Committee negatived

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29.48In the case of supply bills, such as the Finance Bill, and Supply and Appropriation Bills, the committee stage is now invariably dispensed with. In order to effect this, the question is put after the second reading ‘that this bill be not committed’ and, if this is agreed to, the bill then awaits third reading. This practice may be applied to money bills under the Parliament Act 1911 (see paras 37.28 –37.31 ), with a view to saving time when there is no wish in any quarter of the House to propose amendments.1 If committee negatived is intended for a bill which is not a supply or money bill, Standing Order No 47 must be dispensed with and an italic notice to this effect is put on the order paper.2

Footnotes

  1. 1. SO No 47(1).
  2. 2. Procedure and Privileges Committee, Fourth Report of Session 2019–21, Leave of absence, Committee rotations, Changes to procedure relating to legislation, Deletion of Standing Order 76, Wording in the Companion relating to ‘the closure’, Wording in the Companion relating to ‘that the noble Lord be no longer heard’, Changes to Standing Order 64, Legislative consent, HL 140, agreed by the Lords 2 October 2020, HL Deb (2019–21) 806, cc 1642–44. Examples of committee negatived for bills which were not supply or money bills occurred on 17 and 30 December 2020: Trade (Disclosure of Information) Bill and European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.