Standing Orders of the House of Commons

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The Standing Orders of the House of Commons are the formal written rules that regulate the procedures, debates, and conduct of business in the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber.


Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention document
legal instrument of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
parliamentary rules of procedure
appliesTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom
canBeAmendedBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
governsBody House of Commons committees
Members of Parliament
Speaker of the House of Commons
hasLanguage English
isAdoptedBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom
isPublishedBy House of Commons
isPublishedIn House of Commons Standing Orders (Private Business)
House of Commons Standing Orders (Public Business)
legalStatus internal rules of procedure of the House of Commons
partOf United Kingdom parliamentary procedure framework
regulates Opposition days
Speaker’s casting vote procedures
Westminster Hall sittings
adjournment debates
backbench business
committee procedures in the House of Commons
conduct of business in the House of Commons
debates in the House of Commons
deferred divisions
delegated legislation procedures
division procedures in the House of Commons
election of the Speaker of the House of Commons
emergency debates
financial procedure in the House of Commons
legislative process in the House of Commons
motions and amendments in the House of Commons
order and discipline in the chamber
petitions to the House of Commons
points of order
presentation of bills in the House of Commons
private members’ business
procedures of the House of Commons
proxy voting procedures
public bill committees
public bill stages in the House of Commons
question time in the House of Commons
quorum requirements in the House of Commons
recall of the House of Commons
select committee powers and procedures
sitting hours of the House of Commons
supply days
tabling of questions
ten-minute rule motions
time allocation for debates
urgent questions
use of parliamentary language
relatedTo Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
Standing Orders of the House of Lords

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