Business of the House - Motion on Standing Orders – in the House of Lords at 3:30 pm on 4 April 2019.
Votes in this debate
Baroness Pitkeathley
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)
My Lords, I am instructed by order of the House to say that the Motion “That the Question be now put” is considered a most exceptional procedure, and the House should not accept it save in circumstances where it is felt to be the only means of ensuring the proper conduct of business in the House. Further, if the Member who seeks to move it persists in his intention, the practice of the House is that the Question on the Motion is put without debate. Does the noble Lord still wish to move the closure?
Lord Warner
Crossbench
I do.
Ayes 229, Noes 77.
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Lord Young of Cookham
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
4:03,
4 April 2019
My Lords, before we move on to the next amendment, I gently remind your Lordships of the guidance in the Companion that speakers are expected to keep to within 15 minutes.
