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Business of the House and its Committees: a short guide
Added 26 April 2004
If you don't already have a hardcopy to hand, you should get hold of the latest (January 2003) edition of Business of the House and its Committees: a short guide. Incorporating the new sitting times, new procedures for questions and other recent changes, it is available from the Vote Office and the Table Office.
This is one of the must-have items for all Members' offices as the guide throws much needed light on many of the still (despite "modernisation") weird and wonderful practices at Westminster. In particular, the Procedure and Practice section includes lots of helpful descriptions of terminology and practices whose names don't give a clue as to their real meaning.
It's on the Intranet and accessible from the home page of the Department of the Clerk on the Parliamentary Intranet, or collect a hardcopy from one of the Vote Offices (020 7219 3631).
Here's a preview of the home page:
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Have a look at our list of other sources of help and guidance on those parliamentary procedures, practices, rules etc. It's at: http:/www.w4mp.org/html/library/guides/0405_procedure.asp