Index to
the Standing Orders
by Subject

A

• Absence of the Speaker 12, 13
• Abuse of the rules and privileges, Motion in 44, 58
• Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne 45A, Schedule 1
• Amendments disposed of on fourth day 45A, Schedule 1(2)
• Duration of debate on 45A, Schedule 1(1)
• Main motion disposed of on sixth day 45A, Schedule 1(3)
• Motion, seconder required 50(a)
• Adjournment of debate 34
• Motion always in order 34
• Motion for, in abuse of rules 44
• Second motions 34
• Adjournment of the House 34
• Decorum on 5
• Grave disorder, in case of 22(1)
• Motions for
• always in order 34
• in abuse of rules 44
• not debatable 45(2)
• second motion 34
• Motions for, on matters of urgent public importance 35(1)
• debatable 45(1)(f)
• debate concluded 35(9)
• debate deferred 35(6)
• no debate on request for leave 35(4)
• restrictions 35(10)
• Speaker’s decision deferred 35(5)
• statement of matter 35(2), (3)
• time limits 35(8)
• Amendments
• Bills, process to amend sections or subsections 88
• Closure motion can be made on 46(4)
• Generally 55(a)
• Law Clerk’s powers 87, 88
• Motion
• on the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, notice required 48(2)
• that the Speaker do now leave the Chair, notice required 48(2)
• to refer, precludes 53
• Reply not allowed by mover 42(2)
• Seconder required in certain cases 50
• Answers to questions see Questions, Oral; Questions, Written
• Appeals to the House
• From Chair’s ruling 61(3)
• From Speaker’s decision 9
• Assistant Deputy Speaker 14

B

• Bills, Private
• Advertising 98
• Amendments
• reprinting after 108
• revised by Law Clerk 94(1)
• signed by Chair 111
• Application for 97
• Certification by Law Clerk 104
• Chair to sign bill with amendments 111
• Committee
• appointment 68(1)
• notice of meeting 106
• referral to 105
• report to House in every case 108
• voting 107
• Copies filed with Clerk 97(b)
• Fees
• filed with Clerk 97(c)
• payable by certified cheque 102
• remission 101
• Introduction and first reading 104
• Law Clerk, duties 94(2), 104
• Legislative Counsel to receive copy 99
• Member sponsoring 97(f)
• Notice of application
• copy filed with Clerk 97(d)
• publication of 98
• Notice of motion not required 48(1)
• Notice of time for receiving applications, publication 114
• Objection to 103
• Order Paper precedence 25, 28
• Parliamentary Agent 112
• Petition
• filed with Clerk 97(a)
• form of Appendix A
• Printed by King’s Printer 100
• Procedure Appendix B
• after certification 104(1)
• when bill opposed 103
• without certification 104(2)
• Register kept by Law Clerk 115
• Report to House
• in every case 108
• preamble not proved 110(1)
• variance between bill and notice 109
• Reprinting after amendment 108
• Second reading 110(2)
• Standing Orders
• shall apply 113
• suspension 104(2)
• Time limits on debate 45A, Schedule 3
• Bills, Private Members’
• Committed to Select Standing Committee 84A
• committee appointed for life of a Parliament 84A(3)
• committee stage 84A(1)
• timeline to report to House 84A(2)
• Order Paper precedence 25
• Precedence of second reading established by draw 27(4)
• Time limits on debate
• report stage 45A, Schedule 6
• second reading and amendments 45A, Schedule 5
• third reading and amendments 45A, Schedule 7
• Bills, Public
• Amendments
• additions, deletions, or substitutions by Law Clerk 88
• motion 55
• printing 80
• reported 85
• returned by message for 85
• Appropriation 67
• Certification by Clerk 82
• Clerk to certify reading 82
• Committal, two readings before 83
• Committee stage
• amendments 85
• clauses postponed 84(2)
• preamble and title considered last 84(1)
• reports from 64, 85
• Constitution, affecting 76
• Introduction and first reading 74
• must be complete 75
• no amendment or debate 78
• notice required 48(1)
• Law Clerk to revise and certify 87, 88
• Negatived, not to be reintroduced 77
• Order Paper precedence 25, 28
• Recommittal 86
• Referral to select standing committee 78A
• Report stage 85
• Reprinted after amendment 80
• Second reading
• after bill printed and distributed 79
• amendments 80
• before committal or amendment 83
• time allocation 81.1(1), (2)
• time limits on debate 45A, Schedule 3
• urgent or extraordinary occasions 81
• Stages of 81
• closure motion may be made on 46(4)
• time allocation 81.1(1), (2)
• Third reading
• discharged 86
• negatived 85
• Order Paper precedence 28
• recommittal 86
• time allocation 81.1(1), (2)
• urgent or extraordinary occasions 81
• Bribery
• In elections 90
• Members 89
• Budget Debate
• Amendments disposed of on fourth day 45A, Schedule 2(2)
• Main motion disposed of on sixth day 45A, Schedule 2(3)
• Time limits 45A, Schedule 2(1)
• Business of the House
• Adjourned debates on motions 32
• Adjournment motions 34
• Daily Routine Business 25
• Government control of 27
• Orders of the Day 25, 27
• Private Members’ Business 27(4)
• Private Members’ Statements 25A
• Statements by Members (two-minute statements) 25B
• Under consideration at adjournment 32

