INDEX TO THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Subject	Standing Order No.
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(5)
Amendment not permitted after fifth day........................................................................	50(6)
Days, not to exceed six...................................................................................................	50(1)
Leader of the Opposition................................................................................................	50(2)
Motion, disposed of on sixth day, interruption by Speaker............................................	50(7)
Prime Minister................................................................................................................	50(2)
Speeches, time limits.......................................................................................................	50(2)
Subamendment disposed of on second day....................................................................	50(4)
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)
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 Emergency debates; 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
All-party caucus see Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions
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
Benefit see Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions
Bills
Corrections, non-substantive, Law Clerk of the House, responsibility.............................	156(1)
Report............................................................................................................................	156(2)
See also Estimates; Government Bills; Private Bills; Private Members' Bills; Public Bills; Senate Public Bills...
Black Rod see instead 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 Sittings of the House—Parliamentary calendar
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)(3) 97(1) 97.1(2)(a)
Proposed appointee
Motion to ratify, within thirty days.................................................................................	111.1(2)
Standing committee consideration...................................................................................	111.1(1)
See also Parliamentary Papers—Depositing; Petitions—Depositing; Questions on the Order Paper; Royal Assent
Closure....................................................................................................................................	57
Commissioner see Conflict of Interest Code—passim
Committee, Liaison
Associate members.............................................................................................................	107(5)
Election of Chair and Vice-Chair........................................................................................	107(2)
Mandate..............................................................................................................................	107(1)(a)(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 in....................................................................	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
Meetings, suspending when bells sound to call Members to recorded division ................	115(5)
See also Library of Parliamaent Standing Joint Committee; Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee
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)
Suspending when bells sound to call Members to recorded division .............................	115(5)
Membership........................................................................................................................	113(1)
Membership, changes.........................................................................................................	114(3)
Order and decorum.............................................................................................................	117
Organization meeting..........................................................................................................	113(3)
Panel of Chairs.....................................................................................................................	112 113(2)
Powers................................................................................................................................	113(5)(6)
Quorum...............................................................................................................................	118(1)(2)
Reports, Private Members’ public bills...............................................................................	97.1(1)(2)(3)
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)
Suspending when bells sound to call Members to recorded division .............................	115(5)
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)
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)
Suspending when bells sound to call Members to recorded division .............................	115(5)
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) 97.1(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(1)(2)(3)
Reports and returns, permanent referral..............................................................................	32(5)
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
Common law partners see Conflict of Interest Code -- Definitions
Conference with Senate
Motion for, debatable..........................................................................................................	67(1)(h)
Public Bills, disagreement...................................................................................................	77(2)(3)(4)
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner see Conflict of Interest Code -- Commissioner
Conflict of Interest Code
Administration rules
Commissioner submitting to Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee .........	30(1) (Appendix)
Confidentiality ...............................................................................................................	30(3) (Appendix)
Report to House, concurrence, effective date..................................................................	30(2) (Appendix)
Application
Board of Internal Economy jurisdiction, exclusion.........................................................	6 (Appendix)
Commissioner see Conflict of Interest Code—passim
To Members...................................................................................................................	4 (Appendix)
Activities outside Parliament........................................................................................	7 (Appendix)
Assisting constituents..................................................................................................	5 (Appendix)
Board of Internal Economy see Conflict of Interest Code—Application
Commissioner see Conflict of Interest Code—passim
Comprehensive review, Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee responsibility	33 (Appendix)
Definitions
All-party caucus ..........................................................................................................	3(1) (Appendix)
Benefit ..........................................................................................................................	3(1) (Appendix)
Commissioner ................................................................................................................	3(1) (Appendix)
Common-law partners....................................................................................................	3(1) (Appendix)
Family members..............................................................................................................	3(4) (Appendix)
Private interests................................................................................................................	3(2) (Appendix)
Exclusions....................................................................................................................	3(3) (Appendix)
Spouse...........................................................................................................................	3(1) (Appendix)
Documents
Confidentiality................................................................................................................	31.1 (Appendix)
Retention....................................................................................................................	31 (Appendix)
Educational activities............................................................................................................	32 (Appendix)
Gifts/other benefits, acceptance
Prohibition......................................................................................................................	14(1) (Appendix) 14(1.1) (Appendix)
Exceptions...................................................................................................................	14(2) (Appendix)
Statement, filing with Commissioner..............................................................................	14(3) (Appendix)
Exceptions...................................................................................................................	14(4) (Appendix)
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Sponsored travel
Government contracts/programs
Interest acquired by inheritance.......................................................................................	19(3) (Appendix)
Participation in, criteria...................................................................................................	16(2) (Appendix)
Party to...........................................................................................................................	16(1) (Appendix)
Pre-existing contracts, prior to election, renewal/extension.............................................	19(1) (Appendix)
Private corporations/partnerships, Member ownership/participation in..........................	18 (Appendix)
Interest in trust, exceptions.........................................................................................	19(2) (Appendix)
Public corporations, Member ownership/participation in................................................	17(1) (Appendix)
Securities in trust...........................................................................................................	17(2) (Appendix)
Interpretation
Commissioner, application of purposes, principles........................................................	3.1 (Appendix)
General, Commissioner recommendations, including in report to House.......................	28(8) (Appendix)
Obligations of Members
Compliance, inquiry
Commissioner initiating...................................................................................................	27(4) (Appendix)
Conducting in private.......................................................................................................	27(7) (Appendix)
House of Commons resolution directing.....................................................................	27(3) (Appendix)
Member cooperation....................................................................................................	27(8) (Appendix)
Member's request
Form......................................................................................................................	27(2) (Appendix)
