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Notice PaperNo. 172 Monday, February 16, 2015 11:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| February 13, 2015 (4:50 p.m.) — The Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women — Bill entitled “An Act to provide for the resumption of rail service operations”. |
| Recommendation |
| (Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2)) |
| His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to provide for the resumption of rail service operations”. |
Government Business |
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| No. 15 — February 13, 2015 (4:50 p.m.) — The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, a bill in the name of the Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, entitled An Act to provide for the resumption of rail service operations, shall be disposed of as follows: |
| (a) the said bill may be read twice or thrice in one sitting; |
| (b) not more than two hours shall be allotted for the consideration of the second reading stage of the said bill, following the adoption of this Order; |
| (c) when the bill has been read a second time, it shall be referred to a Committee of the Whole; |
| (d) any division requested in the Committee shall be deferred until the end of the Committee’s consideration of the bill; |
| (e) not more than one hour shall be allotted for the consideration of the Committee of the Whole stage of the said bill; |
| (f) not more than one half-hour shall be allotted for the consideration of the third reading stage of the said bill, provided that no Member shall speak for more than ten minutes at a time during the said stage and that no period for questions and comments be permitted following each Member’s speech; |
| (g) at the expiry of the time provided for in this Order, any proceedings before the House or the Committee of the Whole shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the stage then under consideration, of the said bill shall be put and disposed of forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment, and no division shall be deferred; |
| (h) when the Speaker has, for the purposes of this Order, interrupted any proceeding for the purpose of putting forthwith the question on any business then before the House, the bells to call in the Members shall be sounded for not more than thirty minutes; |
| (i) commencing when the said bill is read a first time and concluding when the said bill is read a third time, the House shall not adjourn except pursuant to a motion proposed by a Minister of the Crown; |
| (j) no motion to adjourn the debate at any stage of the said bill may be proposed except by a Minister of the Crown; and |
| (k) during the consideration of the said bill in the Committee of the Whole, no motion that the Committee rise or that the Committee report progress may be proposed except by a Minister of the Crown. |