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They include, for example, private Members’ motions, opposition motions on supply days and government motions.

A privileged motion may be moved without notice when a debatable motion is before the House; the privileged motion then takes precedence over the original motion under debate.

Privileged motions can either be amendments or superseding motions.

Motions to Adjourn the Debate The purpose of a motion to adjourn a debate is to set aside temporarily the consideration of a motion.

Subsidiary motions are then divided into three subcategories—ancillary, superseding and motions dependent on other motions (such as amendments). 20.

Selected Decisions of Speaker James Jerome 1974-1979 Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage Motions in amendment, acceptability of motions to delete June 29, 1976 Journals p. 14948 Debates pp. 14964-5 Background When debate at the report stage opened on Bill C-84, an Act to amend the Criminal Code in relation to the punishment for murder, the Speaker expressed some reservations as to the acceptability of certain motions to amend that had been entered on the Order Paper and appeared to contravene the principle of the bill.

Decision The motions to delete are acceptable.

Reasons given by the Speaker Even if the motions to delete go against certain precedents, by apparently contravening the principle of the bill, they are in accordance with the Standing Orders and this "appears to give them a sanctity that does not extend to other motions."

A precedent cited during debate must also be taken into account: it involved a motion to delete that was moved regarding a one-clause bill.

Motions in amendment, acceptability of motions to delete

A motion to adjourn the debate and a motion to adjourn the House are examples of dilatory motions.

Compare: procedural motion motion for papers See: Notice of Motion for the Production of Papers; Notice of Motion (Papers) mover A member moving a motion in the House of Commons or in one of its committees.

Privileged motions are of two kinds: amendments and superseding motions.

Compare: main motion; substantive motion Synonym: ancillary motion substantive motion An independent proposal that is complete in itself.

Dilatory motions or a motion for the previous question are examples of superseding motions.

Later, the first group of motions was negatived and the Speaker ruled on the other group of motions.

Issue Can motions in amendment be put if they are consequential to motions that have been negatived?

The motions in amendment cannot be put.

Reasons given by the Speaker Since the first series of motions was negatived, the consequential motions are deemed to have been dropped.

Motions consequential to negatived motion

Chapter 12 The Process of Debate Moving a Motion A Member initiates the process of debate in the Chamber by moving (i.e., proposing) a motion.

When notice of a motion has been given, the Speaker will first ensure that the Member wishes to proceed with the moving of the motion.

Every motion found to be in order and proposed from the Chair is entered in the Journals (see Figure 12.2, “Moving a Motion”).

Any motion thus withdrawn may again be put on notice and moved at a later date, 252 at which time it will be treated as a new motion.

In order to move a motion to amend private Members’ motions, the motion for second reading of a private Members’ bill or opposition motions on allotted days, a seconder is needed and the consent of the sponsor is required (Standing Orders 93(3) and 85). 231.

Selected Decisions of Speaker Geoff Regan 2015 - 2019 Rule of Debate / Process of Debate Motions: moving a motion; Speaker seeking unanimous consent to dispense with reading a motion in its entirety May 27, 2019 Debates, p. 28029 Context On May 27, 2019, before proceeding with Private Members’ Business, the Deputy Speaker (Bruce Stanton) made a statement with respect to motion M-231.

He reminded members that the full text of motion M-231 could be found on the Order Paper and Notice Paper and that copies of the motion could be obtained from a table officer.

Rather than reading the motion in its entirety when proposing it to the House, the Chair could simply refer to it by its number, Motion No. 231.

Editor’s Note On June 14, 2019, the House proceeded to the consideration of motion M-231. [2] The motion was read in its entirety.

Motions: moving a motion; Speaker seeking unanimous consent to dispense with reading a motion in its entirety

Initiating Debate In moving the motion, the Minister gives reasons for the urgency of the situation. 147 After the motion is seconded, the Speaker immediately proposes the question to the House.

an order of the House governing only the proceedings specified in the motion. 157 Such motions have seldom been proposed.