Notice.....................................................................................................................	27(3.1) (Appendix)
Preliminary review.................................................................................................	27(3.2) (Appendix)
Non-compliance
Mitigating circumstances.........................................................................................	28(5) (Appendix)
Sanctions, Commissioner recommendations, presenting/concurrence motion.........	28(6)(11) (Appendix)
Non-meritorious requests............................................................................................	27(6) (Appendix)
Other Member(s) request for inquiry by Commissioner............................................	27(1) (Appendix)
Public Comments.........................................................................................................	27(5.1) (Appendix)
Suspension/continuation...............................................................................................	29(1)(2) (Appendix)
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Reports to House
Evasion/circumventing, prohibition................................................................................	25 (Appendix)
Opinion of Commissioner
Binding nature.............................................................................................................	26(3) (Appendix)
Confidentiality.............................................................................................................	26(2) (Appendix)
Publication...................................................................................................................	26(4) (Appendix)
Request........................................................................................................................	26(1) (Appendix)
Response, timing..........................................................................................................	26(5) (Appendix)
Principles.............................................................................................................................	2 (Appendix)
Private interests
Debate/vote, participation in, prohibition.........................................................................	13 (Appendix)
Defining........................................................................................................................	13.1(Appendix)
Disclosure........................................................................................................................	12(1)(4) (Appendix)
Recording.....................................................................................................................	12(3) (Appendix)
Statement......................................................................................................................	20(1)(2) (Appendix)
Confidentiality..........................................................................................................	20(3) (Appendix)
Contents...................................................................................................................	21(1) (Appendix)
Material changes
Notification...............................................................................................................	21(3) (Appendix)
Meeting with Commissioner.........................................................................	22 (Appendix)
Subsequent disclosures.................................................................................................	12(2) (Appendix)
Summaries
Categories of interests..............................................................................................	24(2) (Appendix)
Commissioner preparing..........................................................................................	23(1) (Appendix)
Contents...................................................................................................................	24(1) (Appendix)
Items not disclosed...................................................................................................	24(3) (Appendix)
Public inspection, availability...................................................................................	23(2) (Appendix)
Income sources, definition...............................................................................................	21(2) (Appendix)
See also Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions—Prohibited activities
Prohibited activities
Attempts, prohibiting.......................................................................................................	11 (Appendix)
Influencing decisions affecting personal interest..............................................................	9 (Appendix)
Insider information, use/communication to further personal interests..............................	10(1)(2) (Appendix)
Private interests, furthering..............................................................................................	8 (Appendix)
Purpose................................................................................................................................	1 (Appendix)
Reports to House
Conclusions/recommendations, reasons..........................................................................	28(7) (Appendix)
Concurrence motion.........................................................................................................	28(10) (Appendix)
Vote, scheduling...........................................................................................................	28(12) (Appendix)
Making public..................................................................................................................	28(2)(3) (Appendix)
Member right to speak in House following Question Period...........................................	28(9) (Appendix)
No contravention statement..............................................................................................	28(4) (Appendix)
Presenting to Speaker......................................................................................................	28(1) (Appendix)
Referral back to Commissioner.............................................................................	28(13) (Appendix)
Review and report................................................................................................................	108(3)(a)(viii)
Sponsored travel
Acceptable......................................................................................................................	15(0.1) (Appendix)
List, publication...............................................................................................................	15(3) (Appendix)
Statement
Contents........................................................................................................................	15(2) (Appendix)
Filing with Commissioner..............................................................................	15(1) (Appendix)
Standing Orders, inclusion in...............................................................................................	34 (Appendix)
See also Appendix 1; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee
Consent see Unanimous consent
Corrections to a bill see Bills; Law Clerk of the House—Bills
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
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 motions...................................................................................................	95(2)
Votable motions..........................................................................................................	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 debates, 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)
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; Emergency debates; Petitions—Presenting; Private Members’ Business; Questions on the Order Paper; Take-note debates
Debates see Questions on the Order Paper—Response
Decorum see Order and decorum
Deferred divisions see Divisions—Recorded
Delegated Legislation see Scrutiny ofRegulations Standing Joint Committee
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)
Committee meetings suspended when sounded .............................................................	115(5)
Debate not permitted prior to...............................................................................................	45(2)
Deferred see Divisions—Recorded
Paired Members, registry....................................................................................................	44.1
Recorded
Committee meetings suspended when bells sounded to call Members to vote ..............	115(5)
Deferred..........................................................................................................................	93(1)(b)
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)
Private Members’ Business..........................................................................................	97.1(2)(c)
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 debates
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 and Ethics Commissioner
Examiner of Petitions see Private Bills
Examiner of Private Bills see Private Bills
F
Family members see Conflict of Interest Code—Definitions
Fees and charges see Private Bills
Finance Standing Committee
Mandate...............................................................................................................................	83.1
Furniture see House of Commons
G
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod see instead Usher of the Black Rod
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)
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)
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, Skills Development, 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
Journalssee 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, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee
Mandate..............................................................................................................................	108(3)(e)
L
Language, unparliamentary see Order and decorum
Languages see Official languages
“Late Show” see instead Adjournment Proceedings
Law Clerk of the House
Bills, corrections, non-substantive, responsibility...............................................................	156(1)
Report of corrections.......................................................................................................	156(2)
Reports and returns, tabling required by law, list, distributing to Members......................	153
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)
Legislative Committee see instead Committees, Legislative
Librarian of Parliament see instead 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 Law 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 debates...............................................................................................................	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 debates................................................................................................................	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 motions see Speaker—Election
Non-debatable motions see Motions—Non-debatable
Non-votable items see Private Members’ Business
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)