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- Standing OrderIllustrativeNational Assembly Standing OrdersNational Assembly · 2025 · Current VersionA preview structure showing how a Standing Orders record appears once connected to an official source — not the real Standing Orders text (see Ask Parliament for the actual connected source).
- Standing OrderIllustrativeNational Assembly Standing Orders — 2019National Assembly · 2019 · SupersededA preview structure showing a superseded Standing Orders version, retained for historical reference.
- ProcedureStanding Orders & House procedureProcedure guide · 5 stagesThe rules that govern how each House conducts its business.
- ProcedureStanding Orders & House procedure: What Standing Orders areStanding Orders & House procedure · Stage 1 of 5Standing Orders are the written rules each House makes for the orderly conduct of its proceedings, including the proceedings of its committees (Constitution, Article 124). They cover how business is introduced, debated and decided, and how members conduct themselves.
- ProcedureStanding Orders & House procedure: Making and amending the rulesStanding Orders & House procedure · Stage 2 of 5A House makes and amends its Standing Orders by resolution. Proposed changes are usually considered first by a procedure or rules committee chaired by the Speaker (in the National Assembly, the Procedure and House Rules Committee), which reports to the House.
- ProcedureStanding Orders & House procedure: Sittings and the order of businessStanding Orders & House procedure · Stage 3 of 5The House sits according to its calendar. Each sitting follows an Order Paper that lists the business for the day, in the order set by the Standing Orders, such as petitions, papers laid, statements, motions and Bills. A House business committee helps plan what comes before the House.
- ProcedureStanding Orders & House procedure: Quorum, voting and divisionsStanding Orders & House procedure · Stage 4 of 5The House can only conduct business when a quorum is present: fifty members in the National Assembly and fifteen in the Senate (Article 121). Questions are generally decided by a majority of members present and voting (Article 122); the Senate votes by county delegation on matters affecting counties.
- ProcedureStanding Orders & House procedure: CommitteesStanding Orders & House procedure · Stage 5 of 5Much of the detailed work of a House is done in committees, which each House may establish under Article 124. Departmental committees cover areas of government, while other committees deal with matters such as public accounts, delegated legislation and House administration. Joint committees may include members of both Houses.
- TermQuorumParliamentary term · ProcedureThe minimum number of members who must be present for a sitting of the House, or a committee, to validly conduct business.
- ProcedureHow a Bill becomes law: First ReadingHow a Bill becomes law · Stage 2 of 7At First Reading the Bill is formally introduced to the House: its title is read out and it is placed on the record. There is no debate on its content at this stage.