Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Business of the house
Standing and sessional orders
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Business of the house
Standing and sessional orders
That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended on 20, 27 and 28 May 2025 to allow:
(1) The house to meet at 9.30 am on Tuesday 27 May.
(2) The order of business to be:
Tuesday 20 May
Question time and constituency questions
Formal business
Statements by members
Government business
Tuesday 27 May
Formal business
Statements by members
Statements on committee reports
Government business
Question time and constituency questions (2.00 pm)
Government business continued
Grievance debate (4.00 pm)
Government business continued
Wednesday 28 May
Formal business
Statements by members
Government business
Question time and constituency questions (2.00 pm)
Government business continued
(3) In relation to the grievance debate:
(a) at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 27 May, unless a division is taking place, the Chair interrupts the business before the House and the bells are then rung for one minute;
(b) if a division is taking place at 4.00 pm:
(i) it will be completed without interruption and the result announced;
(ii) if the division is on a closure motion, and the motion is agreed to, the question or questions then required to be put to close the issue before the House will also be dealt with;
(iii) business is then interrupted following the procedure in sub-paragraph (a);
(c) the Chair announces the grievance debate;
(d) any business under discussion and not completed at the interruption will be resumed immediately at the end of the grievance debate, and any member speaking at the time of the interruption may then continue their speech.
(4) The Speaker to interrupt business under sessional order 2 at 5.00 pm on Wednesday 28 May.
Motion agreed to.