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The Minister of State, Home: Office (Mr. Timothy- Raison): I beg to move,
That the Order of the House (29 April) be supplemented as follows:-
Lords Amendments
1. The proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall be completed in one day's sitting and, subject to the provisions of the Order of 29 April, each part of those proceedings shall, if not prevously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table set out below.
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TABLE Proceedings
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2. Paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 3 (Exempted business) shall not apply to the proceedings.
3. For the purposes of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1 above-
(a) Mr. Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which
has already been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided and, if that Question is for the Amendment of a Lords Amendment, shall then put forthwith the Question on any further Amendment to the said Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown and on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, that this House doth agree or disagree with the Lords in the said Lords Amendment, or as the case may be, in the said Lords Amendment' as amended;
(b) Mr. Speaker shall then designate such of the remaining Lords Amendments as appear to him to involve questions of Privilege and shall-
(i) put forthwith the Question on any Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment and then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House doth agree or disagree with the Lords in their Amendment, or, as the case may be, in their Amendment as amended;
(ii) put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House doth disagree with the Lords in a Lords Amendment; (iii) put forthwith with respect to each Amendment designated by Mr. Speaker which has not been disposed of the Question, That this House doth agree with the Lords in their Amendment; and (iv) put forthwith the Question, that this House doth agree with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Amendments;
(c) as soon as the House has agreed or disagreed with the Lords in any of their Amendments Mr. Speaker shall put forthwith a separate Question on any other Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown relevant to that Lords Amendment.
Stages subsequent to first Consideration of Lords Amendments 4. The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords on the Bill shall be brought to a conclusion one hour after the commencement of the proceedings.
5. For the purpose of bringing those proceedings to a conclusion-
(a) Mr. Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has already been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided, and shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the Chair; (b) Mr. Speaker shall then-
(i) put forthwith the Questions on any Motion made by
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a Minister of the Crown on any item in the Lords Message;
(ii) put forthwith the Question, That this House doth agree with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals.
Supplemental
6.(1) In this paragraph the proceedings' means proceedings on any further Message from the Lords on the Bill, Reasons and the Report of such a Committee. on the appointment and quorum of a Committee to draw up
(2) Mr. Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the consideration forthwith of the Message or, as the case may be, for the
appointment and quorum of the Committee.
(3) A committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which they are appointed. (4) Paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 3 (Exempted business) shall apply to the proceedings.
(5), No dilatory Motion with respect to, or in the course of, the proceedings shall be made except by a Member of the Government, and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
(6) If the proceedings are interrupted by a motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) a period equal to the duration of the proceedings on the Motion shall be added to the period at the end of which the proceedings are to be brought to a conclusion.
The order supplements that agreed by the House on 29 April and provides a timetable for this House's consideration of amendments made in another place and for debate on any further message from another place. In arranging the proceedings, we have tried to meet the wishes of the Opposition and to make sure that the House can concentrate debate on those amendments that are agreed to be of particular significance. I hope that the. House will consider this motion in that light.
Other provisions in the order will ensure that subsequent exchanges on the Bill with another place will be conducted so that the Bill can go through its final stages smoothly.
We are always reluctant to curtail debate in this House, but it is necessary in this case. This is essentially because the Government have followed the same constructive approach to the Bill in another place as we adopted here. We have been ready to respond to argument and to meet particular concerns wherever it seemed right to do so. This has meant that there are considerable numbers of Government amendments agreed by another place to be considered here. Many of these are technical and consequential, but some affect the Bill significantly.
Among those that are of major significance are the new provisions on descent. These embody greatly simplified arrangements for transmission of citizenship beyond the first generation born overseas. Under these amendments British citizenship is to be available to a child born overseas; in the second generation, provided that application is made in time and that one of the child's parents is a citizen by descent who has lived in the United Kingdom for three years. The child's parents will no longer have to show that their close connection with the United Kingdom arises through their employment.
Beyond the second generation born overseas, children born abroad to British citizens may be registered as British citizens by descent at discretion where the child lives abroad, or as an entitlement where the child and his family make their home in this country.
We believe that this simple scheme will do much to meet the concern that has been expressed overseas and which hon. Members will recall was so forcefully expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Petersfield
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