HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

Publication in Hansard
6.08 Where a statement contains material which is too lengthy or too
complicated to be given orally in the House the additional material may
be published in Hansard without being given orally. 1
6.09 Where a Commons statement is not repeated an italic reference
to the appropriate place in the Commons Hansard is made on the cover
of the Lords daily Hansard. 2
Written statements
6.10 Written statements may be made when the House is sitting, by
ministers or the Chairman of Committees. Notice is not required.
Written statements are placed in the Library as soon as they are
received, and are printed in Hansard. 3
QUESTIONS AND MOTIONS
Questions and Motions: general principles
6.11 Questions and motions are expected to be worded in accordance
with the practice of the House. The Clerks are available to assist
members in drafting questions and motions, and the advice tendered by
the Clerks should be accepted. 4 However, there is no official who has
authority to refuse a question or motion on the ground of irregularity.
Members are responsible for the form in which their questions and
motions appear in House of Lords Business, subject to the sense of the
House which is the final arbiter.
6.12 It is open to any member of the House to call attention to a
question or motion which has appeared on the day’s order paper or in
the future business section of House of Lords Business, and to move that
leave be not given to ask the question or move the motion, or to move
that it be removed from House of Lords Business. Such a motion should
1 Procedure 4th Rpt 1963–64; 3rd Rpt 1984–85; 1st Rpt 1987–88.
2 Procedure 1st Rpt 1987–88; 1st Rpt 1998–99. Alternatively, a statement may with the leave
of the House be included in Lords Hansard without being given orally. The Government Chief
Whip informs the House of the statement and seeks leave to have it reproduced in Hansard:
Procedure 7th Rpt 1970–71.
3 Procedure 1st Rpt 2003–04.
4 Procedure 1st Rpt 1985–86.
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