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Overview
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Standing Orders
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Selected Decisions of Speaker John Bosley
1984 - 1986
Selected Decisions
John Bosley
Artist: Shirley Van Dusen
Date: 1993
House of Commons
33rd Parliament
1st Session
November 5, 1984 to September 1, 1986
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Introduction
1 - Questions
Introduction
Oral Questions
Supplementary questions, Government Member
January 15, 1986
Ministerial responsibility, conflict-of-interest guidelines
May 8, 1986
Adjournment Proceedings
Questions to committee chairmen
May 7, 1986
2 - Privilege
Introduction
Freedom of Speech
Possible abuse, accusations
December 11, 1984
Freedom of speech
March 14, 1985
Conflict-of-interest inquiry
May 16, 1986
Committee Reports
Premature disclosure
April 22, 1985
Demonstrations on Parliament Hill
Regulations restricting
May 2, 1985
Misrepresentation as a Member of Parliament
Misrepresentation as a Member of Parliament
May 6, 1985
Members’ Access to Parliament
Members’ access to Parliament
June 4, 1986
Hansard
Agreement with electronic record
June 6, 1986
Private Members’ Business
Scheduling
June 9, 1986
3 - Rules of Debate – Order and Decorum
Introduction
Tabling of Documents
Document referred to during Question Period
November 14, 1984
Document cited
June 6-7, 1985
Points of Order
To be raised promptly
December 19, 1984
Right of Reply
Parliamentary Secretaries
February 11, 1985
Debate, Second Reading
Time limits, bell ringing
March 15, 1985
Debate, Third Reading
Time limits on speeches
January 28, 1986
Right to Speak
Recognition by Chair
May 20, 1986
Question-and-comment Period
Following a superseding motion
March 15, 1985
Member monopolizing
March 15, 1985
Continuing after adjournment
October 28, 1985
Recognition by Chair
May 28, 1986
Broadcasting of Proceedings
Broadcasting of proceedings
January 21, 1986
Sub Judice
Convention
Sub judice
convention
January 27, 1986
Unparliamentary Language
Unparliamentary language
March 18, 1986
Unparliamentary language
March 26, 1986
Unparliamentary language
June 3, 1986
Unparliamentary language
June 13, 1986
4 - Routine Proceedings
Introduction
Committee Reports
Recommendation to instruct another committee
December 14, 1984
Recommendation to change the committee’s name
February 28, 1985
Recommittal
December 13, 1985
Anticipating legislation
April 16, 1986
Government response, time limit for tabling
March 7, 1986
Government response, acceptability
April 21, 1986
Government response, request respecting a part of a report
May 13, 1986
Government response, effects of prorogation
June 27, 1986
Petitions
Signed by both Canadians and non-resident foreigners, admissibility
November 20, 1984
Presentation, timing
May 17, 1985
Photocopies
January 20, 1986
5 - Adjournment Motions for Emergency Debates
Introduction
Application not Accepted
Application not accepted
December 18, 1984
Application not accepted
February 11, 1985
Application not accepted
September 9, 1985
Application not accepted
September 18, 1985
Application not accepted
September 30, 1985
Application not accepted
January 27, 1986
Application not accepted
April 11, 1986
Application not accepted
June 19, 1986
Application Accepted
Application accepted
September 25, 1985
Application accepted
April 15, 1986
Application accepted
May 20, 1986
Application accepted
June 13, 1986
6 - Precedence and Sequence of Business
Introduction
Superseding Motion
Adjournment; moving during question-and-comment period
March 14, 1985
Adjournment; moving when a special order of the House in effect for the Budget presentation
May 23, 1985
Orders of the Day; moving on a point of order
January 31, 1986
Notice of Ways and Means Motion
Tabling on a point of order
September 11, 1985
Time Allocation Motion
Notice of motion
May 16, 1985
Expiry of proceedings while division bells ringing on a superseding motion
December 16, 1985
Division Bells
Length of time to be rung when sitting extended
October 17, 1985
Private Members’ Business
Private Members’ Business
April 25 and May 9, 1986
7 - Amendments and Subamendments to Motions
Introduction
Supply Day
Opposition motion, amendment
December 10, 1984
8 - Amendments to Motions on the Progress of Bills
Introduction
Second Reading
Reasoned amendments
November 28, 1984
One-month hoist
November 4, 1985
Third Reading
Recommittal; subamendment
April 21, 1986
9 - Questions Related to the Content of Bills
Introduction
Classification of a Bill as Public or Private
Classification of a bill as public or private
April 15, 1985
10 - Amendments to the Content of Bills
Introduction
Report Stage
Relaxing a condition of the Royal Recommendation
March 26, 1985
Principle of the bill
April 30, 1985
Financial initiative of the Crown
April 30, 1985
Scope of the bill
April 30, 1985
Scope of the bill
April 30, 1985
Scope of the clause
April 30, 1985
Scope of the clause
April 30, 1985
Scope of the bill, new definition
April 30, 1985
Scope of the bill
April 30, 1985
Financial initiative of the Crown
April 30, 1985
Reinstating the parent Act after one year, indirect negative of the bill
January 16, 1986
Scope of the clause, financial initiative of the Crown
January 23, 1986
Amending the parent Act, scope of the bill, unanimous consent
June 17, 1986
For questions about parliamentary procedure, contact the Table Research Branch
613-996-3611
trbdrb@parl.gc.ca
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Artist: Shirley Van Dusen Date: 1993