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole; Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole
Committee reports
Government response, 120 days.......................................................................................................	109
See also Committees, Special; Committees, Standing; Presenting Reports from Committees
Committees, Joint see Committees, Standing—Library of Parliament—Official Languages—Scrutiny of Regulations
Committees, Legislative
Acting Chair.......................................................................................................................................	113(4)
Agenda and Procedure Subcommittee (Steering Committee) .............................................................	113(6)
Appointment of Chair.......................................................................................................................	113(2)
Broadcasting.......................................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(v) 119.1(1)
Budget
Board of Internal Economy, decisions..........................................................................................	148(2)
Comprehensive annual report.......................................................................................................	121(4)
Interim...........................................................................................................................................	121(1)(2)
Presentation, Board of Internal Economy.....................................................................................	121(2)
Supplementary..............................................................................................................................	121(3)
Chair
Acting............................................................................................................................................	113
Appointment.................................................................................................................................	113
Role...............................................................................................................................................	117
Committee rooms, priority of usage..................................................................................................	115(4)
Meetings
Committee rooms, priority...........................................................................................................	115(4)
Non-Members attending, status....................................................................................................	119
Priority..........................................................................................................................................	115(1)(2)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	113(1)
Membership, changes........................................................................................................................	114(3)
Order and decorum.............................................................................................................................	117
Organization meeting.........................................................................................................................	113(3)
Panel of Chair.....................................................................................................................................	112 113(2)
Powers...............................................................................................................................................	113(5)(6)
Quorum..............................................................................................................................................	118(1)(2)
Reports, Private Members’ public bills.............................................................................................	97.1
Spending authority.............................................................................................................................	121(1)
Staff, hiring.........................................................................................................................................	120
Standing Orders applying..................................................................................................................	116
Striking...............................................................................................................................................	113(1)
Travel request, motion.......................................................................................................................	56.2(1)(2)
Witnesses...........................................................................................................................................	122
Committees, Special
Appointment, 48 hours’ notice.........................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Broadcasting.......................................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(v) 119.1
Budgets
Board of Internal Economy...........................................................................................................	148(2)
Comprehensive annual report.......................................................................................................	121(4)
Interim...........................................................................................................................................	121(1)(2)
Presentation, Board of Internal Economy.....................................................................................	121(2)
Supplementary..............................................................................................................................	121(3)
Chair
Election of Chair and Vice-Chairs.................................................................................................	106(2)
Role...............................................................................................................................................	117
Committee rooms, priority of usage..................................................................................................	115(4)
Meetings
Non-Members attending, status....................................................................................................	119
Priority..........................................................................................................................................	115(3)
Legislation or estimates, consideration......................................................................................	115(2)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	105
Order and decorum.............................................................................................................................	117
Quorum..............................................................................................................................................	118(1)(2)
Reports
Dissenting opinions.......................................................................................................................	108(1)(a)
Government response, 120 days...................................................................................................	109
Motion for concurrence..................................................................................................................	66(2)
Debate
Designated day........................................................................................................................	66(2)(a)
Time limit................................................................................................................................	66(2)
Time scheduled.......................................................................................................................	66(2)(b)
One motion moved on any sitting day........................................................................................	66(3)
Question put...............................................................................................................................	66(2)
Vote, recorded division, deferred...............................................................................................	66(2)(c)
Presenting......................................................................................................................................	35
Private Members’ public bills.......................................................................................................	97.1
Spending authority.............................................................................................................................	121(1)
Staff, hiring.........................................................................................................................................	120
Standing Orders, applying.................................................................................................................	116
Travel request, motion.......................................................................................................................	56.2(1)(2)
Witnesses...........................................................................................................................................	122
Committees, Standing
Appointment, 48 hours’ notice.........................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Associate Members...........................................................................................................................	104(4) 108(1)(b) 114(2)(c)
Broadcasting.......................................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(v) 119.1
Budgets
Comprehensive annual report.......................................................................................................	121(4)
Interim...........................................................................................................................................	121(1)(2)
Presentation, Board of Internal Economy.....................................................................................	121(2)
Supplementary..............................................................................................................................	121(3)
Chair and Vice-Chairs, election..........................................................................................................	106(1)(2)
Clerk of Committee, role...............................................................................................................	106(3)(a)(d)
Process..........................................................................................................................................	106(3)
Secret ballot...................................................................................................................................	106(3)
Chair, role...........................................................................................................................................	117
Committee rooms, priority of usage..................................................................................................	115(4)
Estimates
Main..............................................................................................................................................	81(4)(c)(d)
Consideration............................................................................................................................	81(4)(7)(8)
Extension of consideration........................................................................................................	81(4)(b)
Presentation of report...............................................................................................................	81(4)(c)(d)
Referral......................................................................................................................................	81(4)
Supplementary..............................................................................................................................	81(5)
Consideration............................................................................................................................	81(5)
Referred to and reported by......................................................................................................	81(5)
Library of Parliament Standing Joint Committee
Mandate........................................................................................................................................	108(4)(a)
Membership..................................................................................................................................	104(3)(a)
Mandate, certain committees
Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics....................................................................................	108(3)(h)
Canadian Heritage..........................................................................................................................	108(3)(b)
Finance..........................................................................................................................................	83.1
Government Operations and Estimates........................................................................................	108(3)(c)
Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.................................................................................................................................	108(3)(d)
Justice and Human Rights.............................................................................................................	108(3)(e)
Library of Parliament....................................................................................................................	108(4)(a)
Official Languages.........................................................................................................................	108(3)(f)
Procedure and House Affairs........................................................................................................	108(3)(a)
Public Accounts............................................................................................................................	108(3)(g)
Scrutiny of Regulations.................................................................................................................	108(4)(b)
Mandate, general................................................................................................................................	108(1)(a)
Meetings
Committee rooms..........................................................................................................................	115(4)
Joint sittings..................................................................................................................................	108(1)(a)
Non-Members attending, status....................................................................................................	119
Notice, 48 hours............................................................................................................................	106(1)(4)
Priority..........................................................................................................................................	115(3)
Legislation or estimates, consideration......................................................................................	115(2)
Legislative committees, effect...................................................................................................	115(1)
Requesting, by four Members......................................................................................................	106(4)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	104(1)(2) 114(1)
Change...........................................................................................................................................	114(4)
Resignation....................................................................................................................................	114(2)(d)
Substitutes.....................................................................................................................................	114(2)(a)(b)(c)
Officers of Parliament, Clerk of the House, Parliamentary Librarian, proposed appointees, referral, consideration....................................................................................................................................	111.1(1)
Order and decorum.............................................................................................................................	117
Order in Council appointments.........................................................................................................	32(6) 110 111
Organization meeting.........................................................................................................................	106(1)
Powers...............................................................................................................................................	108(1)(b)(2)
Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee
Broadcasting guidelines, establishing.............................................................................................	119.1(2)
Duties............................................................................................................................................	104(1)(3)(4) 107(5) 113(1) 115(4)
Mandate........................................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)
Membership..................................................................................................................................	104(1)
Private Bills...................................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(iv) 133(2)(3)(4) 135(1) 140 141(4)
Private Members’ Business, non-votable items, reports..............................................................	92(2)(3)
Reports..........................................................................................................................................	104(1)(3)(4) 113(1) 114(1)(2)(d)(4) 119.1(2)
Questions on the Order Paper, transfer............................................................................................	39(5)(b)
Quorum..............................................................................................................................................	118(1)(2)
Reports
Dissenting opinions.......................................................................................................................	35(2) 108(1)(a)
Government response, 120 days...................................................................................................	109
Motion for concurrence..................................................................................................................	66(2)
Debate
Designated day.......................................................................................................................	66(2)(a)
Time limit...............................................................................................................................	66(2)
Time scheduled.......................................................................................................................	66(2)(b)
One motion moved on any sitting day........................................................................................	66(3)
Question put...............................................................................................................................	66(2)
Vote, recorded division, deferred...............................................................................................	66(2)(c)
Private Members’ public bills.......................................................................................................	97.1
Reports and returns, permanent referral............................................................................................	32(5)
Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee
Chair and Vice-Chairs representing House of Commons ..............................................................	106(2)
Mandate........................................................................................................................................	108(4)(b)
Membership..................................................................................................................................	104(3)(b) 114(1)(2)(c)
Reports revoking Statutory Instruments......................................................................................	123(1)
Motions for concurrence
Debate, time limits.................................................................................................................	126(1)
Deemed adopted....................................................................................................................	124 125(2)
Deemed withdrawn................................................................................................................	125(1) 126(1)(b)
Grouping for debate...............................................................................................................	127
Placing on Notice Paper.........................................................................................................	123(5)
Speeches, time limits.............................................................................................................	126(1)(a)
Standing in name of Minister, not adopted...........................................................................	124
Voting....................................................................................................................................	126(1)(c)(2)(3)
Wednesday schedule..............................................................................................................	128(1)(2)
