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Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report

My Lords, the suggestion made by my noble friend Lord Foulkes of Cumnock would be a matter for the Procedure Committee at some date way in the future. On the question of the noble Viscount, Lord Montgomery, the proposal is merely to change the name of Unstarred Questions to Questions for Short Debate. As I said, an Unstarred Question is a fairly opaque term for some Members of the House and for those outside. Turning Unstarred Questions into ““Motions for Debate”” has many complications and implications: not only would a right of reply be given, but their place in the Order Paper would change, they would become amendable and divisible and their relationship to other forms of Motion would need to be considered. It would be possible for the Procedure Committee to consider those matters, but I would advise against it. On Question, Motion agreed to.