A Standing Order is a rule of procedure in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the Parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom, supreme Legislature, legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of We ...
. Both the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
and the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminst ...
can set Standing Orders to regulate their own affairs. These contain many important constitutional norms, including the government's control over business, but it ultimately rests with a majority of members in each House.
House of Commons
The House of Commons Standing Orders concerns the following topics.
*Election of the Speaker
*Sittings of the House
*Questions, motions, amendments and statements
*Motions for Bills
*General debates
*Public money Bills
*Programming of Bills
*Grand committees and select committees
*Public petitions
*Parliamentary papers
House of Lords
The House of Lords Standing Orders contain similar rules to the Commons.
See also
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UK constitutional law
The United Kingdom constitutional law concerns the governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. With the oldest continuous political system on Earth, the British constitution is not contained in a single code but princ ...
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External links
Current edition of House of Commons Standing OrdersStanding Orders of the House of Commons - Public Business
previous versions
Standing Orders of the House of Lords
Constitutional laws of the United Kingdom