– in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 22 Ionawr 1964.
Mr Robin Maxwell-Hyslop
, Tiverton
12:00,
22 Ionawr 1964
On a point of order. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise a point of order to inquire why today's Order Paper gives no indication that an Amendment to the Legal Aid Bill was tabled by me on 10th December and is possibly due for debate tomorrow.
The Amendment was supported by Sir Lionel Heald, Mr. Doughty, Mr. Patrick Wall, Dame Irene Ward, Mr. Percy Browne and Major Sir Frank Markham.
Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
, Cities of London and Westminster
There ought to have been a marshalled list on the hon. Member's Amendment. I regret the error. Everything practicable has been done to put it right. There will be a marshalled list available to hon. Members in the Vote Office now and it will appear on tomorrow's Order Paper.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
The order paper is issued daily and lists the business which will be dealt with during that day's sitting of the House of Commons.
It provides MPs with details of what will be happening in the House throughout the day.
It also gives details of when and where the standing committees and select committees of the Commons will be meeting.
Written questions tabled to ministers by MPs on the previous day are listed at the back of the order paper.
The order paper forms one section of the daily vote bundle and is issued by the Vote Office
