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8.96 The Question is then put “That the order of commitment [or
recommitment] be discharged.” If this Question is agreed to, the next
stage of the bill is third reading.
8.97 If any member objects, however, this Question cannot be
completed and the Lord in charge of the bill must at once move “That
the House do now resolve itself into a committee [or a committee on
recommitment] upon the bill.” If this is agreed to, the House goes into
committee in the usual way.
8.98 For the purposes of SOs 40(5) and 46, the discharge of the order
of commitment constitutes a stage of a bill. Unless SO 46 has been
suspended or dispensed with, third reading may not be taken on the
same day as that on which the order of commitment has been
discharged.
Bill reported forthwith
8.99 Where no amendment has been set down to a bill and no
member of the House has indicated a wish to speak, but the order of
commitment has not been discharged, the House goes into Committee.
The Lord in the Chair then says:
“[Short title] – My Lords, I understand that no amendments have
been set down to the bill, and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish
to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. With
the agreement of the Committee, I will now put the Question that I
report the bill to the House without amendment.”
8.100 Any member who wishes to speak to any of the clauses or
Schedules or to move a manuscript amendment should indicate their
intentions on this Question, in which case the Lord in the Chair must
postpone the title and put the clauses and Schedules in the usual way.
PROCEEDINGS IN GRAND COMMITTEE
8.101 If a public bill is not committed to a Committee of the whole
House, it is usually committed to a Grand Committee. As described
above this is done on motion moved after Second Reading. Bills which
are unlikely to attract amendments and which would have their
committee stage discharged on the day of the committee stage are not
committed to Grand Committees.
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