Notice to authorized authority..................................................................................................	123(2)
Presentation...............................................................................................................................	123(3)(4)
Receivability..............................................................................................................................	126(1)(b)
Spending authority.............................................................................................................................	121(1)
Staff....................................................................................................................................................	120
Standing Orders applying..................................................................................................................	116
Striking...............................................................................................................................................	104(1)
Subcommittees...................................................................................................................................	108(1)(a)(b)
Travel request, motion.......................................................................................................................	56.2(1)(2)
Witnesses...........................................................................................................................................	122
Conference with Senate
Motion for, debatable........................................................................................................................	67(1)(h)
Public Bills, disagreement..................................................................................................................	77(2)(3)(4)
Conflict of Interest Code
Administration rules
Ethics Commissioner submitting to Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee...............	30(1)	116
Report to House, concurrence, effective date................................................................................	30(2)	116
Application
Board of Internal Economy jurisdiction, exclusion........................................................................	6	107
To Members...................................................................................................................................	4	107
Activities outside Parliament.....................................................................................................	7	107
Assisting constituents................................................................................................................	5	107
Board of Internal Economy see Conflict of Interest Code—Application
Common-law partners see Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions
Definitions
Common-law partners....................................................................................................................	3(1)	106
Ethics Commissioner......................................................................................................................	3(1)	106
Family members.............................................................................................................................	3(4)	106
Private interests..............................................................................................................................	3(2)	106
Exclusions...................................................................................................................................	3(3)	106
Spouses..........................................................................................................................................	3(1)	106
Documents, retention..........................................................................................................................	31	116
Educational activities..........................................................................................................................	32	116
Ethics Commissioner see Conflict of Interest Code—passim
Family members see Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions
Gifts/other benefits, acceptance
Prohibition......................................................................................................................................	14(1)	108
Exceptions..................................................................................................................................	14(2)	108
Statement, filing with Ethics Commissioner..................................................................................	14(3)	108
Exceptions..................................................................................................................................	14(4)	108
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Sponsored travel
Government contracts/programs
Interest acquired by inheritance.....................................................................................................	19(3)	110
Participation in, criteria..................................................................................................................	16(2)	109
Party to..........................................................................................................................................	16(1)	109
Pre-existing contracts, prior to election, renewal/extension...........................................................	19(1)	109
Private corporations/partnerships, Member ownership/participation in......................................	18	109
Interest in trust, exceptions........................................................................................................	19(2)	110
Public corporations, Member ownership/participation in.............................................................	17(1)	109
Securities in trust........................................................................................................................	17(2)	109
Interpretation, general, Ethics Commissioner recommendations, including in report to House.........	28(8)	115
Obligations of Members
Compliance, inquiry
Conducting in private.................................................................................................................	27(7)	114
Ethics Commissioner initiating...................................................................................................	27(4)	113
Forms.........................................................................................................................................	27(2)	113
House of Commons resolution directing....................................................................................	27(3)	113
Member cooperation..................................................................................................................	27(8)	114
Non-compliance
Mitigating circumstances........................................................................................................	28(5)	114
Sanctions, Ethics Commissioner recommendations, presenting/concurrence motion.............	28(6)(11)	114-5
Non-meritorious requests...........................................................................................................	27(6)	114
Other Member(s) request for inquiry by Ethics Commissioner................................................	27(1)	113
Process, respecting.....................................................................................................................	27(5)	114
Suspension/continuation............................................................................................................	29(1)(2)	115
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Reports to House
Evasion/circumventing, prohibition................................................................................................	25	113
Opinion of Ethics Commissioner
Binding nature............................................................................................................................	26(3)	113
Confidentiality...........................................................................................................................	26(2)	113
Publication..................................................................................................................................	26(4)	113
Request.......................................................................................................................................	26(1)	113
Principles............................................................................................................................................	2	105
Private interests
Debate/vote, participation in, prohibition......................................................................................	13	108
Disclosure.......................................................................................................................................	12(1)	108
Recording....................................................................................................................................	12(3)	108
Statement....................................................................................................................................	20(1)(2)	110
Confidentiality........................................................................................................................	20(3)	110
Contents.................................................................................................................................	21(1)	110-1
Material changes, notification.................................................................................................	21(3)	111
Meeting with Ethics Commissioner.......................................................................................	22	111
Subsequent disclosures...............................................................................................................	12(2)	108
Summaries
Categories of interests............................................................................................................	24(2)	112
Contents.................................................................................................................................	24(1)	112
Ethics Commissioner preparing..............................................................................................	23(1)	111
Items not disclosed.................................................................................................................	24(3)	112-3
Public inspection....................................................................................................................	23(2)	112
Income sources, definition..............................................................................................................	21(2)	111
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions—Prohibited activities
Prohibited activities
Attempts, prohibiting....................................................................................................................	11	108
Influencing decisions affecting personal interest............................................................................	9	107
Insider information, use/communication to further personal interests...........................................	10(1)(2)	107
Personal interests, furthering..........................................................................................................	8	107
Purpose...............................................................................................................................................	1	105
Reports to House
Conclusions/recommendations, reasons.........................................................................................	28(7)	114
Concurrence motion.......................................................................................................................	28(10)	115
Vote, scheduling.........................................................................................................................	28(12)	115
Making public................................................................................................................................	28(2)(3)	114
Member right to speak in House following Question Period.........................................................	28(9)	115
No contravention statement...........................................................................................................	28(4)	114
Presenting to Speaker.....................................................................................................................	28(1)	114
Referral back to Ethics Commissioner...........................................................................................	28(13)	115
Review and report...............................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(viii)	76
Review and revision, schedule............................................................................................................	33	116
Sponsored travel
List, publication.............................................................................................................................	15(3)	109
Statement, filing with Ethics Commissioner..................................................................................	15(1)	108
Contents.....................................................................................................................................	15(2)	109
Spouses see Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions
Standing Orders, inclusion in..............................................................................................................	34	116
See also Appendix 2
Consent see Unanimous consent
D
Daily Order of Business
Government Orders...........................................................................................................................	30(6)
Items, day by day order.....................................................................................................................	30(6)
Oral questions....................................................................................................................................	30(5)
Orders of the Day..............................................................................................................................	30(5)(6)
Statements by Members....................................................................................................................	30(5)
See also Routine Proceedings
Debatable motions
List.....................................................................................................................................................	67

Debate
Closure
Question decided without debate or amendment..........................................................................	57
Question period, thirty minutes....................................................................................................	67.1(1)(a)
Question put.................................................................................................................................	57 67.1(1)(b)
Time limit on speeches during adjourned debate...........................................................................	57
Committee of the Whole....................................................................................................................	101(2)(3)
Conduct of Member, question of.......................................................................................................	20
Debatable motions.............................................................................................................................	67
Election of Member, question of.......................................................................................................	20
Emergency see Emergency Debate
Limiting, closure.................................................................................................................................	57
Limiting, time allocation.....................................................................................................................	78
Motion that Chair leave Chair, non-debatable...................................................................................	102
Motion that Member “be now heard”, non-debatable.......................................................................	62
Motion under Government Orders to go into Committee of the Whole non-debatable ....................	56(2)
Motions allowed during debate..........................................................................................................	58
Motions non-debatable......................................................................................................................	67(2)
Motions to be in writing and seconded, before being debated...........................................................	65
Motions to be read in both official languages by the Speaker before debate.....................................	65
Order for resumption of debate transferred to and considered under Government Orders ...............	66(1)
Points of order...................................................................................................................................	19
Raising...........................................................................................................................................	47
Previous question affirmative, original question put forthwith without amendment or debate ........	61(2)
Private Members’ Business...............................................................................................................	93 97(2) 98(2)
Speeches, time limit
Non-votable items.....................................................................................................................	95(2)
Votable items.............................................................................................................................	95(1)
Relevancy...........................................................................................................................................	11(2) 19
Repetition..........................................................................................................................................	11(2)
Resolution reported from, motion to concur in.................................................................................	103
Right of reply.....................................................................................................................................	44(2)
Closes debate.................................................................................................................................	44(3)
Motions (Papers)..........................................................................................................................	97(2)
Rising.................................................................................................................................................	17
Speaker, casting vote..........................................................................................................................	9
Speaker, participation........................................................................................................................	9
Speeches, time limit
10 minutes.....................................................................................................................................	43(1)(b) 74(1)(c) 76(7)
20 minutes.....................................................................................................................................	43(1)(a) 74(1)(a)(b) 76(7) 81(22) 84(7)
Exceptions.................................................................................................................................	43(1)(a) 74(1) 84(7)
Address in Reply from the Speech from the Throne....................................................................	50(2)
Emergency debate, dividing time...................................................................................................	52(13)
Leader of the Opposition..............................................................................................................	43(1)(a) 74(1) 84(7)
Member dividing time, indicating to Speaker.................................................................................	43(2)(b) 74(2)(b)
Member speaking in reply after Minister.....................................................................................	43(1)(a)
Member to speak only once..........................................................................................................	44(1)
Exceptions.................................................................................................................................	44(1)
Minister moving government order...............................................................................................	43(1)(a)
Period divided in two....................................................................................................................	43(2) 74(2)
Prime Minister..............................................................................................................................	43(1)(a) 74(1) 84(7)
Question and comment period not exceeding 10 minutes .............................................................	43(1)(b)
Question and comment period not exceeding 5 minutes ...............................................................	43(1)(c)
Standing Orders and procedure, motion........................................................................................	51(3)
Take-note debates.........................................................................................................................	53.1(3)(b)
Time divided .................................................................................................................................