After debate, the motion was withdrawn when more than 10 Members rose to object. 158 In 1992, a motion to waive the 48 hours’ notice requirement for the report stage of a bill to provide for referendums on the Constitution was adopted. 159 In March 1995, a motion requesting a waiver of the 48 hours’ notice requirement for introduction of a bill to end a work stoppage and setting the hours of sitting to debate the bill was put to the House and adopted without debate. 160 Later that same month, a similar motion was debated and deemed withdrawn when more than 10 Members rose to object. 161 In June 1999, a motion proposing that the House continue sitting to consider a bill and suspend the notice requirements of a closure motion was debated and deemed withdrawn when more than 10 Members rose to object. 162 In 2007, a motion was proposed during Private Members’ Business Hour on a Friday that the House sit beyond the ordinary hour of daily adjournment to continue consideration of a bill to implement

The motion was deemed withdrawn when more than 10 Members rose to object. 163 In June 2016, a motion was proposed during Routine Proceedings authorizing a Minister to move, without notice, a motion relating to Senate amendments to a bill.

After debate, the motion was adopted. 164 146.

Selected Decisions of Speaker John Fraser 1986 - 1994 Financial Procedures / Supply Opposition motion: amendment exceeding the scope of the motion March 26, 1992 Debates, pp. 8876-7 Context On March 26, 1992, during the consideration of an opposition motion standing in the name of Mr.

Diane Marleau (Sudbury) argued that the main motion introduced the idea of incumbent governments and that the amendment simply clarified the nature of the threat referred to in the motion.

David Dingwall (Cape Breton—East Richmond) rose on a point of order to state that if the amendment were deemed to exceed the scope of Standing Order 81(11) because it did not deal with a matter falling under the jurisdiction of the federal Government, then the Chair would also have to find the main motion inadmissible.

Speaker: As honourable Members know, shortly after Question Period there was a further extension of a point of order which had been brought this morning relating to the amendment by the Official Opposition to the motion which has been proposed in this allotted day by the New Democratic Party.

Opposition motion: amendment exceeding the scope of the motion

The motions will be grouped for debate as follows.

These motions would drop all clauses in schedule 1.

Normally, a single motion would suffice.

I have decided to allow these motions at this time.

P0508-e 36-2 1999-10-19 Motions in amendment: grouping amendments; motions deleting the clauses of a schedule

Deans (Hamilton Mountain) each spoke in support of the motion submitted by their party bringing to the attention of the Speaker various statistics reflecting the distribution of allotted days and votable motions between opposition parties over the current and previous parliaments.

[In this instance, the Conservative motion, standing in the name of Mr.

Beatty's motion is based on fair play and impartiality.

There is no precedent to suggest that non-confidence motions are the prerogative of the Official Opposition.

Selection of motions

A debate ensued on whether the motion was in order.

Some members objected to the use of Standing Order 56.1 to revoke a substantive motion and introduce a motion that has nothing to do with Routine Proceedings. [2] The Speaker ruled immediately.

Resolution The Speaker, on the basis of two precedents, ruled that the motion was in order.

Postscript The Speaker then put the motion to the House.

Motions: unanimous consent refused, same motion moved under Standing Order 56.1

The motion had been listed on the Order Paper under “Motions”.

The Chair, however, fails to see why the honourable Member for Essex—Windsor could not propose his motion under the rubric “Motions”.

The only viable option would be for a Member to propose an independent motion of instruction with notice to be taken up under “Motions”.

The second question is on the distinction between mandatory motions and permissive motions.

Motions: motions of instruction relating to bills; motion authorizing a committee to travel; correct placement on the Order Paper; motions under Private Members’ Business; permissive and mandatory instructions

Selected Decisions of Speaker James Jerome 1974-1979 Amendments and Subamendments to Motions / Amendment Beyond Scope of Motion Amendment beyond scope of motion January 24 and 25, 1977 Journals pp. 285-6 Debates pp. 2304, 2362-3 Background On January 24, Mr.

Baker (Grenville—Carleton) moved an amendment to delete and replace the second part of the motion.

Reasons given by the Speaker "If the motion is amended and adopted by the House, it leaves the matter of implementation open, and that is inconsistent with the initial proposition. 

Because of the removal of the actual implementation language, the motion as amended would be inconsistent with its own terms.

Amendment beyond scope of motion

Selected Decisions of Speaker Lucien Lamoureux 1966 – 1974 Routine Proceedings / Motions Adjournment motion March 20, 1968 Debates pp. 7848-9 Background During Routine Proceedings, Mr.

After some debate on the motion, Mr.

Issue When notice of a motion to adjourn has been given by the Government, must the motion be introduced under Government Orders?

Such motions, when notice is required, should be called, and disposed of under Motions.

Adjournment motion

Amendments may be moved to the main motion, with possible subamendments.

At the conclusion of debate, the Chair puts the question on the resolution or motion.

If agreed to, the Chair requests leave to report the resolution or motion to the House.

