Table of Contents

Our Procedure is a collection of articles on topics relating to parliamentary procedure. It is designed to assist those seeking a better understanding of the workings of the House of Commons and its committees.
- Administrative Setting
- Canadian Parliamentary System
- Committees
- Debate, Voting and Decorum
- Financial Procedures
- Legislative Process
- Parliamentary Cycle
- Parliamentary Privilege
- Parliamentary Procedure
- Parliamentary Publications
- Physical Setting
- Private Members’ Business
- Introduction
- Private Members’ Bills
- Motions
- Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers
- List for the Consideration of Private Members’ Business and the Order of Precedence
- Votable and Non-votable Items of Private Members’ Business
- Private Members’ Hour
- Time Limits on Debates on Items of Private Members’ Business
- Votes on Items of Private Members’ Business
- Effects of Prorogation on Private Members’ Business
- For More Information
- Questions
- Speaker and Other Presiding Officers
- Typical Sitting Day