Holocaust Memorial
Bill
Motion to Agree
Moved by
The Lord Privy Seal
1. That if a Holocaust Memorial Bill is first brought to this
House from the House of Commons in Session 2023-24 the Standing
Orders of the House applicable to the bill, so far as complied
with or dispensed with in the current session, shall be deemed to
have been complied with or (as the case may be) dispensed with in
Session 2023-24.
2. That if—
(a) a Holocaust Memorial Bill is first brought to this House from
the House of Commons in Session 2023-24, and
(b) the proceedings on the Bill in this House are not completed
in Session 2023-24, further proceedings on the Bill shall be
suspended from the day on which Session 2023-24 ends until
Session 2024-25.
3. That if, where paragraph 2 applies, a bill in the same terms
as those in which the Holocaust Memorial Bill stood when it was
brought to this House in Session 2023-24 is brought from the
House of Commons in Session 2024-25—
(a) the proceedings on the bill in Session 2024-25 shall be pro
forma in regard to every stage through which the bill has passed
in Session 2023-24;
(b) the Standing Orders of the House applicable to the bill, so
far as complied with or dispensed with in Session 2023-24 or in
the current session, shall be deemed to have been complied with
or (as the case may be) dispensed with in Session 2024-25;
and
(c) if there is outstanding any petition deposited against the
bill in accordance with an order of the House—
(i) any such petition shall be taken to be deposited against the
bill in Session 2024-25 and shall stand referred to any select
committee on the bill in that Session; and
(ii) any minutes of evidence taken before a select committee on
the bill in Session 2023-24 shall stand referred to any select
committee on the bill in Session 2024-25.
Motion agreed.