At request of Member ..............................................................................................................	43(2)(b) 74(2)(b)
At request of Whip ...................................................................................................................	43(2)(a) 74(2)(a)
When Speaker in Chair..................................................................................................................	43(1)
Take-note see Take-note debates
Time allocation
Question period, thirty minutes....................................................................................................	67.1(1)(a)
Question put.................................................................................................................................	67.1(1)(b)
Unanimous consent denied, routine motion by Minister..................................................................	56.1(1)(a)(2)
Urgent matter
Conditions.....................................................................................................................................	53(3)
Minister states reasons for urgency..............................................................................................	53(2)
Motion, question put....................................................................................................................	53(4)
Not extended to any proceeding not specified..............................................................................	53(5)
Suspension of Standing Orders.....................................................................................................	53(1)
See also Adjournment Proceedings; Petitions—Presenting; Private Members’ Business; Questions on the Order Paper
Debates see Questions on the Order Paper—Response
Decorum see Order and decorum
Deferred divisions see Divisions—Recorded
Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole
Election, motion..................................................................................................................................	8(2)
Mandate..............................................................................................................................................	8(1)
Speaker designating............................................................................................................................	8(1)
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole
Election, motion..................................................................................................................................	7(1.1)
Language knowledge...........................................................................................................................	7(2)
Speaker designating............................................................................................................................	7(1)
Term of office....................................................................................................................................	7(3)
Vacancy..............................................................................................................................................	7(3)
Disabled see Members
Dissenting opinion see Presenting Reports from Committees—Explanation
Divisions
Bells
15 minutes, when Speaker interrupts proceedings........................................................................	45(3)
15 minutes, when vote deferred....................................................................................................	45(5)(a)(ii)(6)(a)(7)
30 minutes, debatable motion........................................................................................................	45(5)(a)(i)
30 minutes, non-debatable motion................................................................................................	45(4)
Ring only once...........................................................................................................................	45(8)
Debate not permitted prior to............................................................................................................	45(2)
Deferred see Divisions—Recorded
Paired Members, registry...................................................................................................................	44.1
Recorded
Deferred.........................................................................................................................................	93(1)
Bells, 15 minutes.......................................................................................................................	45(5)(a)(ii)(7)
Business to be concluded after deferred division taken.............................................................	45(5)(d)
Debate terminated.....................................................................................................................	45(5)(d)
Fridays......................................................................................................................................	45(6)(a)
House to continue business.......................................................................................................	45(5)(c)
Oral Questions, after, extension of sitting.................................................................................	45(7.1)
Public bills, concurrence at report stage....................................................................................	45(6)(b)
Thursdays.................................................................................................................................	45(6)(a)
Votable opposition motion on allotted day..............................................................................	45(5)(b)(6)(a) 81(18)(b)
Exception...............................................................................................................................	45(5)(b)
Until 10:00 p.m. on last day of June period..........................................................................	45(6)(a)
Whip’s request..........................................................................................................................	45(5)(a)(ii)(iii)(7)
Demanded by 5 or more Members................................................................................................	45(1)
Demanded on a Friday, automatic deferral....................................................................................	45(6)(a)
Exceptions.................................................................................................................................	45(6)(a)
See also Adjournment of the House—Time; Supply—Opposition motions—Votable motions; Votes
Documents see Journals; Order Paper; Papers; Parliamentary Papers
Documents, tabling see Tabling of documents
Draw see Private Members’ Business
E
Elections
Bribery...............................................................................................................................................	23(2)
See also Chair of Committees of the Whole; Committees, Liaison; Committees, Special—Chair; Committees, Standing—Chair; Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole; Members; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee; Speaker
Emergency Debate
Debate
Conditions.....................................................................................................................................	52(6)
Motion before House, “That this House do now adjourn” ..........................................................	52(2)
Precedence over other business.....................................................................................................	52(15)
Private Members’ Business not to interrupt................................................................................	52(14)
Speeches, time limit.......................................................................................................................	52(13)
Time divided by Members........................................................................................................	52(13)
Leave to propose
After routine proceedings..............................................................................................................	52(1)
Written statement to Speaker, Member presents to House..........................................................	52(2)(3)
Private Members’ Business, suspending...........................................................................................	52(14)
Speaker’s decision..............................................................................................................................	52(4)
Considerations, criteria..................................................................................................................	52(5)
Reasons.........................................................................................................................................	52(7)
Taking under advisement...............................................................................................................	52(8)
Time set aside
Following sitting day, Speaker’s discretion..................................................................................	52(9)
Friday debate, taken up immediately............................................................................................	52(12)
Hour of daily adjournment............................................................................................................	52(9)(10)
Estimates
Bills, related, passage of all stages in one sitting................................................................................	81(18)(c)
Main estimates
Bills, related, passage of all stages in one sitting...........................................................................	81(18)(c)
Committee of the Whole, consideration........................................................................................	81(4)(a)
Considered on last day of June period..........................................................................................	81(18)
Interruption of debate no later than 10:00 p.m..........................................................................	81(18)(c)
No later than 6:30 p.m..............................................................................................................	81(18)(b)(c)
Extension of consideration by Committee....................................................................................	81(4)(b)
Period of consideration in committees..........................................................................................	81(4)
Referred to and reported by standing committees........................................................................	81(4)(7)(8)
Report by standing committees
Concurrence motion debatable on allotted day only .................................................................	81(9)
Presentation...............................................................................................................................	81(4)(c)(d)
Supplementary estimates
Bills, related, passage of all stages in one sitting...........................................................................	81(18)(c)
Concurrence in final supplementary estimates, days added to supply period .............................	81(12)
Period of consideration in committees..........................................................................................	81(5)
Referral to and reported by standing committees.........................................................................	81(5)
Report by standing committees
Concurrence motion debatable on allotted day only .................................................................	81(9)
Report presented not later than three sitting days before final sitting or last allotted day in current period..........................................................................................................................	81(5)
Urgent, taken under Government Orders...........................................................................................	82
See also Committees, Legislative—Meetings, Priority; Committees, Special—Meetings, Priority; Committees, Standing—Meetings, Priority; Royal Recommendation; Supply—Main estimates—Supplementary estimates
Ethics Commissioner
Proposed appointee
Motion to ratify, within thirty days..............................................................................................	111.1(2)
Standing committee consideration..................................................................................................	111.1(1)
See also Conflict of Interest Code
Examiner of Petitions see Private Bills
Examiner of Private Bills see Private Bills
F
Family members see Conflict of Interest Code
Fees and charges see Private Bills
Finance Standing Committee
Mandate..............................................................................................................................................	83.1
Furniture see House of Commons
G
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
Speaker to receive..............................................................................................................................	29(5)
Gifts see Conflict of Interest Code
Government Bills
Second reading
Referral to Committee before second reading................................................................................	73(1)
See also Introduction of Government Bills; Public Bills
Government contracts/programs see Conflict of Interest Code
Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(c)
Government Orders
Calling, government determines.........................................................................................................	40(2)
Daily order of business, position.......................................................................................................	30(6)
Extension of time
Closure, question period...............................................................................................................	67.1(2)
Divisions, deferred after Oral Questions.......................................................................................	45(7.1)
Statements by Ministers...............................................................................................................	33(2)
Time allocation, question period...................................................................................................	67.1(2)
Public Bills, motion for preparation and bringing in by a committee, consideration .........................	68(4)(a)(8)
Government responses
Committee reports, 120 days............................................................................................................	109
Petitions, 45 days..............................................................................................................................	36(8)
Questions on the Order Paper, 45 days............................................................................................	39(5)
Governor General
Language, disrespectful against..........................................................................................................	18
See also Royal Recommendation
H
House of Commons
Admission cards, Sergeant-at-Arms issuing.......................................................................................	157(2)
Clerk see Clerk of the House
Officers of the House
Clerk of the House directing and controlling.................................................................................	151
Work outstanding at end of session, completing...........................................................................	159
Preservation of order, Sergeant-at-Arms............................................................................................	157(2)
Records, safe-keeping........................................................................................................................	151
Staff, directed by Clerk of the House................................................................................................	151
Strangers, conduct, custody, release..................................................................................................	158(1)(2)
See also Adjournment of the House; Business of the House; Clerk of the House; Recall of the House; Sittings of the House
Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(d)

I
Interparliamentary Delegations see Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations
Introduction of Government Bills
Extending to complete proceedings....................................................................................................	30(4)
Adjournment delayed....................................................................................................................	30(4)(b)
Private Members’ Business, suspending......................................................................................	30(4)(a)
Routing Proceedings, items, established order, position....................................................................	30(3)
Introduction of Private Members’ Bills
Routine Proceedings, position...........................................................................................................	30(3)

J
Journals see Adjournment of the House—Royal Assent; Members—Paired; Paired Members; Parliamentary Papers—Tabling; Questions on the Order Paper—Order; Quorum—Lacking; Royal Recommendation—Printed; Tabling of Documents
Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(e)

L
Language, unparliamentary see Order and Decorum
Languages see Official Languages
“Late Show” see instead Adjournment Proceedings
Leader of the Opposition
Debate
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, time limit .......................................................	50(2)
Committee of the Whole...............................................................................................................	101(3)
Speeches, time limits.....................................................................................................................	43(1) 74(1) 84(7)
Librarian of Parliament see Parliamentary Librarian
Library of Parliament Standing Joint Committee
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(4)(a)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	104(3)(a)
List for the Consideration of Private Members’ Business see Private Members’ Business

M
Mace
Safe-keeping, Sergeant-at-Arms.........................................................................................................	157(1)
See also Order and decorum—Member
Main Estimates see Estimates; Supply
Member “be now heard”
Motion...............................................................................................................................................	62
Members
Attendance.........................................................................................................................................	15
Conduct, subject of debate.................................................................................................................	20
Election of, bribery............................................................................................................................	23(2)
Election of, subject of debate.............................................................................................................	20
Election to House see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee—Election
Disabled, participation in House proceedings.....................................................................................	1.1
Language, offensive against other.......................................................................................................	18
Offers of money to............................................................................................................................	23
Order and decorum
Naming..........................................................................................................................................	11
Passing between Chair and Mace..................................................................................................	16(3)
Passing between Chair and Table..................................................................................................	16(3)
Putting of Question, during...........................................................................................................	16(1)
Rising.............................................................................................................................................	17
Speaker leaving Chair....................................................................................................................	16(4)
Speaking........................................................................................................................................	16(2)
Paired, registry...................................................................................................................................	44.1(1)
Divisions, names printed in Debates and Journals.......................................................................	44.1(2)
Reports and returns, tabling required by law, list distributed by Clerk of the House .......................	153
Statements, one minute......................................................................................................................	31
See also Introduction of Private Members’ Bills; Motions; Petitions; Private Members’ Business; Quorum; Statements by Members
Ministerial statements see instead Statements by Ministers
Ministers of the Crown
Adjournment of the House, motion, proposing.................................................................................	25
Documents, tabling............................................................................................................................	32(2)
Motion (Papers), debate, participation.............................................................................................	97(2)
Motions for the production of papers, transferring for debate.........................................................	97(1)
Speaker’s election, eligibility.............................................................................................................	5
