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of the bill are no longer at issue, having been agreed to by both Houses,
and cannot be amended except by a “consequential amendment”, that is,
an amendment immediately consequent upon the acceptance or
rejection of a Commons amendment. So further amendments proposed
at this stage are only admissible if they are relevant to a Commons
amendment.
8.161 In dealing with a Commons amendment the following options are
open to the Lords:
to agree to the Commons amendment, either (a) without
amendment, or (b) with a consequential amendment or an
amendment in lieu of the words left out of the bill by the
Commons, or (c) an amendment to the words restored to the bill
by the Commons;
to amend the Commons amendment;
to disagree to the Commons amendment but to propose an
alternative to it (an amendment “in lieu”);
to disagree to the Commons amendment.
8.162 Amendments to Commons amendments are handed in to the
Public Bill Office and printed in the usual way. An amendment to a
Commons amendment takes the same form as any other amendment to
an amendment (see paragraph 8.67). But a proposal to disagree to a
Commons amendment or to put forward an amendment in lieu takes the
form of an amendment to the motion that the House do agree with the
Commons in their amendment. 1
8.163 A marshalled list of amendments and motions to be moved on
consideration of Commons amendments is published on the day on
which the amendments are to be taken. In some cases, where it is of
assistance to the House, the text of the Commons amendments, or of
the relevant ones, is printed on the marshalled list. Manuscript
amendments to Commons amendments are not out of order but the
disadvantages and inconveniences of such amendments are as great as on
report. 2
1 Procedure 2nd Rpt 1999–2000.
2
Procedure 1st Rpt 1989–90.
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