Report From The Select Committee On Parliamentary Papers

This reference book is primarily a procedural work which examines the many forms, customs, and practices which have been developed and established for the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867. It provides a distinctive Canadian perspective in describing procedure in the House up to the end of the first session of the 36th Parliament in Sept. 1999. The material is presented with full commentary on the historical circumstances which have shaped the current approach to parliamentary business. Key Speaker's rulings and statements are also documented and the considerable body of practice, interpretation, and precedents unique to the Canadian House of Commons is amply illustrated. Chapters of the book cover the following: parliamentary institutions; parliaments and ministries; privileges and immunities; the House and its Members; parliamentary procedure; the physical & administrative setting; the Speaker & other presiding officers; the parliamentary cycle; sittings of the House; the daily program; oral & written questions; the process of debate; rules of order & decorum; the curtailment of debate; special debates; the legislative process; delegated legislation; financial procedures; committees of the whole House; committees; private Members' business; public petitions; private bills practice; and the parliamentary record. Includes index.

This IUP set includes the report of the 1855 Select Committee which conducted a wide-ranging examination into the workings of the British Press and into the social and economic consequences of stamp tax on newspapers, together with the 18787F 1379 and 1800 Select Committee reports on newspaper libel and statistical returns of circulation figure and stamp and advertisement duties collected from 1814 to 1870. -- Publisher's catalogue.

This IUP set includes the report of the 1855 Select Committee which conducted a wide-ranging examination into the workings of the British Press and into the social and economic consequences of stamp tax on newspapers, together with the 18787F 1379 and 1800 Select Committee reports on newspaper libel and statistical returns of circulation figure and stamp and advertisement duties collected from 1814 to 1870. -- Publisher's catalogue.