Statements..........................................................................................................................................	30(3) 33
Take-note debates, motion, presenting..............................................................................................	53.1(1)
See also Debate—Urgent; Prime Minister; Statements by Ministers
Minority reports see Presenting Reports from Committees—Explanation
Motions
Adjournment of the House................................................................................................................	25 60
Allowed during debate.......................................................................................................................	58
Closure...............................................................................................................................................	57
Committees, travel requests
Notice............................................................................................................................................	56.2(1)
Opposition, ten or more Members, deemed withdrawn ...............................................................	56.2(2)
Without debate or amendment, question put during Routine Proceedings ...................................	56.2(1)
Debatable motions.............................................................................................................................	67
Emergency debate..............................................................................................................................	52
Form, to be in writing and seconded..................................................................................................	65
Member be now heard.......................................................................................................................	62
Motion for the previous question......................................................................................................	61
Motion that Member “be now heard”...............................................................................................	52
Motion to adjourn..............................................................................................................................	25 60
Motion to read Orders of the Day, precedence.................................................................................	59
Motion to refer question to committee, precludes all amendment of main question .........................	63
Motion transferred to and considered under Government Orders .....................................................	66(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	66(1)
Non-debatable....................................................................................................................................	67(2)
Not printed or distributed, Member may request question be read..................................................	46
Notice
48 hours.........................................................................................................................................	54(1)
Closure, notice required.................................................................................................................	57
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Government notice put on Order Paper.......................................................................................	56(1)
Not required..................................................................................................................................	26(1) 27(1)
Previous question...............................................................................................................................	61
Privileged motions..............................................................................................................................	58
Proposed appointees, Officers of Parliament, Clerk of the House, Parliamentary Librarian, ratification........................................................................................................................................	111.1(2)
Question not read or printed, Member may request reading.............................................................	46
Read in both official languages by Speaker........................................................................................	65
Read Orders of the Day, precedence.................................................................................................	59
Refer question to committee, preclude all amendment of main question ...........................................	63
Routine Proceedings, position...........................................................................................................	30(3)
Rules and privileges of Parliament, contrary to, Speaker to advise House........................................	13
Sitting of the House, continue or extend............................................................................................	26(1)
June, last 10 sitting days...............................................................................................................	27(1)(2)
Not during Private Members’ Business........................................................................................	26(1)
Objection, 15 or more Members, deemed withdrawn...................................................................	26(2)
Speaker in Chair............................................................................................................................	26(1)
Standing Orders and procedure..........................................................................................................	51
Strangers, withdrawal.........................................................................................................................	14
Take-note debate................................................................................................................................	53.1(1)
“That this question be now put”.......................................................................................................	61
To be in writing and seconded...........................................................................................................	65
Transferred and considered under Government Orders.....................................................................	66(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	66(1)
Unanimous consent denied, routine motion by Minister..................................................................	56.1
Under Government Orders to go into Committee of the Whole........................................................	56(2)
Withdrawal of motion........................................................................................................................	64
See also Adjournment of the House; Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers; Private Members’ Business
Motions (Papers) see Private Members’ Business
Motions, Private Members’ see Private Members’ Business
N
Naming
Speaker’s role, powers.......................................................................................................................	11
Non-confidence motion see Speaker—Election
Non-debatable Motions see Motions—Non-debatable
Notice
2:00 p.m. deadline, Friday.................................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
6:00 p.m. deadline, Monday to Thursday.........................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
48 hours.............................................................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Closure, notice required.....................................................................................................................	57
Committee travel request, motion......................................................................................................	56.2(1)
Government notice put on the Order Paper.....................................................................................	56(1)
Notice of business, during adjournment or prorogation.....................................................................	55(1)
Public Bills, 48 hours.........................................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Questions on the Order Paper, 48 hours..........................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Supply proceedings...........................................................................................................................	81(14)
See also Adjournment Proceedings; Committees, Standing—Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee—Reports revoking Statutory Instruments; Motions; Questions on the Order Paper—Adjournment proceedings
Notices of Motions see Motions; Private Members’ Business—Motions; Questions on the Order Paper—Transferring
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers
Daily order of business, position.......................................................................................................	30(6)
Debate, transferring for......................................................................................................................	97(1)
Dropping from the Order Paper after consideration, exception.......................................................	96(3)
Motions (Papers), transferring to......................................................................................................	97(1)
See also Private Members’ Business—Motions (Papers)
Notices of Motions (Papers) see Private Members’ Business—Motions (Papers)
O
Officer of Parliament
Proposed appointee
Motion to ratify, within thirty days.............................................................................................	111.1(2)
Standing committee consideration.................................................................................................	111.1(1)
Officers of the House see House of Commons
Official Languages see Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole; Parliamentary Papers—Tabling; Speaker
Official Languages Standing Committee
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(f)
Official Opposition see Presenting Reports from Committees—Explanation
Opposition Leader see instead Leader of the Opposition
Opposition motions see Supply
Opposition Parties see Presenting Reports from Committees—Explanation; Statements by Ministers
Oral Questions
Board of Internal Economy, addressing.............................................................................................	37(2)
Daily question period........................................................................................................................	30(5) 37(1)
Order Paper, placement at Speaker’s discretion...............................................................................	37(1)
Subject matter raised on adjournment proceedings............................................................................	37(3)
Times and days..................................................................................................................................	30(5)
Urgency, Speaker’s decision..............................................................................................................	37(1)
See also Daily Order of Business; Divisions—Deferred
Order and decorum
Adjournment, Members keeping seats..............................................................................................	16(4)
Language, disrespectful or offensive..................................................................................................	18
Maintaining, Speaker’s role...............................................................................................................	10
Member
Naming..........................................................................................................................................	11
Passing between Chair and Table..................................................................................................	16(3)
Passing between Chair and Mace..................................................................................................	16(3)
Putting of question........................................................................................................................	16(1)
Rising.............................................................................................................................................	17
Speaker leaving Chair....................................................................................................................	16(4)
Speaking........................................................................................................................................	16(2)
Speaker leaving Chair.........................................................................................................................	16(4)
Speaker’s decision, no appeal............................................................................................................	10
Votes, reflecting on............................................................................................................................	18
See also Committee of the Whole; Committees, Legislative; Committees, Special; Committees, Standing
Order for Return
Prorogation, effects............................................................................................................................	49
Question on the Order Paper............................................................................................................	39(7)
Order in Council appointments
Appointee or nominee
Appearance before Standing Committee.......................................................................................	111(1)
Curriculum vitae provision............................................................................................................	111(4)
Qualification, study.......................................................................................................................	111(2)(3)
Certificate for nomination for appointment, consideration, no more than 30 sitting days ................	110(2)
Order in Council appointment, consideration, no more than 30 sitting days....................................	110(1)
Referral to standing committee..........................................................................................................	32(6)
Tabling of Certificate of nomination for appointment, deemed referred to Standing Committee ......	110(2)
Tabling of Order in Council appointment, deemed referred to Standing Committee .........................	110(1)
Order of precedence see Private Members’ Business
Order Paper
Government notices of motions.........................................................................................................	56(1)
Government Orders, sequence, government determines....................................................................	40(2)
Items, taken up according to precedence...........................................................................................	40(1)
Speaker’s copy, Clerk of the House providing..................................................................................	152
Special................................................................................................................................................	55(1)
See also Oral Questions; Questions on the Order Paper
Orders of the Day
Adjournment of the House interrupting, item stands........................................................................	41(2)
Debatable motion...............................................................................................................................	67(1)(a)
Items, established order.....................................................................................................................	30(6)
Motion to read, precedence...............................................................................................................	59
Quorum, lack, item stands.................................................................................................................	41(2)
Times and days..................................................................................................................................	30(5)
See also Government Orders
“Other Place” see instead Senate
P
Paired Members
Divisions, names printed in Debates and Journals............................................................................	44.1(2)
Registry..............................................................................................................................................	44.1(2)
Panel of Chairs.................................................................................................................................	112 113(2)
Papers see Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers; Notices of Motions (Papers); Parliamentary Papers; Private Members’ Business—Motions (Papers)
Parliamentary Agents see Private Bills
Parliamentary calendar see Sittings of the House
Parliamentary Librarian
Proposed appointee
Motion to ratify, within thirty days.............................................................................................	111.1(2)
Standing committee consideration.................................................................................................	111.1(1)
Parliamentary Papers (Documents, Reports and Returns)
Depositing with Clerk of the House..................................................................................................	32(1)
When House stands adjourned......................................................................................................	32(1)
Tabling
Both Official Languages................................................................................................................	32(4)
Matters within government’s administrative responsibility .........................................................	32(2)
Minister or Parliamentary Secretary.............................................................................................	32(2)
Pursuant to statutory or other authority......................................................................................	32(1)
Required by law, Clerk of the House distributes list to Members...............................................	153
Routine Proceedings......................................................................................................................	30(3)
Tabling by Speaker
Board of Internal Economy, proceedings......................................................................................	148(1)
Committee budgets, Board of Internal Economy decisions..........................................................	148(2)
Parliamentary Secretaries
Tabling of documents.........................................................................................................................	32(2)
Party leaders
Speaker’s election, eligibility.............................................................................................................	5
See also Leader of the Opposition; Prime Minister
Personal interests see Conflict of Interest Code—Prohibited activities
Petitions
Clerk of Petitions certifying...............................................................................................................	36(1)
Content, Members answerable..........................................................................................................	36(3)
Depositing with Clerk of the House..................................................................................................	36(5)
Form...................................................................................................................................................	36(2)
Government response within 45 days...............................................................................................	36(8)
Member’s endorsement.....................................................................................................................	36(4)
Presenting in the House
15-minute period...........................................................................................................................	36(6)
Debate not permitted....................................................................................................................	36(7)
Routine Proceedings, position...........................................................................................................	30(3)
See also Private Bills
Points of Order
Debate................................................................................................................................................	19
Raising................................................................................................................................................	47
Prayers
Read daily..........................................................................................................................................	30(1)
See also Business of the House—Commencement
Precedence, order see Private Members’ Business—Order of precedence
Presenting Petitions
Routine Proceedings, position...........................................................................................................	30(3)
See also Petitions
Presenting Reports from Committees
Explanation of report.........................................................................................................................	35(1)
Official Opposition, supplementary or dissenting opinion..........................................................	35(2)
Routine Proceedings, items, established order, position....................................................................	30(3)
Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations
Explanation of report.........................................................................................................................	34(2)
Routine Proceedings, items, established order, position....................................................................	30(3)
Within 20 sitting days of return.........................................................................................................	34(1)
Previous Question
