Explanatory Statements on Amendments


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In this report the Procedure Committee invites the House to expand the tabling of explanatory statements on amendments to all bills at both Committee and Report stage from the start of the 2013-14 Session. Explanatory statements enhance MPs' ability to scrutinise legislation, unpacking complex or technical amendments and so opening up the legislative process to the wider public, as well as providing greater focus for Members' arguments during debates. There have been several previous pilots of explanatory statements. During the current session, MPs have been permitted to table explanatory statements to two bills. Having evaluated the pilot on the basis of criteria agreed between the Committee and the Leader of the House, the Committee concludes that the time has come to end the experimental approach and allow the culture of explanatory statements to embed itself, in a permissive environment where space is provided to backbench Members, the Government and the Opposition to ensure that explanatory statements become an accepted norm of the legislative process. The Committee considered the possibility of imposing a mandatory requirement at some or all stages, but concluded that to do so would risk restricting Opposition and backbench MPs from tabling amendments and would therefore be damaging to the House's ability to scrutinise legislation.




How Our Laws are Made


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The Technical Amendments Bill of 1960


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Excerpt from The Technical Amendments Bill of 1960: H. R. 9625 and H. R. 9626; An Explanatory Statement Prepared for the Committee on Ways and Means, U. S. House of Representatives; January 14, 1960 Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Democrat, of Arkansas), chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Representative Noah Mason (Republican, of Illinois), ranking minority member of that committee, introduced on January 14, 1960, identical bills (H.R. 9625 and H.R. 9626, respectively) relating to miscellaneous areas of the tax laws. The following is an excerpt from the press release announcing the introduction of these bills: The legislation embodies various recommendations of the Treasury Department that have been reviewed by the staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Mr. Mills stated that he expected the committee would consider this legislation when its schedule permits. He emphasized that he and Mr. Mason were introducing the legislation at the request of the Treasury Department so as to make it available to the public for study and comment and that neither of them necessarily approve or disapprove any of the provisions of the bills. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Congressional Record


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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)










Companion to the standing orders and guide to the proceedings of the House of Lords


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This is the 22nd edition of the publication which was first published in 1862. It is the authoritiative guide to procedure in the House. This edition reflects two major changes: the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 1 October 2009, ending the historic judicature of the House of Lords; secondly the procedures agreed for regulating the conduct of members.




Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.