House of Commons Procedure and Practice
Edited by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit
2000 Edition — More information …

21. Private Members’ Business

[151] 
Standing Order 95(1).
[152] 
Standing Order 95(2). See Debates, October 23, 1997, p. 1071; November 26, 1997, p. 2276; February 13, 1998, p. 3887; March 11, 1998, p. 4737; June 2, 1998, p. 7516.
[153] 
See, for example, Debates, March 16, 1992, p. 8243; March 18, 1992, p. 8466; November 30, 1992, pp. 14236, 14238; October 18, 1995, p. 15552.
[154] 
See Debates, September 19, 1996, p. 4480; March 25, 1998, p. 5356.
[155] 
See, for example, Debates, September 28, 1994, p. 6289.
[156] 
Standing Order 45(5)(a) (ii).
[157] 
Standing Order 45(7). See also the Fifty-Third Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs ( Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, December 8, 1994, Issue No. 36, pp. 3-4)presented to the House on December 9, 1994 (Journals, p. 1014), and concurred in on February 6, 1995 (Journals, p. 1081).
[158] 
See the Thirteenth Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House on November 26, 1997 (Journals, p. 270), and concurred in on November 4, 1998 (Journals, p. 1238). Prior to the adoption of this report, votes were taken in the same manner but starting with the front row (see the Twenty-Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on House Management (Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, February 11 and 13, 1992, Issue No. 24, p. 17), presented to the House on February 14, 1992 (Journals, p. 1025), and concurred in on April 29, 1992 (Journals, p. 1337). Prior to that, votes were taken by party unless a Member sought and received unanimous consent to have the vote taken row by row. For further information, see Chapter 12, “The Process of Debate”.
[159] 
See the Thirteenth Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House on November 26, 1997 (Journals, p. 270), and concurred in on November 4, 1998 (Journals, p. 1238).

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