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House of Representatives                                Ch 10                                                 p 366

Questions proposed

If an amendment is moved to a clause (schedule, etc) upon which the House or Committee wishes to vote, the Chair may propose a question in one of the following forms:

(In these illustrations the word ‘words’ may be replaced by ‘paragraph’, ‘subparagraph’, ‘subclause’, ‘section’, ‘schedule’, etc.)

If no Member objects, the question may be proposed in the form ‘That the amendment be agreed to’ in any of the above contingencies, ² and this is now common practice whether or not there is to be a vote on the question. This form of putting the question is in any case necessary when two proposed amendments to omit words and insert others occur at the same place; otherwise the negativing of the first amendment by agreeing to the question ‘That the words proposed to be omitted stand’ will preclude the moving of the second amendment.

When amendments are taken together by leave, the question proposed is ‘That the amendments be agreed to’.

At the conclusion of debate the question proposed is put to the House for decision. On occasion, where leave has been given to move amendments together, further leave has been given for separate questions to be put on each. ³

If a clause (or schedule, etc) is amended, a further question is proposed ‘That the clause (schedule, etc) as amended, be agreed to’. ⁴ If the bill is being considered as a whole, the further question proposed is ‘That the bill, as amended, be agreed to’. If the title is amended, the further question proposed is ‘That the title, as amended, be the title of the bill’. ⁵

See also ‘Putting question on amendment’ in the Chapter on ‘Motions’.

S.O. 122(a).

S.O. 122(b).

VP 2002-04/439.

S.O. 150(c).

S.O. 150(d).