C

• Calendar, Parliamentary 2(2)
• Casting vote
• Speaker 10
• Certification, committee witnesses, statement of claim 72(3)
• Certification of public bill by Clerk 82
• Certification of public bill by Law Clerk 87
• Chair, Committee of the Whole see also Deputy Speaker
• Decisions
• not debatable 61(3)
• not subject to appeal to the House 61(3)
• Duties 19, 20, 61(3)
• Leaving chair 62
• Takes chair 15
• Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
• Bills, certifies readings of 82
• Bills, Private, petition, bill, fees, filed with 97
• Committees, parliamentary, to post lists of 68(2)
• Duties 92
• Officers and Clerks, direction and control over 92
• Orders of the Day, placed on Speaker’s Table 93
• Records of the House, responsible for safekeeping 92
• Speaker, announces unavoidable absence of 12
• Closure 46
• Committee of Supply
• Appointment 60
• Crown revenues, motion affecting out of order 67
• Estimates may be referred to select standing committee 60A
• Time limits on debate 45A, Schedule 9
• Committees of the Whole
• Chair see Chair, Committee of the Whole
• Deputy Chair 14
• Disorder in
• Chair may recess 22(2)
• report to House 61(4)
• Divisions in 16
• entered in Journals 16(3)
• Grave disorder in 22(2)
• Referral of matters to, amendments 53
• Relevancy rule 61(2)
• Reports from
• brought up without question put 64
• Chair leaves chair without question 63
• on disorder 61(4)
• Standing Orders, observed in 61(1)
• Time limits on debate 45A, Schedule 10
• Committees, Select Standing and Special see Parliamentary Committees
• Constitution
• Bills affecting 76
• Subversion of 89
• Crown
• Prerogatives 66
• Revenues, motion affecting out of order 67
• Customs or usages 1

D

• Debate, Rules of
• Addressing Speaker or Chair 36
• Adjournment see Adjournment of Debate
• Amendments, speaking on 42(2)
• Closure 46
• Decorum 17
• Disorder see Disorder
• Electronic devices, use 17A
• Interruptions
• by clock 3
• generally 17(2)
• Irrelevance 40(3), 43
• Language, Offensive or disrespectful 40
• Member
• “be now heard” or “do now speak” 37
• conduct in question 39
• desiring to speak 36
• explanation of speech 42(1)
• place of speaking, assigned seat 36
• remote participation in proceedings 8
• reply, right of 42(2)
• resumes seat 38
• speaking twice to a question 42(1)
• two or more Members rise to speak, precedence 37
• Motions
• debatable 45(1)
• not debatable 45(2)
• Points of order 17(2), 38(b)
• Question, may be read when required 41
• Repetition 43
• Reply
• closes debate 42(3)
• right of 42(2)
• Speaker’s participation in debate 10
• Time limits 45A
• Votes of the House, reflection on 40(4)
• Debates, Recording of 120
• Record
• evidence of words spoken by Members 120(4)
• under control and custody of Speaker 120(1)
• terms of use, publication, etc 120(2)
• Report
• alterations to 120(6)
• prepared and distributed 120(5)
• Decisions
• May constitute precedents 1
• Not subject to appeal to House 9
• Speaker shall state reasons for 9
• Decorum
• Adjournment of the House 5
• In debate 17
• Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
• Appointment 14
• Deputy Speaker see also Chair, Committee of the Whole
• Appointment 14
• Assistant Deputy Speaker 14
• Closure motion 46(3), (4)
• Role and duties 15
• Speaker’s absence, role 12
• Disorder
• Chair may recess Committee of the Whole 22(2)
• Member
• named 20
• ordered to withdraw 19, 20
• Speaker may recess or adjourn 22(1)
• Divisions
• Bells 16(1), (2)
• Casting vote 10
• Debate not permitted after bells have been rung 16(1)
• Deferral of 16(4), 25
• Members not to enter or leave after final statement of question 16(2)
• Members present must vote 16(2)
• Recorded in Votes and Proceedings 16(3)
• Remote participation by Members 8(2), 16(2)
• Statement of question by Speaker 16(2)
• Dress 17B
• Dropped orders 31(2), (3)

