Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage

Motions consequential to negatived motion

Journals p. 409

Debates p. 3397

Background

During report stage consideration of Bill C-136, an Act respecting the expropriation of land, the Speaker deferred debate on a group of motions in amendment since they were consequential to another group of motions which had to be disposed of first. Later, the first group of motions was negatived and the Speaker ruled on the other group of motions.

Issue

Can motions in amendment be put if they are consequential to motions that have been negatived?

Decision

No. The motions in amendment cannot be put.

Reasons given by the Speaker

Since the first series of motions was negatived, the consequential motions are deemed to have been dropped.

References

Journals, February 9, 1970, pp. 406-10.

Debates, February 9, 1970, pp. 3374-5, 3385-97.