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The time allocation rule allows for specific lengths of time to be set aside for the consideration of one or more stages of a public bill.[86] The term “time allocation” suggests primarily the idea of time management, but the government may use a motion to allocate time as a guillotine. In fact, although the rule permits the government to negotiate with opposition parties on the adoption of a timetable for the consideration of a bill at one or more stages (including the consideration of Senate amendments),[87] it also allows the government to impose strict limits on the time for debate. This is why time allocation is often confused with closure. While it has become the most frequently used mechanism for curtailing debate,[88] time allocation remains a means of bringing the parties together to negotiate an acceptable distribution of the time of the House.
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