| Update five | |
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| Chapter and sections | Update |
| 30.53 | Clarification on Suggestion of amendments by the Commons |
Fifth update to the 25th edition of Erskine May
About updates
Following the publication online of the 25th Edition of Erskine May, updates will be made to the text up to twice per year. It is not intended for these updates between hard copy editions to include minor corrections or updates relating to events which do not significantly change our understanding of practice or procedure. Entire paragraphs within numbered sections will be replaced when:
- they contain a significant error
- significant procedural event or development has occurred, or
- changes such as new provisions or Standing Orders have been introduced.
Where significant events or changes have occurred (such as temporary hybrid pandemic procedures and EU scrutiny changes following Brexit) an overview of the situation will be inserted, and the text updated where most relevant. Substantial revision of the text may in some cases be made at a later update or next hard copy edition.
The version of Erskine May on the UK Parliament website allows you to highlight paragraphs within numbered sections which have been substantively changed since the publication of the 2019 edition. A schedule of updated numbered paragraphs will be published for each update alongside a summary of key changes (as below).
The numbering of paragraphs will be maintained. Where paragraphs are deleted the redundant paragraph number will be combined with the previous paragraph number (e.g. [5.42-5.43]). New paragraphs which are not at the end of a chapter will repeat the previous paragraph number followed by ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ etc.