E

• Election of Speaker 11
• Electronic devices, use 17A
• Estimates see also Committee of Supply
• Referral to select standing committee,
• motion without debate or amendment 60A
• Explanation 42(1)

G

• General Rule 1
• Government House Leader
• May refer estimates to select standing committee 60A
• Grave disorder 22

H

• House
• Adjournment see Adjournment of the House
• Business see Business of the House
• Members to attend 6, 7
• Quorum 6, 7
• Sittings see Sittings of the House
• Strangers, withdrawal of 23, 24
• Times of meeting and adjournment 3

I

• Infant being cared for by a Member 23
• Interruption see Debate, Rules of
• Interruption of business by the clock see also Procedure; Supersedence rule
• By the clock 3

J

• Journals of the House see also Votes and Proceedings
• Casting vote, Speaker’s reasons entered in 10
• Divisions, entered in 16(3)
• Quorum, lack of, time and names of Members present entered in 7(3)

L

• Language, Offensive or disrespectful 40
• Lapse provision 31, 32
• Law Clerk
• Bills
• revises amendments 94(1)
• revises and certifies 87, 88, 94(3)
• bills, private, duties re 94(2)
• role and duties 94
• statutes, responsibility for preparation and printing 94(4)
• Legislative Library
• Annual report 116
• Books not to be removed during Session 118
• Catalogue 116
• Speaker, controls and manages 119
• Use of, during Session 117

M

• Members see also Debate, Rules of; Points of order; Private Members’ Statements; Statements by Members (two-minute statements)
• Attendance required, remote participation
• in-person attendance expectations 8(1)
• powers of Speaker 8(4)
• Speaker approves technology and establishes rules 8(3)
• use of videoconferencing technology 8(2)
• Bribery or corrupt practices 90
• Conduct of, motions concerning 39
• Decorum
• adjournment of House 5
• in debate 17
• Desiring to speak, from assigned place 36
• Disorderly conduct 19, 43
• Dress 17B
• Electronic devices, use 17A
• Interruptions 17(2)
• Naming a Member 20(1), 43
• Offer of money to 89
• Ordered to withdraw 19, 20(3), 21
• Pecuniary interest 18
• Rising simultaneously 37
• Suspension 20
• from Legislative Chamber and committees 21
• Members’ Bills see Bills, Private Members’
• Message
• Bills returned by, for amendment 85
• Votes of public money recommended by 67
• Money see Public money
• Motions see also Private Members’ Motions
• Abuse of rules and privileges 44, 58
• Adjournment see Adjournment of Debate; Adjournment of the House
• Affirmative vote may be rescinded 54
• Amendments see Amendments
• “Be now heard”, that a Member 37
• Closure 46
• Committee of Supply, appointing 60
• Committing bill, resolutions, etc. 53
• Debatable 45(1)
• Debate on, motions receivable during 55
• Dropped orders 31(3)
• Expenditures of public money 66
• Lapsing 32
• Member’s conduct 39
• Money, Crown prerogative 66
• Negatived in committee 52
• Not debatable 45(2)
• Notice 48(1)
• Orders of the Day, proceeding to 33, 48(1)
• Out of order 44, 58
• Question not to be put twice 54
• Seconder required in certain cases 50
• Standing Orders, suspension of, notice required 48(1)
• Substantive, reply allowed 42(2)
• Suspension of a Member 20(1)
• Suspension of Standing Orders, notice required 48(1)
• “That the question be now put” 46
• Withdrawal 51
• Without notice, by unanimous consent 49