If leave is granted, the Chair rises; the Mace is placed back on the Table; the Speaker takes the Chair, and the Chair reports the resolution or motion. 194 Should a Committee of the Whole report the adoption of a motion or a resolution, the Speaker immediately puts the question to concur in the motion or resolution without debate or amendment. 195 If the House agrees to the concurrence motion, it expresses its support for the content of the resolution or motion; if not, the House withholds its support. 189.

These motions rarely come to a vote.

The chief government whip challenged the admissibility of the motion.

First, that the honourable member for Crowfoot did not have the right to move this motion on the rubric Motions in Routine Proceedings.

Finally, I can find nothing in the terms of the motion which would prevent the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs from reporting Bill C-234 back to the House either before the adoption of the motion or before the sitting day specified in the motion, if it were adopted by the House.

Therefore I find that the motion as it stands on the Order Paper is in order.

Motions: placement on the Order Paper; motions concerning bills in committee; admissibility

Selected Decisions of Speaker Gilbert Parent 1994 - 2001 The Legislative Process / Report Stage Motions in amendment: admissibility; motion to append a treaty; reconsideration of decision December 6, 1999 Debates, pp. 2155-6 Context On December 2, 1999, at the beginning of Government Orders  and following the Speaker's ruling on the report stage motions in amendment to Bill C-9, An Act to give effect to the Nisga 'a Final Agreement, Randy White ( Langley-Abbotsford), House Leader of the Official Opposition, rose on a point of order regarding a notice of motion in amendment that he had submitted earlier which had been rejected by the Journals Branch .

A second motion seeking to add the Nisga' a  Nation Taxation Agreement as a schedule was also refused for the same reasons.

There were however, more substantive reasons for ruling these motions out of order.

I am willing to allow the proposed motions to be considered by the House, albeit in a slightly altered form.

Motions in amendment: admissibility; motion to append a treaty; reconsideration of decision

I invited argument on the admissibility of the motion and reserved my decision.

The two motions are indeed similar, but the circumstances are considerably different.

Harvie Andre) gave notice of an allocation of time motion in terms of S.O.

Both time allocation motions and dilatory motions are open to abuse.

Motions moved during Routine Proceedings; dilatory motions; discretion of the Speaker

Chapter 21 Private Members’ Business Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers Members may choose to give notice of a motion requesting that certain papers or documents be compiled or produced by the government and tabled in the House. 95 Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers resemble written questions in that they are requests for information from the government.

It is the responsibility of the Speaker to ensure that the motion proposed is appropriately worded so that it can achieve what it intends to do. 96 While a number of motions for the production of papers have been transferred for debate in recent years, debate has rarely been held on an item of this nature since 1986. 97 When the House does consider such motions, the debate is restricted to whether or not the papers should be produced rather than the subject matter of the papers. 98 Notice Members must give 48-hours’ written notice of a motion for the production of papers, after which it is transferred from the Notice Paper to the Order Paper, where it appears under the rubric “Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers” on the following Wednesday, the only day of the week such notices of motions can be considered. 99 Transferred for Debate On Wednesdays, following Routine Proceedings, when a Notice of Motion for the Production of Papers is called, it must be either dealt with

immediately without debate or amendment or transferred for debate at the request of the sponsoring Member or a Minister. 100 Once transferred for debate, the motion is placed on the Order Paper under the heading “Notices of Motions (Papers)” on the list of “Private Members’ Business—Items Outside the Order of Precedence”.

For further information on the rules and procedures concerning notices of motions for the production of papers, see Chapter 10, “The Daily Program”. 96.

In 1986, two motions for the production of papers were debated and concurred in (Journals, June 6, 1986, p. 2281; June 16, 1986, p. 2326, Debates, pp. 14479–80).

Chapter 14 The Curtailment of Debate “Routine Motion” by a Minister There is another rule that allows the House to limit debate to some degree.

If, at any time during a sitting, unanimous consent is denied for the presentation of a routine motion for which written notice had not been given, a Minister may request under the heading “Motions” during Routine Proceedings 175 that the Speaker put the motion forthwith, without debate or amendment. 176 If 25 Members or more oppose the motion, it is deemed withdrawn; 177 otherwise, it is adopted. 178 This precludes having to put the motion on the Order Paper and then having to move and debate the motion.

Unless there is unanimous consent to move the motion at another time.

Initially, the motion was concurred in before being ruled out of order by the Chair Occupant in response to a point of order.

This issue was raised in connection with a point of order relating to a government motion under Standing Order 56.1.