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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
He recommends starting with the “10-minute rule,” which involves three 10-minute walking sessions throughout the day. “This is often more doable than a single 30-minute session,” he adds. 3.
After last-minute hurdles toppled their original plan, ... D-N.Y., who called the new bill "laughable." Without a last-minute deal on the table, the U.S. heads for a government shutdown, meaning ...
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