Motion adopted, original question put forthwith without amendment or debate .............................	61(2)
Motion debatable...............................................................................................................................	67(1)(c)
Motion “That this question be now put”..........................................................................................	61
Prime Minister
Debate
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, time limits .....................................................	50(2)
Committee of the Whole...............................................................................................................	101(3)
Speeches, time limits.....................................................................................................................	43(1) 74(1) 84(7)
Private Bills
Advertising see Private Bills—Notice of intent to apply for private bill
Agents see Private Bills—Parliamentary agents
Charges see Private Bills—Fees and charges
Chief Clerk of Private Bills, responsibility
Committee meetings and bills referred, posting of lists................................................................	145(1)(2)
Examiner of Petitions....................................................................................................................	133(1)
Examiner of Private Bills...............................................................................................................	136(1)
Fees and charges, collecting...........................................................................................................	134(9)
Parliamentary agents, keeping lists of...........................................................................................	146(2)
Records, keeping...........................................................................................................................	144
Clerk of House, responsibility
Bill, laying on Table......................................................................................................................	135(1)
Bill, reprinting...............................................................................................................................	141(8)
Standing Orders, publication in Canada Gazette..........................................................................	129
Committee stage
Chair of committee, voting twice, signing copy of bill..................................................................	141(3)(7)
Clerk of committee, signing copy of bill.......................................................................................	141(7)
Fees and charges to be paid prior to..............................................................................................	134(2)
Legislative committee, bill and petitions for or against, reference.................................................	141(1)
Map or plan, filing, time limit.......................................................................................................	137
Notices and lists of bills referred and meetings, posting and publishing prior to .........................	141(2)(a)(b) 145(1)(2)
Preamble amended or not proven..................................................................................................	141(6)
Promoter not ready to proceed, instruction to report bill.............................................................	139
Provisions not covered by notice of intent to apply for private bill, reference to Examiner of Petitions or Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee...............................................	141(4)
Reporting bill in all cases...............................................................................................................	141(5)
Reprinting bill................................................................................................................................	141(8)
Voting............................................................................................................................................	141(3)
Consideration of business..................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(iv)
Debate during Private Members’ Business........................................................................................	30(6) 89
Draft bill
Agreement to be attached..............................................................................................................	138
Depositing with Clerk of House, time limit..................................................................................	134(1)
Examiner of Private Bills revising, model bills, affecting existing Acts, explanatory notes ..........	136
Map or plan, filing with................................................................................................................	133(4) 137
Printing..........................................................................................................................................	134(1)
Translating.....................................................................................................................................	134(1)
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills
Chief Clerk of Private Bills...........................................................................................................	133(1)
Map or plan, filing with................................................................................................................	133(4)
Petition for private bill, referral to................................................................................................	133(2)
Report concerning notice of intent to apply for private bill .........................................................	133(2) 135(1) 141(4)
Senate bill not based on petition, referral to..................................................................................	133(3)
Examiner of Private Bills, draft bill, revising......................................................................................	136(1)
Fees and charges
$500 basic fee................................................................................................................................	134(2)
Bill presented late..........................................................................................................................	134(3)(b)(c)
Bill stands until payment made.....................................................................................................	134(2)(6)
Borrowing powers of company....................................................................................................	134(5)(a)(b)
Capital stock of company.............................................................................................................	134(3)(4)(5)(b)(7)
Chief Clerk of Public Bills collecting.............................................................................................	134(9)
Parliamentary agent paying...........................................................................................................	146(1)(3)
Printing Act in Statutes.................................................................................................................	134(2)
Printing bill....................................................................................................................................	134(1)
Reprinting bill................................................................................................................................	141(8)
Senate bills, applicability..............................................................................................................	134(8)
Standing Order, suspending...........................................................................................................	134(3)(a)
Translating bill...............................................................................................................................	134(1)
First reading.......................................................................................................................................	135(1)
Introduction of bill on petition, time limit.........................................................................................	54(1) 135(1)
Notice of intent to apply for private bill
Canada Gazette, publishing in......................................................................................................	130(1)(3)
County or municipal clerk, notification........................................................................................	130(1)
Examiner of Petitions, report concerning......................................................................................	133(2) 135(1) 141(4)
Newspaper, publishing in
Duration and languages to be used............................................................................................	130(3)
Not required in certain cases.....................................................................................................	130(2)(a)(iv)
Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, report concerning .........................................	133(2) 135(1) 141(4)
Required in certain cases...............................................................................................................	130(2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b)(c)
Standing Order respecting, publication in Canada Gazette...........................................................	129
Statutory declaration.....................................................................................................................	130(1)(3)
Parliamentary agents, registration, responsibility..............................................................................	146(1)(3)(4)
Petitions against or in favour of bill referral to committee on bill......................................................	141(1)
Petitions for private bills
Clerk of Petitions, report..............................................................................................................	131(5)(6)
Examiner of Petitions, referral to...................................................................................................	133(2)
Form, written or printed, signatures.............................................................................................	131(4)
Member answerable for contents, endorsing.................................................................................	131(2)(3)
Presenting to House, filing with Clerk of House...........................................................................	131(1)
Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, referral to.....................................................	133(2)
Reading..........................................................................................................................................	131(6)
Receiving by House.......................................................................................................................	131(5)
Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, reports
Notice of intent to apply for private bill......................................................................................	133(2)(3)(4) 135(1) 141(4)
Standing Orders, suspension or modifications..............................................................................	140
Records to be kept.............................................................................................................................	144
Report stage
Amendments, notice required........................................................................................................	142
Deferring until report presented by Examiner of Petitions or Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee..................................................................................................................	141(4)
Fees and charges to be paid prior to..............................................................................................	134(6)
Second reading
Placing at bottom of order of precedence for Private Members’ Business....................................	89
Senate amendments, referral to committee or bill..............................................................................	143
Senate bills
First reading...................................................................................................................................	135(2)
Not based on petitions, referral to Examiner of Petitions or Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee..................................................................................................................	133(3)
Speaker, responsibility regarding parliamentary agents.....................................................................	146(1)(4)
Standing Orders
Canada Gazette, publishing in......................................................................................................	129
Public bills, provisions relating to, applicability...........................................................................	147
Suspension or modification, referral to Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee .........	140
Private corporations/partnerships see Conflict of Interest Code
Private Members’ Bills see Introduction of Private Members’ Bills; Private Members’ Business—Public bills
Private Members’ Business
Daily order of business, position.......................................................................................................	30(6)
Debate
Adjournment or interruption.........................................................................................................	41(2) 90
Extension of sitting, motion not allowed.......................................................................................	26(1)
Extension of sitting to consider bill at report stage and third reading ...........................................	98(3)(5)
Items in order of precedence only.................................................................................................	87(5)
Items to be considered, notice requirement...................................................................................	94(1)(a)
Member, absence...........................................................................................................................	42(1)(2) 94(2)
Member moving item
Question and comments, time limit...........................................................................................	95(1)
Speaking at conclusion of second hour of debate, time limit .....................................................	95(1)
Right of reply................................................................................................................................	44(2) 97(2)
Sittings of the House, motion to continue or extend, not allowed ................................................	26(1)
Speeches, time limit.......................................................................................................................	93 97(2) 98(2)
Non-votable items.....................................................................................................................	95(2)
Votable items.............................................................................................................................	95(1)
Time limits see Private Members’ Business—Motions—Motions (Papers)—Private bills—Public bills—Votable items
Delay or interruption.........................................................................................................................	30(7)
Closure, question period...............................................................................................................	67.1(2)
Divisions, deferred after Oral Questions.......................................................................................	45(7.1)
Statements by Ministers...............................................................................................................	33(2)
Time allocation, question period...................................................................................................	67.1(2)
Dilatory motions, not allowed...........................................................................................................	95(3)
Divisions, recorded, deferring on a Friday.........................................................................................	45(6)(a)
Draw
Beginning of first Session..............................................................................................................	87(1)(a)
Clerk of the House, responsibilities..............................................................................................	87(1)(a)(2)
During session...............................................................................................................................	87(2)(3)
Exchanges...........................................................................................................................................	94(2)(a)
Indicating on Order Paper by marking with asterisk....................................................................	94(2)(c)
Not arranged..................................................................................................................................	94(2)(b)
Not proceeding with when next called, dropped from Order Paper............................................	94(2)(c)
Sponsor prohibited from requesting further exchange...................................................................	94(2)(c)
Items, originating in House of Commons
Reinstatement from previous session, status at time of prorogation ............................................	86.1
List for the Consideration of Private Members’ Business
Continuing from session to session...............................................................................................	86.1
Establishing...................................................................................................................................	87(1)(a)
Ineligible Members........................................................................................................................	87(1)(a)
Member not losing place by virtue of sponsoring Senate public bill ............................................	86.2(b)
Members becoming eligible...........................................................................................................	87(1)(a)
Members, absence, not able to move motion or bill..........................................................................	42(1)(2) 94(2)
Motion to continue or extend sitting not permitted..........................................................................	26(1)
Motions
Amendments, moving with consent of sponsor............................................................................	93(3)
Debate, time limit..........................................................................................................................	93(1)
Debate, time to elapse between first and second hour..................................................................	93(2)
Draw..............................................................................................................................................	87
Not moved when called.................................................................................................................	42(1)
Notice, any one Member giving....................................................................................................	86(1)
Notice period.................................................................................................................................	86(2)
Order of precedence, placing in before consideration....................................................................	87(5)
Vote...............................................................................................................................................	93(1)
Motions (Papers)
Debate and speeches, time limits, right of reply...........................................................................	97(2)
Dropping from the Order Paper after consideration, exception to rule .......................................	96(3)
Motions for production of papers, transferring from...................................................................	97(1)
Order of precedence, dropping to bottom after consideration ......................................................	90 96(3)
Order of precedence, placing in before consideration....................................................................	87(5)
Vote...............................................................................................................................................	97(2)
Non-votable items
Dropping from the Order Paper on adjournment of House or after consideration ......................	41(2) 96
Making votable, sponsor of item, appearance before Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, provision of written submission...........................................................................	92(2)
Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee report to House concurring in Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business report
Appeal motion, filing with Speaker..........................................................................................	92(4)(a)
Appeal motion, vote, secret ballot............................................................................................	92(4)(b)
Concurrence motion notice, not receivable................................................................................	92(3)
Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business determining ..........................................................	91.1(1)
Report, depositing with Clerk of Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee ..............	92(1)
Notice of items to be considered, published in Notice Paper............................................................	94(1)
Order of precedence
Draw establishes...........................................................................................................................	87
Eligibility criteria...........................................................................................................................	87(1)(c)
