Standing Orders — Sessional

I seek leave to move Government notices of motion Nos 2 to 3 in my name.

💬 SPEAKER: Leave is sought. Is there any objection to that course of action? There being none, please go.

I move, That the following sessional order be adopted, with effect from the start of the next working day:

Amendment papers

Use of term “amendment paper” to replace “Supplementary Order Paper”

(1) Any reference to the term “Supplementary Order Paper” in the Standing Orders, or in any other rule or practice of the House, is to be read as a reference to “amendment paper”.

(2) A Supplementary Order Paper that has been released, and that relates to business dealt with by the House or a committee after this sessional order comes into effect, is to be treated as an amendment paper.

Motion agreed to.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I move, That the following sessional order be adopted, with effect from the start of the next working day:

Swearing-in of member outside the Chamber

(1) Despite Standing Order 14(2), a member may take the oath or make the affirmation, without presenting themselves at the Bar of the House if the Speaker considers it necessary or desirable for the member to be sworn in sooner than would be possible under Standing Order 14 and 1 or more of the following apply:

(a) the member’s absence is due to circumstances beyond the member’s control that are on-going and, will prevent the member from attending for a significant period of time:

(b) the next sitting of the House is not scheduled to occur within three weeks or has been postponed on account of an emergency.

(2) A member may be sworn in under paragraph (1) by taking the oath or making the affirmation when the House is not sitting.

(3) The Speaker reports to the House when a member has taken the oath or made the affirmation under paragraph (2).

Motion agreed to.