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(d) public business, in the order in which it is taken in the House;
(e) minutes of proceedings of Grand Committees, Second Reading
Committees and public bill committees;
(f) papers laid before the House;
(g) lists of members voting in divisions.
Arrangement of business
The usual channels
3.30 The Government Chief Whip is responsible for the detailed
arrangement of government business and the business of individual
sittings. He consults his opposite numbers in the two main opposition
parties. The smooth running of the House depends largely on the Whips.
They agree the arrangement of business through the “usual channels”.
The usual channels consist of the Leaders and Whips of the three main
political parties. For certain purposes the usual channels include the
Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.
Notices
3.31 Motions or questions may be handed in to the House of Lords
Table Office on sitting days between 10 a.m. and House Up; the Table
Office may also be contacted during these hours by telephone (020 7219
3036). Motions or questions may also be sent at any time by post, email
or fax to the House of Lords Table Office (fax 020 7219 3887; email
holtableoffice@parliament.uk). In addition, while the House is sitting they
may be handed in at the Table. At other times (e.g. non-sitting Fridays or
recesses) business may be handed in between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., either
to the Table Office or to the Duty Clerk, using the same contact details.
3.32 Whenever any new notice is put down in House of Lords Business,
or any material alteration is made to the text of an existing motion or
question, it is marked with a dagger (†) to draw attention to it. 1
3.33 Business may be tabled any length of time in advance, up to the
end of the session, except:
1 Procedure 1st Rpt 1969–70.
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