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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.
A member speaks for up to ten minutes on a motion under Standing Order 23 to introduce a bill, followed potentially by an opposing member's ten minute speech. If the motion is passed, the bill is introduced and given a formal first reading; it is unlikely to make further progress because it will not be given priority on the parliamentary calendar.
The legislator has 10 minutes to propose a bill, which can then be considered by the House on a day appointed for the purpose. While this rule remains in place in the rules of procedure of the US Congress, it is seldom used. Government motion: In jurisdictions where the executive can control legislative business a bill may be brought in by ...
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.
With Professor Alan Woodruff of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Marlow campaigned against dog nuisance based on the dangers arising from Toxocara canis, initiating the Parliamentary campaign through the introduction of a ten-minute rule bill. [citation needed]
Ten Minute Rule, for members of parliament; Flash drama, or 10 minute play; Films. 10 Minutes, a 2002 Bosnian short film; 10 Minutes, a 2013 South Korean film ...
A Maine teacher went from educating her students to giving birth in the school parking lot — just minutes after she dismissed her last class of the day as her contractions intensified.
In 2023, Metcalfe put forward a Ten Minute Rule Motion to make defibrillators an essential feature of every new housing development over 10 dwellings. The Automated External Defibrillators (Housing Developments) Bill [ 19 ] was the first such Bill to target the installation of defibrillators in residential homes and addressed the divergence ...