N

• Naming a Member 20, 43
• Notices
• Amendments
• Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne 48(2)
• “that the Speaker do now leave the Chair” 48(2)
• Bills, introduction of 48(1)
• Committees
• additions or substitutions 69(2)
• appointment 48(1)
• Motion
• question may stand as 47(2)
• two days 48
• withdrawal 51(2)
• Motion without notice 49
• Questions, written 48(1)
• Resolutions 48(1)
• Standing Orders, suspension of 48(1)
• Votes and Proceedings, printed in 48(1)

O

• Offensive language 40
• Oral Question Period see also Questions, Oral
• Daily 25
• Debate not permitted in 47A(d)
• Duration 25, 47A
• Points of order during 47A(c)
• Provision for 47A
• Order Paper
• Arrangement of 28
• Precedence on 27
• Orders of the Day see also Business of the House; Motions; Order Paper
• Clerk places on Speaker’s Table 93
• Discharged 86
• Dropped orders 31(2)
• Government orders given precedence 27(2)
• Motion to proceed to 33
• notice not required 48(1)
• Not disposed of at adjournment 31(3)
• Not taken up when called 31(1)
• Urgent Government business 27(3)

P

• Parliamentary Committees
• Additions and substitutions require notice 69(2)
• Appointment, notice required 48
• Committee of Selection 68(1)
• Estimates may be referred to 60A
• Formation 68(1)
• Lists of, posted by Clerk 68(2)
• Procedural matters of, settled within 71(1)
• Quorum 71(2)
• Referral of matters to, precludes amendments 53
• Reports from 45(1)(b), 70
• Select Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Bills, Chair’s voting powers 71(1), 107
• Special Committees, appointment 69(1)
• Standing Orders, observed in 71
• Witnesses
• certification of claims 72(3)
• payment for claims 72(2), 72(3)
• summons of 72(1)
• Pecuniary and personal interests 18
• Permanent officers of the Legislative Assembly 92, 93, 95
• Completion of work 96
• Petitions 73
• Form of Appendix A
• Points of order see also Debate, Rules of
• Arising in Committee 71(1)
• Interrupting another Member with 17(2)
• Member to resume seat 38(b)
• Practice Recommendations
• Prayers and Reflections 17A, 25
• Private Bills see Bills, Private
• Private Members’ Bills see Bills, Private Members’
• Private Members’ Business 27A, 27B
• Order Paper precedence 27(4)
• Placement
• draw for assigned placements 27A(1)
• exchanging or withdrawing place 27A(2)
• list to be appended to the Order Paper 27A(3)
• new Private Members 27A(4)
• Public Bill or motion ruled out of order 27A(5)
• Reinstatement at beginning of second or subsequent Session 27B
• Private Members’ Motions see also Motions
• Order Paper precedence 25
• Precedence established by draw 27(4)
• Time limits on debate 45A, Schedule 4
• Private Members’ Statements 25A
• Not subject to amendment, adjournment or vote 25A(3)
• Order Paper precedence 25
• Restrictions 25A(4)
• Speaker to be advised as to names of Private Members and topics 25A(2)
• Time limits 25A(1)
• Two-minute statements 25B
• Private Members’ Time 25, 45A, Schedules 4, 5, 6, 7
• Privilege
• Adjournment motion, on matters of urgent public importance, not to be raised 35(10)(e)
• Election of Speaker, questions not permitted during 11(b)(2)
• Question of, considered immediately 26
• Private Members’ Statement shall not raise questions of 25A(4)(d)
• Procedure see also Standing Orders
• General Rule 1
• Interruption of business by clock 3
• Precedents 1
• Unanimous consent 49
• Unprovided cases 1
• Prorogation
• Returns, orders or address for, not nullified 91
• Public Bills see Bills, Public
• Public Bills in the Hands of Private Members see Bills, Private Members’
• Public money
• Crown recommendation required re expenditure of 66
• Votes by message 67

