HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

of members supporting an amendment are printed above it, up to a
maximum of four names, or five if the Lord in charge of the bill adds his
name. 1
Rules of marshalling
8.59 Subject to the rules listed below, amendments are printed in the
order of their page, line and word references in the bill, taking account of
any instruction that has been tabled. The rules are as follows:
amendments to the preamble and the long title, in that order, are
taken last;
amendments to leave out words take precedence over
amendments to leave out the same words and insert others;
amendments to leave out any block of text other than a complete
clause or Schedule come before amendments to that text;
amendments to a clause are considered before the Question that
the clause stand part of the bill;
amendments to leave out a clause and substitute another are
considered after any amendments to the clause;
because each clause and Schedule must be stood part of the bill in
Committee, an amendment to leave out a clause or Schedule in
Committee is not technically an amendment, but a statement of
intention to oppose the Question that the clause or Schedule
stand part of the bill. Notice is usually given of such intention and
printed in italics, without being numbered, on the marshalled list.
On report and third reading an intention to leave out a clause or
Schedule is indicated by tabling an amendment; 2
amendments to divide a clause are taken after the clause has been
stood part of the bill; 3
amendments to transpose a clause or clauses, or part of a clause,
to another place in the bill are taken after the clause (or the last of
the affected clauses) has been stood part of the bill;
1 Procedure 1st Rpt 1974–75.
2 HL Deb. 11 June 1964, cols 986–1001; Procedure 1st Rpt 1983–84.
3 e.g. HL Deb. 21 January 1997, col. 586.
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