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Chair (Terminology)

I beg to move,"(1) That this House approves recommendation 3 of the First Report of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, Session 2008-09, HC 1117; and""(2) That accordingly, in each place where they occur in any Standing Order related to Public Business, Order or Resolution of the House, except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) below:""(a) for "chairman" there shall be substituted "chair";""(b) for "chairmen" there shall be substituted "chairs"; and""(c) for "Chairmen's Panel" there shall be substituted "Panel of Chairs";""(3) That the following changes to Standing Orders be made:""(a) In Standing Order No. 9 (Sittings of the House)—""(i) in line 25, leave out "chairman" and insert "occupant of the chair",""(ii) in line 32, leave out "chairman" and insert "occupant of the chair", and""(iii) in line 37, leave out "chairman" and insert "occupant of the chair";""(b) In Standing Order No. 11 (Friday sittings), in line 29, leave out "chairman" and insert"""occupant of the chair"; and""(c) In Standing Order No. 35 (Dilatory motion in abuse of the rules of the House), line 10, leave out "chairman" and insert "occupant of the chair";""(4) That this order shall not apply to the titles of Chairman of Ways and Means, Deputy Chairman or Chairmen or the Lord Chairman of Committees where they occur in any Standing Order, Order or Resolution of the House."