Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he plans to publish the marked-up text showing the proposed changes to the Companion to Standing Orders from the 2017 version; and whether he plans to consult peers prior to printing the new version.

The new edition of the Companion to the Standing Orders will, like all previous editions since the Procedure Committee was first appointed in 1940, be issued under the authority of that Committee. In line with longstanding practice, the members of the Procedure and Privileges Committee have been briefed on all the changes contained in the latest edition, and no changes of substance have been or will be made unless they have been agreed by the House as a whole.