Establishment, shall not prevent Members from giving notice of items .......................................	87(4)
Items outside, not to be considered...............................................................................................	87(5)
Items, selected, dropping to bottom after consideration...............................................................	89 96(3) 98(1)
List, continuing from session to session.......................................................................................	86.1
Member to specify which bill or motion selected in draw............................................................	87(1)(b)
Non-votable items
Designation, Member indicating................................................................................................	87(2)(b)
Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business, determining .....................................................	91.1(1) 92(1)
Number of items
Beginning of session...................................................................................................................	87(1)(a)
Private bills
Debate, time limit..........................................................................................................................	93
Order of precedence
Dropping to bottom after consideration...................................................................................	90 93
Exchange of positions................................................................................................................	94(2)
Report stage and third reading
Debate, time limit......................................................................................................................	98(2)
Extension of sitting hours..........................................................................................................	98(3)(5)
Order of precedence, placing at bottom....................................................................................	89 98(1)(2)
Vote...........................................................................................................................................	93(1) 98(4)
Second reading
Amendments, moving with consent of sponsor........................................................................	93(3)
Debate, time limit......................................................................................................................	93(1)
Debate, time to elapse between first and second hour ..............................................................	93(2)
Placing at bottom of order of precedence..................................................................................	89
Vote...........................................................................................................................................	93(1)
Public bills
Committee report..........................................................................................................................	97.1
Deemed reported without amendment, conditions...................................................................	97.1
Introduction, Routine Proceedings position..................................................................................	30(3)
Not proceeded with when called...................................................................................................	42(2)
Notice, any one Member giving....................................................................................................	86(1)
Order of precedence
Dropping to bottom after consideration...................................................................................	90 93
Exchange of positions................................................................................................................	94(2)
Report stage and third reading
Debate, time limit......................................................................................................................	98(2)
Extension of sitting hours..........................................................................................................	98(3)(5)
Order of precedence, placing at bottom....................................................................................	89 98(1)(2)
Vote...........................................................................................................................................	98(4)
Second reading
Amendments, moving with consent of sponsor............................................................................	93(3)
Debate, time limit...........................................................................................................................	93(1)
Debate, time to elapse between first and second hour..................................................................	93(2)
Order of precedence, placing in before consideration....................................................................	87(5)
Senate bills, placing at bottom of order of precedence..................................................................	89
Time to elapse after first reading...................................................................................................	88
Vote...............................................................................................................................................	93(1)
Senate amendments, placing at bottom of order of precedence.........................................................	89
Senate bills see Private Members’ Business—Senate public bills
Quorum, lack, interruption of proceedings, non-selected item dropped from the Order Paper .......	41(2)
Random draw see Private Members’ Business—Draw
Seconders, more than one...................................................................................................................	86(3)(4)
Selected items see Private Members’ Business—Votable items
Senate public bills
Member sponsoring no more than one bill during a Parliament ....................................................	86.2(b)
Reinstatement from previous session, status at time of prorogation ............................................	86.2(a)
Second reading
Debate, time limit......................................................................................................................	93(1)
Debate, time to elapse between first and second hour ..............................................................	93(2)
Placing at bottom of order of precedence..................................................................................	89
Vote............................................................................................................................................	93(1)
Similar items.......................................................................................................................................	86(5)
Speaker, responsibility
Draw, organizing...........................................................................................................................	87(1)(2)
Exchange of positions in order of precedence, arranging...............................................................	94(2)(a)
Notices of items to be considered, publishing...............................................................................	94(1)(a)
Similar items, determining.............................................................................................................	86(5)
Suspension
Budget debate................................................................................................................................	99(1)
Emergency debate..........................................................................................................................	52(14)
Exchange of positions in order of precedence not arranged...........................................................	94(2)(b)
Government business replacing.....................................................................................................	91 94(1)(b)(2)(b) 99(2)
Notice not given of items to be considered...................................................................................	94(1)(b)
Supply period ending June 23, last allotted day...........................................................................	99(1)
Until introduction of government bills completed........................................................................	30(4)
Until order of precedence established...........................................................................................	91
Urgent matter, government motion suspending Standing Orders ..................................................	99(1)
Votable items
Debate, time limit..........................................................................................................................	93
Order of precedence, dropping to bottom after consideration ......................................................	93
Privilege
Question of, immediate consideration................................................................................................	48(1)
Written statement to Speaker, when required....................................................................................	48(2)
Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee
Broadcasting guidelines, establishing.................................................................................................	119.1(2)
Conflict of Interest Code for Members, review and report................................................................	108(3)(a)(viii)
Duties.................................................................................................................................................	104(1)(3)(4) 107(5) 113(1) 115(4)
Election of Members to House, review and report............................................................................	108(3)(a)(vi)
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	104(1)
Private Bills........................................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(iv) 133(2)(3)(4) 135(1) 140 141(4)
Private Members’ Business, non-votable items, reports...................................................................	92(2)(3)
Reports..............................................................................................................................................	104(1)(3)(4) 113(1) 114(1)(2)(d)(4) 119.1(2)
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Administration rules
Procedure and Standing Orders
Motion to consider............................................................................................................................	51
Unprovided cases...............................................................................................................................	1
See also Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business
Proceedings on Adjournment see instead Adjournment Proceedings
Prorogation
Address of the House, effects............................................................................................................	49
Notice of business during...................................................................................................................	55(1)
Order for return, effects.....................................................................................................................	49
Public Accounts Standing Committee
Chair and Vice-Chairs........................................................................................................................	106(2)
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(3)(g)
Public Bills
Amendments
Bill read twice and referred to Committee before any amendments ..............................................	73(2)
Made in committee reported to House.........................................................................................	75(2)
Not permitted
First reading motion..................................................................................................................	69(1)
Motion for introduction............................................................................................................	68(1)
Report stage after second reading, concurrence motion............................................................	76.1(9)
Report stage at second reading, concurrence motion .................................................................	76(9)
Report stage from Committee of the Whole, consideration ......................................................	76.1(12)
Second reading motion...............................................................................................................	73(2)
Senate, first reading motion, deemed carried, without debate, amendment, or question put ....	69(2)
Time allocation..........................................................................................................................	78
Senate amendments
Conference when disagreement.................................................................................................	77(2)(3)(4)
Motion debatable...................................................................................................................	67(1)(h)
Debatable...................................................................................................................................	67(1)(g)
Motion to consider, 24 hours’ notice........................................................................................	77(1)
See also Public Bills—Report stage
Committee stage
Committee of the Whole consideration.........................................................................................	100
Proceedings on bills, in any Committee........................................................................................	75(1)
Read twice and referred to Committee before any amendments ...................................................	73(2)
Referral to a Committee................................................................................................................	73(3)
Before second reading................................................................................................................	73(1)
Opposition notification.........................................................................................................	73(1)
Referral to Committee of the Whole.............................................................................................	73(4)
Report from committee received by the House............................................................................	75(2)
Debate see Public Bills—First reading—Preparation and bringing in of a bill by a Committee—Report stage—Second Reading—Third reading
First reading
First reading and printing, motion deemed carried without debate, amendment or question put..	69
Senate public bills deemed carried, without debate, amendment or question put .........................	69(2)
Introduction
Blank or imperfect bills.................................................................................................................	68(3)
Explanation, succinct.....................................................................................................................	68(2)
Government, Routine Proceedings................................................................................................	30(3)(4)
Motion deemed carried, without debate, amendment or question put ..........................................	68(2)
Motion for introduction................................................................................................................	68(1)
Notice, 48 hours............................................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception...................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Printed in English and French before second reading....................................................................	70
Private Members, Routine Proceedings........................................................................................	30(3)
Notice
48 hours.........................................................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception....................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Not applied after introduction......................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception...................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Orders not proceeded with when called, dropped and placed on Order Paper after those of same stage.................................................................................................................................................	42(2)
Orders not proceeded with when called, stand at request of government .........................................	42(2)
Preparation and bringing in of a bill by a Committee
Committee reports
Minister’s concurrence motion, considered to be a stage...........................................................	68(4)(a)
Order to bring in a bill...............................................................................................................	68(6)
Scope.........................................................................................................................................	68(5)
Government Orders, consideration under.....................................................................................	68(4)(a)(8)
Minister’s motion to appoint or instruct a Committee ................................................................	68(4)(a)
Debate, time limit......................................................................................................................	68(4)(a)
Government Orders consideration............................................................................................	68(4)(a)
Motion to appoint or instruct a Committee, introduction of bill .................................................	68(1)
Second reading stage
Minister’s motion.....................................................................................................................	68(7)(a)
Readings
Clerk certifies................................................................................................................................	72
Three separate...............................................................................................................................	71
See also Public Bills—First reading—Second reading—Third reading
Report stage after second reading
Amendments
Debatable...................................................................................................................................	76.1(6)
Debate, time limit......................................................................................................................	76.1(7)
Divisions, deferred....................................................................................................................	45(6)(b)
Explanation by Member............................................................................................................	76.1(5)
Financial amendment, written notice.........................................................................................	76.1(3)
Form only, without notice........................................................................................................	76.1(4)
Notice........................................................................................................................................	76.1(2)
When out of order..................................................................................................................	76.1(2)
Written, 24 hours, when Governor General recommendation required .................................	76.1(3)
Recorded division, deferred by Speaker....................................................................................	76.1(8)
Speaker, power to select amendments......................................................................................	76.1(5)
When no amendment.................................................................................................................	76.1(11)
Concurrence, motion without amendment or debate.....................................................................	76.1(9)
Consideration, not prior to second sitting day following presentation of report to House ..........	76.1(1)
From Committee of the Whole, disposition..................................................................................	76.1(12)
Motion debatable..........................................................................................................................	67(1)(d)
Report stage at second reading
Amendments
Debatable...................................................................................................................................	76(6)
Debate, time limit......................................................................................................................	76(7)
Explanation by Member............................................................................................................	76(5)
Financial amendment, notice.....................................................................................................	76(3)
Form only, without notice........................................................................................................	76(4)
Notice........................................................................................................................................	76(2)
Sitting day before, when Governor General recommendation required .................................	76(3)
When out of order..................................................................................................................	76(2)
Recorded division, deferred by Speaker....................................................................................	76(8)
Speaker, power to select amendments......................................................................................	76(5)
Concurrence, motion without amendment or debate.....................................................................	76(9)
Consideration, not prior to third sitting day.................................................................................	76(1)
Second reading
Bill read twice and referred to Committee before amendments .....................................................	73(2)
