Page 72 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 24 May 1989
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That unless otherwise ordered, the following amendments to the standing orders be adopted for the remainder of this Assembly:
Standing order 34
Omit the standing order, insert the following standing order:
"Adjournment and next meeting
34. At 9.30 pm on each Tuesday and at 4 pm on each other sitting day, the Speaker shall propose the question - That the Assembly do now adjourn - which question shall be open to debate. No amendment may be moved to this question:
Provided that:
(a) if a vote is in progress at the time fixed for interruption, that vote, and any vote consequent upon that vote, shall be completed and the result announced;
(b) if, on the question - That the Assembly do now adjourn - being proposed, a Minister requires the question to be put forthwith without debate, the Speaker shall forthwith put the question;
(c) a motion for the adjournment of the Assembly may be moved by a Minister at an earlier hour;
(d) any business under discussion and not disposed of at the time of the adjournment shall be set down on the Notice Paper for the next sitting; and
(e) if the question - That the Assembly do now adjourn - is negatived, the Assembly shall resume the proceedings at the point at which they had been interrupted:
Provided further that, if at 10 pm on each Tuesday, or at 4.30 pm on each other sitting day, the question before the Assembly is - That the Assembly do now adjourn - the Speaker shall interrupt the debate, at which time:
Minister may extend debate
(f) a Minister may require that the debate be extended until 10.10 pm or 4.40 pm, as appropriate, to enable Ministers to speak in reply to matters raised in the preceding adjournment debate; at 10.10 pm or 4.40 pm, as appropriate, or upon the earlier cessation of the debate, the Speaker shall forthwith adjourn the Assembly until the time of its next meeting; or
(g) if no action is taken by a Minister under paragraph (f), the Speaker shall forthwith adjourn the Assembly until the time of its next meeting.".
Standing order 69(b)
After "terminating sitting" insert
"Whole debate .... 30 minutes".
Standing order 74
Add at the end thereof the following:
":Provided that at 2.30 pm on each Wednesday and Thursday the Speaker shall interrupt the business before the Assembly in order that questions without notice can be called on; and
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