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in parliamentary practice this is a debatable motion, we
could see the Committee of the Whole getting bogged down
in debate about whether you should postpone something
to a time certain.
So that we have provided and recommended
limitation on that. We would recommend that the rule be
amended by inserting the words "Any motion to postpone
further consideration shall be debatable for ten minutes,
no speech thereon to exceed two minutes." It would
provide very limited debate if and when this type of
situation should arise.
The next amendment we have again is somewhat
technical in nature and I think at the time we considered
it somewhat more important and pressing than it is now.
It is to make clear the distinction between motions and
resolutions. I call your attention to Page 4 of our
report in which we recommend that the present Rule 40,
which deals with both motions and resolutions, read as
follows. Add the following "A motion within this rule
includes only the privileged motions listed in Rule 43 or
motion of merely procedural character, such as to take fro |
