Procedure of the House (Proposal 6)
Motion to Resolve
17:10
Moved By
The Chairman of Committees
To resolve that, with effect from the start of the 2012–13 session of Parliament:
Members be limited to one Question for Short Debate in House of Lords Business at any one time;
Each Question for Short Debate should indicate the date on which it was tabled;
After six months it should be removed from the list;
The guidance in the Companion to the Standing Orders on the wording of Questions for Short Debate should be as follows: “Questions for short debate last for a maximum of 1½ hours and should therefore be limited in scope.”
Motion agreed.