Business transacted purely formally

19.37Certain formal motions necessary for the transaction of business are sometimes entered by the Clerks in the Votes and Proceedings as agreed to by the House in accordance with its established practice without the questions thereon being put from the Chair or being publicly noted in the Chamber. These are known as ‘book entries’. Examples are motions for the first reading of bills received from the House of Lords; for the consideration of Lords amendments on a future day; for the postponement or discharge of an order of the day or an order for a future day by the Member in charge; and for the revival of a dropped order.1