Q

• Question Period see Oral Question Period
• Question, The see also Motions
• “Be now put”, procedure 46
• May be read when required 41
• Speaking twice to 42(1)
• Superseded by motion to proceed to Orders of the Day 33
• Questions, Oral 47A
• Argument or opinion not allowed 47A(b)
• Brief and precise 47A(b)
• Debate not permitted 47A(d)
• Supplementary 47A(c)
• Urgent and important 47A(a)
• Questions, Written
• Argument or opinion not allowed 47(1)
• Definition 47(1)
• Minister’s discretion as to form of reply 47(3)
• Notice of 48(1)
• question may stand as 47(2)
• Reply entered in Journals 47(1)
• Withdrawal of 51(2)
• Quorum
• Committees 71(2)
• Lack of, Speaker may recess or adjourn 7
• Names of Members present entered in Journal when no quorum 7(3)
• Procedure in absence of 7(1), (2)
• Ten Members required to form 6

R

• Records of the House
• Clerk responsible for safe-keeping 92
• Relevancy
• In Committee of the Whole 61(2)
• In debate 40(3), 43
• Remote participation in proceedings 8
• Reply
• Closes debate, Speaker shall inform 42(3)
• Right of 42(2)
• Reports
• Committee of the Whole 63
• brought up without question 64
• reports of disorder in 61(4)
• Motion for reference to Committee, debatable 45(1)(i)
• Parliamentary committees, presentation of 70
• Returns
• Prorogation not to nullify order for 91
• Routine Business 25

S

• Select Standing Committees see Parliamentary Committees
• Sergeant-at-Arms
• Custody of strangers 24
• Mace, furniture, etc, responsibility for 95(1)
• Messengers, direction and control of 95(2)
• Preserves order in galleries, corridors, lobbies and precincts 95(3)
• Sittings of the House
• Daily 2(1)
• Parliamentary calendar 2(2)
• Speaker
• Absence 12, 13
• Adjournment motions, on matters of urgent public importance 35
• Adjourns House
• for lack of quorum 7
• in case of grave disorder 22(1)
• Casting vote 10
• Debate
• informs House reply closes 42(3)
• motions in abuse of rules, duties re 44, 58
• participation in 10
• relevancy rule, enforces 43
• Decisions
• debate or appeal to House not permitted 9
• states Standing Order or other authority 9
• Divisions, duties during 16
• Election of 11
• Library, management and control of 119
• Members
• naming 20(1), 43
• ordered to withdraw 19, 20
• remote participation, duties re 8(3), (4)
• suspension 20, 21, 43
• Questions, written, duties re 47(2)
• Strangers, directs withdrawal of 23, 24
• Temporary Speaker, election of 13
• Speaker, Deputy see Deputy Speaker
• Speeches
• Content 40
• Explanation 42(1)
• Time limits 45A
• Standing Committees see Parliamentary Committees
• Standing Orders see also Procedure
• Committees, observed in 61(1), 71
• Suspension of 27(3)
• notice required 48(1)
• Statements by Members (two-minute statements) see also Private Members’ Statements
• Provision for 25B
• Statutes
• Law Clerk, responsible for preparing and printing 94(4)
• Strangers
• Misconduct 24
• Withdrawal 23, 24
• Substantive motions
• Reply allowed by mover 42(2)
• Supersedence rule see also Interruption of business by clock; Procedure
• Motion shall not lapse 31, 32
• Motion to proceed to Orders of the Day 33
• Supply, Committee of see Committee of Supply
• Suspension
• Members 20, 21
• Sitting 22
• Standing Orders 27(3), 48(1)

T

• Taxation
• Crown prerogative 67
• Time allocation 81.1(1), (2)
• Time limits on speeches and duration of debates 45A

U

• Unanimous consent, motions by 49
• Unprovided cases see General Rule
• Urgent public importance, Motions for adjournment see also Adjournment of the House, Motions for, on matters of urgent public importance
• Provision for 35
• Usages and customs 1

V

• Votes and Proceedings see also Journals of the House
• Notices, printed in 48(1)
• Divisions, entered in 16(3)

W

• Withdrawal
• Members 19, 20, 21
• Motions 51(1)
• Notices, of bill, motion, or question 51(2)
• Strangers 23, 24
• Witnesses
• Payment for claims 72(2)
• Summons of 72(1)