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Proceedings on Money resolutions

35.19If the motion for a Money resolution in connection with a bill is made at the same sitting as that at which the bill has been read a second time, which is usually the case for government bills (see para 35.20 ), the question is put forthwith, without debate.1 If the motion is made at any other sitting, the question is put not later than three-quarters of an hour after the commencement of proceedings.2 Debate, if it takes place, must be confined to the terms of the resolution itself and must not be extended to the related bill,3 nor to the merits of matters excluded from the resolution.4

Footnotes

  1. 1. SO No 52(1)(a). See also para 28.68.
  2. 2. SO No 52(1)(b).
  3. 3. For example, HC Deb (1946–47) 432, cc 886–92; ibid (1948–49) 462, cc 2239–40; ibid (2009–10) 505, c 777.
  4. 4. HC Deb (1968–69) 772, c 1201; ibid (2008–09) 487, c 1265.