Committee referral.........................................................................................................................	73(3)
Debate
Borrowing authority bills, two day’s consideration...................................................................	73(5)
Period divided in two................................................................................................................	74(2)
At request of Member...........................................................................................................	74(2)(b)
At request of Whip................................................................................................................	74(2)(a)
Time limit..................................................................................................................................	74
Motion for Committee referral before second reading ..................................................................	73(1)
Opposition notification.............................................................................................................	73(1)
Read twice and referred to committee...........................................................................................	73(2)
Referral to Committee before second reading................................................................................	73(1)(2)(3)
Supply bill read twice and referred to Committee of the Whole ...................................................	73(4)
Senate amendments
Conference when disagreement.....................................................................................................	77(2)(3)(4)
Motion debatable..........................................................................................................................	67(1)(h)
Debatable.......................................................................................................................................	67(1)(g)
Motion to consider, 24 hours’ notice............................................................................................	77(1)
Stages see Public Bills—Committee stage—First reading—Introduction—Preparation and bringing in of a bill by a Committee—Report stage—Second reading—Third reading
Standing Orders, applicability to private bills...................................................................................	147
Supply bills, referral to Committee of the Whole after second reading .............................................	73(4)
Third reading
After report stage after second reading.........................................................................................	76.1(10)
After report stage at second reading..............................................................................................	76(10)
Debate
Period divided in two................................................................................................................	74(2)
Time limit..................................................................................................................................	74(1)
Motion debatable..........................................................................................................................	67(1)(f)
Same sitting...................................................................................................................................	76.1(11)
Time allocation
Agreement among all parties.........................................................................................................	78(1)
Agreement not reached..................................................................................................................	78(3)
Qualified agreement.......................................................................................................................	78(2)
Question period, thirty minutes....................................................................................................	67.1(1)(a)
Question put.................................................................................................................................	67.1(1)(b)
See also Private Members’ Business
Public corporations see Conflict of Interest Code
Q
Question and comment period
5 minutes..........................................................................................................................................	43(1)(c)
10 minutes..........................................................................................................................................	43(1)(b)
“Question be now put” see instead Previous Question
Question of Confidence see Speaker—Election
Question of Privilege see Privilege
Question Period see instead Oral Questions
Questions see Oral questions; Question and comment period; Questions on the Order Paper
Questions on the Order Paper
Adjournment proceedings
Notice............................................................................................................................................	38(2)(a)
Deemed withdrawn if matter not taken up...................................................................................	38(2)(b)
Transferred to after 45 days at Member’s request.......................................................................	39(5)(b)
Clerk of the House, responsibilities...................................................................................................	39(2)
Debate not permitted.........................................................................................................................	39(1)
Not taken up when called, stand at request of government...............................................................	42(1)
Notice, 48 hours.................................................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Number, limit of 4..............................................................................................................................	39(4)
Exception, designated question, replacing.....................................................................................	39(5)(b)
Order for return, entered in Journals.................................................................................................	39(7)
Purpose, restrictions..........................................................................................................................	39(1)
Response
Government, within 45 days.........................................................................................................	39(5)(a)
After 45 days, designated question...........................................................................................	39(5)(b)
Oral, starred question, limit of 3...................................................................................................	39(3)(a)
Printed in Debates.........................................................................................................................	39(3)(b)
Routine Proceedings, position...........................................................................................................	30(3)
Standing Committee, transferred to after 45 days.............................................................................	39(5)(b)
Transferring to notices of motions at government’s request.............................................................	39(6)
Quorum
20 Members, including Speaker.........................................................................................................	29(1)
Bells to ring........................................................................................................................................	29(3)
Lacking
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod may be received....................................................................	29(5)
Order of the Day, effects..............................................................................................................	41(2)
Recorded in Journals.....................................................................................................................	29(4)
Speaker adjourns the House..........................................................................................................	29(2)
See also Committees, Legislative; Committees, Special; Committees, Standing
R
Random draw see Private Members’ Business—Draw
Recall of the House
Provisions..........................................................................................................................................	28(3)
Royal Assent.....................................................................................................................................	28(4)
Special Order Paper, notice of business, Speaker’s responsibilities.................................................	55(1)(2)
See also Adjournment of the House—Royal Assent—Time
Recorded divisions see Divisions
Registry of paired Members..........................................................................................................	44.1
Relevancy see Debate
Repetition see Debate
Reports see Board of Internal Economy; Committees, Standing—Annual reports; Conflict of Interest Code—Reports to House; Parliamentary Papers; Presenting Reports from Committees; Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee—Annual reports
Resolution
Presentation, 48 hours’ notice...........................................................................................................	54(1)
Exception.......................................................................................................................................	54(2)
Returns see Orders for Return; Parliamentary Papers
Right of reply see Debate
Routine Proceedings
Daily order of business, position.......................................................................................................	30(3)
Debatable motions.............................................................................................................................	67(1)(p)
Introduction of Government Bills, extending if not completed .........................................................	30(4)
Items, established order.....................................................................................................................	30(3)
See also Emergency Debate—Leave to propose; Motions—Committees, Without debate or amendment; Presenting Petitions; Presenting Reports for Interparliamentary Delegations
Royal Assent
Senate message concerning bills, depositing with Clerk of the House during adjournment ...............	32(1.1)
See also Adjournment of the House
Royal family
Language, disrespectful against..........................................................................................................	18
Royal Recommendation
Annexed to bill...................................................................................................................................	79(2)
Governor General recommendation of appropriation........................................................................	79(1)
Printed on Notice Paper and in Journals...........................................................................................	79(2)
Report stage amendments..................................................................................................................	76.1(3) 76(3)
See also Public Bills—Report stage after second reading—Report stage at second reading
S
Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee
Chair and Vice-Chairs representing House of Commons...................................................................	106(2)
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	108(4)(b)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	104(3)(b) 114(1)(2)(c)
Reports revoking Statutory Instruments...........................................................................................	123(1)
Motions for concurrence
Debate, time limits....................................................................................................................	126(1)
Deemed adopted........................................................................................................................	124 125(2)
Deemed withdrawn...................................................................................................................	125(1) 126(1)(b)
Grouping for debate..................................................................................................................	127
Placing on Notice Paper.............................................................................................................	123(5)
Speeches, time limits.................................................................................................................	126(1)(a)
Standing in name of Minister, not adopted...............................................................................	124
Voting........................................................................................................................................	126(1)(c)(2)(3)
Wednesday schedule.................................................................................................................	128(1)(2)
Notice to authorized authority......................................................................................................	123(2)
Presentation...................................................................................................................................	123(3)(4)
Receivability..................................................................................................................................	126(1)(b)
Senate
Conference with Senate, motion debatable........................................................................................	67(1)(h)
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, to be received by Speaker........................................................	29(5)
Language, offensive against Member of.............................................................................................	18
Messages to and from........................................................................................................................	154
See also Royal Assent
Senate amendments see Public Bills
Senate bills see Public Bills; Private Bills; Private Members’ Business—Public Bills—Senate Public Bills
Senate Public Bills
First reading, Routine Proceedings, items, established order, position ..............................................	30(3)
Sergeant-at-Arms
Admission cards, issuing....................................................................................................................	157(2)
Duties, preservation of order.............................................................................................................	157(2)
Mace, safe-keeping............................................................................................................................	157(1)
Messages from Senate, announcing....................................................................................................	154
Speaker’s warrants, executing............................................................................................................	157(2)
Strangers, taking into custody............................................................................................................	158(1)
Releasing........................................................................................................................................	158(2)
Sittings of the House
Adjourning
Daily..............................................................................................................................................	24(2)
Motion required in certain cases...................................................................................................	25
Quorum lacking.............................................................................................................................	29(2)(3)(4)
Extension
Closure, question period...............................................................................................................	67.1(2)
Divisions, deferred after Oral Questions.......................................................................................	45(7.1)
Private Members’ Business, public bills, report stage and third reading ......................................	98(3)
Statements by Ministers...............................................................................................................	33(2)
Time allocation, question period...................................................................................................	67.1(2)
Motion to continue or extend
Adjournment hour.........................................................................................................................	26
Adopted, less than 15 Members rising.........................................................................................	26(2)
Dinner hour...................................................................................................................................	26(1)
June, last 10 sitting days...............................................................................................................	27(1)(2)
Not during Private Members’ Business........................................................................................	26(1)
Notice not required........................................................................................................................	26(1) 27(1)
Speaker in Chair............................................................................................................................	26(1)
Withdrawn, more than 15 Members rising....................................................................................	26(2)
Parliamentary calendar.......................................................................................................................	28(1)(2)(a)
Speaker tabling..............................................................................................................................	28(2)(b)
Times and days of meeting................................................................................................................	24(1)
See also Adjournment Proceedings; Supply—Allotted days
Sovereign
Language, disrespectful against..........................................................................................................	18
Speaker
Casting vote.......................................................................................................................................	9
Committee of the Whole
Leaves Chair..................................................................................................................................	100
Take-note debates, exception........................................................................................................	53.1(3)(a)
Debate, participation.........................................................................................................................	9
Decisions
Appeals.........................................................................................................................................	10
Procedure for making.....................................................................................................................	1 10
Documents, tabling............................................................................................................................	148(1)(2)
Election
Balloting procedures......................................................................................................................	4
Candidates
Addressing House, five minutes................................................................................................	3.1
Announcement of successful.....................................................................................................	4(7)
Ministers, party leaders, eligibility...........................................................................................	5
When no majority of votes........................................................................................................	4(8)
Withdrawing from ballot, reasons.............................................................................................	4(8)(b)
First order of business...................................................................................................................	2(1)
Precedence over other business.................................................................................................	2(3)
Presiding over election...................................................................................................................	3(1)
Duties, powers..........................................................................................................................	3(2)
Question of confidence, not considered........................................................................................	6
Speaker adjourns House upon election.........................................................................................	2(3)
Vacancy.........................................................................................................................................	2(2)
House of Commons staff, directing...................................................................................................	151
Official languages knowledge.............................................................................................................	7(2)
Order and decorum
Role...............................................................................................................................................	10
Speaker leaving Chair....................................................................................................................	16(4)
Speaker’s decision, no appeal.......................................................................................................	10
Order Paper, Clerk of the House providing......................................................................................	152
Private bills, responsibility regarding parliamentary agents..............................................................	146(1)(4)
Private Members’ Business, responsibility.......................................................................................	86(5) 87(1)(a)(2) 94(1)(a)(2)(a)
