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  2. Ten Minute Rule - Wikipedia

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    Any Member of Parliament (MP) may introduce a bill under the Ten Minute Rule, although in practice it is only used by backbenchers.To qualify to introduce a bill under the rule, the MP in question must be the first through the door to the Public Bill Office on the Tuesday or Wednesday morning fifteen working days (usually three weeks) prior to the date they wish to introduce their bill.

  3. Labour MP’s bid to end ‘alienating’ discrimination against ...

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    Preet Kaur Gill, Labour MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, tabled her legislation in the Commons in a 10-minute rule bill, aimed at forcing the authorities to start to recognise Jews and Sikhs as ethnic ...

  4. Private members' bills in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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    2024 Private Members Bill Ballot being drawn. Under this method members who apply are drawn from a ballot and, if successful, are given parliamentary time for their bill. . Members of Parliament who are successful in the ballot often have a higher chance of seeing their legislation passed, as greater parliamentary time is given to ballots than other methods of passing a PMB such as under the ...

  5. Calls to ban first-cousin marriage to be raised in Parliament

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    Mr Holden will seek to introduce his private member’s bill (PMB) to the Commons on Tuesday using the 10-minute rule process. He will have up to 10 minutes to make a speech on why he wants to ...

  6. Reading (legislature) - Wikipedia

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    Bills introduced under the Ten Minute Rule are subject to a debate lasting not more than ten minutes (equally divided between a supporter and an opponent), followed by a vote is held on the motion "That leave be granted to bring in" the bill; the latter receives a first reading only if the motion is carried.

  7. Act of Parliament (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    A bill introduced in this way is known as a presentation bill. Bills can also be introduced in the Commons by being brought in from the Lords, being brought in by resolution (like the Finance Bill) or when an MP gets leave to bring in a ten-minute rule bill. A government bill can be introduced first into either House.

  8. Plan to relocate Line 5 oil tunnel ‘unusual and especially ...

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    Let’s review the company’s history, starting with the catastrophic 1991 Line 3 rupture in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, when Enbridge adopted its so-called "10 minute rule" — if operators can’t ...

  9. Community amateur sports club - Wikipedia

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    A 10 Minute Rule Bill was introduced by Loughborough MP Andrew Reed based on the Andrew Phillips draft legislation. It recognises the importance of sport in the community by allowing local amateur sports clubs to register with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as a sports club rather than a business for rates and tax purposes.