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Further proceedings after third reading
8.150 If the amendments are not disposed of on the same day as third
reading, further proceedings after third reading are taken on a later day.
Privilege amendment
8.151 On third reading of a bill originating in the House of Lords whose
provisions may infringe the privileges of the House of Commons with
regard to the control of public money, a “privilege amendment” is made
formally after all the other amendments have been disposed of. The
privilege amendment is moved without notice, without the amendment
being circulated and without stating its nature. The amendment consists
of a new subsection, inserted at the end of the final clause of the bill, in
the following form:
“( ) Nothing in this Act shall impose any charge on the people or on
public funds, or vary the amount or incidence of or otherwise alter
any such charge in any manner, or affect the assessment, levying,
administration or application of any money raised by any such charge.”
8.152 When the bill is printed for the Commons these words are
printed in bold type. The Commons leave out the subsection by
amendment and thus make the imposition of the charge their own act.
Passing
8.153 The motion “That this bill do now pass” is moved immediately
after third reading has been agreed to or, if amendments have been
tabled, as soon as the last amendment has been disposed of. The motion
is usually moved formally. It may be opposed, and reasoned or delaying
amendments may be moved to it, but in other circumstances it is not
normally debated. 1
Bill sent or returned to Commons
8.154 When a bill originates in the Lords, a “House bill”, which is a fair
print of the bill as it stands as amended after third reading, is endorsed
and signed by the Clerk of the Parliaments and sent to the Commons
with a message seeking their agreement to it. The Commons print the bill
in the form in which it appears in the House bill.
1 Procedure 1st Rpt 1998–99.
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