Tabling documents
Board of Internal Economy decisions, Committee budgets..........................................................	148(1)
Board of Internal Economy reports of proceedings......................................................................	148(1)
Warrants, Sergeant-at-Arms executing...............................................................................................	157(2)
See also Adjournment Proceedings; Conflict of Interest Code—Reports to House; Debate; Motions; Naming; Oral Questions; Quorum—Lacking; Sittings of the House—Motions—Parliamentary calendar; Statements by Ministers—Time; Strangers
Special Order Paper ........................................................................................................................	55(1)
Spectators see instead Strangers
Speeches see Debate
Sponsored travel see Conflict of Interest Code
Spouses see Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions
Staff see House of Commons
Standing Committees see Committees, Standing
Standing Orders
Application, Committee of the Whole...............................................................................................	101(1)
Motion to consider............................................................................................................................	51
Motion to suspend, debatable...........................................................................................................	67(1)(o)
See also Committees, Legislative; Committees, Special; Committees, Standing; Private Bills
Standing Orders and Procedure
Motion to consider............................................................................................................................	51
Statements by Members
Improper use......................................................................................................................................	31
One minute.........................................................................................................................................	31
Times and days..................................................................................................................................	30(5)
Statements by Ministers
Adjournment of the House, delaying.................................................................................................	33(2)
Content, length...................................................................................................................................	33(1)
Government Orders, extension of time provided...............................................................................	33(2)
Opposition parties, replies................................................................................................................	33(1)
Private Members’ Business, delaying................................................................................................	33(2)
Routine Proceedings, position...........................................................................................................	30(3)
Sittings, extending..............................................................................................................................	33(2)
Time provided, Speaker to limit........................................................................................................	33(1)
Statutory Instruments see Committees, Standing—Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee
Steering Committee see instead Agenda and Procedure Subcommittee
Strangers
Conduct..............................................................................................................................................	158(1)(2)
Withdrawal
Chair of Committees of the Whole, role........................................................................................	14
Motion..........................................................................................................................................	14
Speaker, role..................................................................................................................................	14
Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business
Mandate.............................................................................................................................................	91.1(1)
Membership.......................................................................................................................................	91.1(1)
Substitutes.....................................................................................................................................	91.1(2)
See also Private Member’s Business—Non-votable items—Order of precedence
Supplementary estimates see Estimates; Supply
Supply
Adjournment suspended....................................................................................................................	81(17)(18)(d)
Aids and supplies
House of Commons grants to Sovereign.......................................................................................	80(1)
Pecuniary penalties in Senate bills................................................................................................	80(2)
Senate cannot alter.........................................................................................................................	80(1)
Allotted days
Amendments, only one allowed....................................................................................................	85
Concurrence in final supplementary estimates, days added.........................................................	81(12)
Sittings of the House
Determining numbers................................................................................................................	81(10)(a)
Increasing numbers....................................................................................................................	81(10)(c)
Reducing numbers.....................................................................................................................	81(10)(b)
Subamendments, only one allowed...............................................................................................	85
Supply periods..............................................................................................................................	81(10)
Unused days of Address Debate or Budget Debate added ...........................................................	81(11)
Amendment, only one allowed..........................................................................................................	85
Business of Supply
Continuing Order of the Day, designation....................................................................................	81(1)
Defined..........................................................................................................................................	81(3)
Precedence over government business...........................................................................................	81(2)
Questions put on last day of June period.....................................................................................	81(18)(c)
Concurrence motion
Adoption, becomes House Order to bring in bill..........................................................................	81(21)
Main estimates, considered on last day of June period................................................................	81(18)
Question put in December and March period...............................................................................	81(17)
Question put in June period..........................................................................................................	81(18)(c)
Debate, time limits.............................................................................................................................	81(22)
Main estimates
Bills, related, passage of all stages in one sitting...........................................................................	81(18)(c)
Committee of the Whole, studying...............................................................................................	81(4)(a)
Committee study and report.........................................................................................................	81(7)(8)
Considered on last day of June period..........................................................................................	81(18)
Interruption of debate no later than 10:00 p.m.........................................................................	81(18)(c)
No later than 6:30 p.m..............................................................................................................	81(18)(b)(c)
Extension of consideration by committee.....................................................................................	81(4)(b)
Period of consideration in committees..........................................................................................	81(4)
Referred to and reported by standing committees........................................................................	81(4)
Report by standing committees
Concurrence motion debatable on allotted day only .................................................................	81(9)
Presentation...............................................................................................................................	81(4)(c)(d)(8)
Urgent, taken under Government Orders......................................................................................	82
Opposition motions
Amendments, only one allowed, sponsor, consent required .........................................................	85
Considered on last day of June period..........................................................................................	81(18)
Duration of proceedings................................................................................................................	81(16)(b)
Estimates
24 hours’ written notice............................................................................................................	81(14)(a)
48 hours’ written notice............................................................................................................	81(14)(a)
Speaker interrupts proceedings to put question.......................................................................	81(17)
Expiration of proceedings..............................................................................................................	81(19)
Motion moved by opposition Member only................................................................................	81(13)
Non-votable motions.....................................................................................................................	81(18)(a)
Precedence over government supply motions...............................................................................	81(15)
Speaker, selecting............................................................................................................................	81(14)(b)
Subamendments, only one allowed...............................................................................................	85
Subject matter................................................................................................................................	81(13)
Two or more, Speaker’s power of selection.................................................................................	81(14)(c)
Votable motions
Recorded division deferred on last day of June period .............................................................	81(18)(b)
Until 10:00 p.m.....................................................................................................................	45(6)(a) 81(18)(c)
Speaker interrupts proceedings to put questions......................................................................	81(16)(c)(17)
Unless sponsor designates as non-votable................................................................................	81(16)(a)
Written notice, filing one hour prior to sitting day before allotted day ........................................	81(14)(a)
Periods, December, March, June.......................................................................................................	81(10)
Private Members’ Business, hour suspension during allotted day in June .......................................	99(1)
Speeches see instead Supply—Debate
Supplementary estimates
Bills, related, passage of all stages in one sitting...........................................................................	81(18)(c)
Concurrence in final supplementary estimates, days added to supply period .............................	81(12)
Period of consideration in committees..........................................................................................	81(5)
Referred to and reported by standing committees........................................................................	81(5)
Report by standing committees
Concurrence motion debatable on allotted day only .................................................................	81(9)
Report presented not later than three sitting days before final sitting or last allotted day in current period..........................................................................................................................	81(5)
Urgent, taken under Government Orders......................................................................................	82
Unopposed items...............................................................................................................................	81(20)
T
Tabling of Documents
Both official languages.......................................................................................................................	32(4)
Depositing with Clerk of the House, deemed laid before the House .................................................	32(1)
When House stands adjourned......................................................................................................	32(1)
Matters within government’s administrative responsibility.............................................................	32(2)
Minister or Parliamentary Secretary..................................................................................................	32(2)
Pursuant to statutory or other authority...........................................................................................	32(1)
Recorded in Journals.........................................................................................................................	32(3)
Referral to standing committee..........................................................................................................	32(5)(6)
Reports required by law, Clerk of the House distributes list to Members .......................................	153
Routine Proceedings, position...........................................................................................................	30(3)
Speaker
Board of Internal Economy proceedings, decisions......................................................................	148(1)(2)
Committee, budgets.......................................................................................................................	148(2)
See also Parliamentary Papers
Take-note debates
Adjournment Proceedings, suspending..............................................................................................	53.1(2)
Debate
Adjournment of the House............................................................................................................	53.1(3)(e)
Committee of the Whole rules, exceptions....................................................................................	53.1(3)
Length............................................................................................................................................	53.1(3)(d)
Motion “That the Committee do now rise” only motion considered ...........................................	53.1(3)(c)
Rules..............................................................................................................................................	53.1(3)
Speaker presides............................................................................................................................	53.1(3)(a)
Speeches, time limit.......................................................................................................................	53.1(3)(b)
Motion, Ministers of the Crown, voting on without debate or amendment .....................................	53.1(1)
Time, hour of daily adjournment.......................................................................................................	53.1(2)
Throne Speech see instead Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
Time allocation
Public Bills, motion............................................................................................................................	78
Question period, thirty minutes....................................................................................................	67.1(1)(a)
Question put.................................................................................................................................	67.1(1)(b)
See also Public Bills
Time limits see Debate—Speeches
Timetable see Daily Order of Business—Items; Sittings of the House
Travel
Committee, request, motion...............................................................................................................	56.2(1)(2)
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Sponsored travel
U
Unanimous consent
Denied, routine motion by Minister..................................................................................................	56.1
Withdrawal of motion........................................................................................................................	64
Unprovided cases ..............................................................................................................................	1
Urgent matter
Debatable motion...............................................................................................................................	67(1)(i)
Government motion suspending standing orders...............................................................................	53
See also Debate; Emergency Debate
V
Visitor see instead Strangers
Votable items see Private Members’ Business
Votes
Reflection...........................................................................................................................................	18
Rescinding, request............................................................................................................................	18
See also Casting vote; Divisions
W
Warrants see Speaker
Ways and Means
Budget debate
Amendments, only one allowed....................................................................................................	85
Form of motion.............................................................................................................................	84(1)
Four days......................................................................................................................................	84(2)
Motion to concur in Ways and Means not permitted during budget debate ................................	83(3)
Notice of Ways and Means...........................................................................................................	83(1)
Order of the Day
Daily adjournment extended......................................................................................................	83(2)
Date and time specified.............................................................................................................	83(2)
Designated at Minister’s request..............................................................................................	83(2)
Motion for adjournment from opposition Member of Official Opposition deemed adopted ..	83(2)
Proceedings interrupted by Speaker and deemed adjourned .....................................................	83(2)
Precedence over other government business.................................................................................	84(3)
Private Members’ Business, suspension......................................................................................	99(1)
Question put
Amendments.............................................................................................................................	84(6)
Main motion..............................................................................................................................	84(6)
Subamendments.........................................................................................................................	84(4)
Subamendments, only one allowed...............................................................................................	85
Time limits on speeches................................................................................................................	84(7)
Unused days, added to Supply proceedings.................................................................................	81(11)
Budget, Finance Standing Committee, mandate.................................................................................	83.1
Concurrence motion adopted, effect..................................................................................................	83(4)
Motion for consideration of Ways and Means Order, debatable ......................................................	67(1)(j)
Motion to concur in Ways and Means motion decided without debate or amendment ....................	83(3)
Whips
Committee, Liaison, participation......................................................................................................	107(1)(b)
Debate, time divided between Members at request of.......................................................................	43(2)(a) 74(2)(a)
Divisions, recorded, deferred at request of........................................................................................	45(5)(a)(ii)(iii)(7)
Witnesses see Committees, Legislative; Committees, Special; Committees, Standing
Written Questions see instead Questions on the Order Paper