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(a) Committee stages of public bills (only one bill per day—see
paragraph 8.101)
(b) Motions to consider affirmative instruments (see paragraph 10.14)
(c) Motions to consider negative instruments (see paragraph 10.18)
(d) Motions to consider reports of select committees (see paragraph
11.36), or of the Intelligence and Security Committee (see
paragraph 11.79)
(e) Questions for short debate (see paragraph 6.43)
(f) Debates on proposals for National Policy Statements, laid before
Parliament under the Planning Act 2008 (see paragraph 10.72). 1
3.16 In addition, second reading debates on Law Commission bills may
take place in a “Second Reading Committee” in the Moses Room, though
this is not formally a Grand Committee (see paragraph 8.44).
3.17 Grand Committees sit for times agreed in advance, irrespective of
the rising of the House. 2 Notice of the proceedings is given in House of
Lords Business. The normal sitting times of Grand Committee are:
Monday, Tuesday 3.30–7.30 p.m.
Wednesday 3.45–7.45 p.m. 3
Thursday 2–6 p.m.
3.18 Committee proceedings begin at the appointed time without any
preliminary motion. Members speak standing and, so far as they can,
observe the same degree of formality as in the Chamber. Forms of words
used in Grand Committee are the same as in Committee of the whole
House. The committee adjourns for 10 minutes for a division in the
House. If the committee is to break (e.g. for a division or a statement in
the Chamber), and when it adjourns at the end of the day’s proceedings,
the committee is simply adjourned without Question put. The verbatim
report of the Grand Committee’s proceedings is published as an
appendix to Hansard, and the minutes are published as an appendix to
the Minutes of Proceedings.
1 Procedure 2nd Rpt 2008–09.
2 Procedure 3rd Rpt 2003–04.
3 Procedure 2nd Rpt 2005–06.
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