The evolution of private members' business in the Canadian House of Commons : Évolution de la procédure régissant les affaires émanant des députés à la Chambre des communes du Canada

The McGrath Committee had made such a recommendation; when it was not adopted, a point of order had been raised to the effect that, since the House continued with prior business – usually Government Orders – when there is no Private Members’ Hour due to the absence of the Member whose item was at the top of the order of precedence, private Members could expedite the business of the government by s [...] On 1 June 1994, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs recommended, as part of an overhaul of publications of the House of Commons, the elimination of the printing in the Order Paper of the list of Private Members’ Business items outside the order of precedence. [...] Originally tabled by the Sub-committee on Private Members’ Business shortly before the dissolution of the 35th Parliament, it had been re-adopted by the Sub-committee after the election, and tabled in the House of Commons by the Committee in November 1997. [...] The amendments included: • provision for the reinstatement at the beginning of a new session of private Members’ bills in the same form as they were at prorogation; • provision for items with the support of at least 100 Members (including at least 10 from each of a majority of the recognized parties) to be placed on the order of precedence; • provision for the 10 items from the order of precedence [...] Following further study of the issue at the beginning of the 37th Parliament, on 13 June 2001, the House adopted the Thirty-sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, which repealed the 100-signature procedure for Private Members’ Business.