In the United Kingdom House of Commons the Address in Reply was originally an answer, paragraph by paragraph, to the royal speech, prepared by a committee appointed for that purpose. However, the appointment of the committee was discontinued over a century ago. Current United Kingdom practice is that two Members are selected by the Government to move and second the Address, which is moved in the form of a short resolution expressing thanks to the Sovereign.
At this point the formal and regular proceedings of the opening day have been completed and it is then customary for the sitting to be suspended until an appointed time, usually 5 pm, in order that guests of the Parliament present for the occasion may be offered some light refreshment. Alternatively the House may adjourn until the next sitting. If the House does not then adjourn, it is free to proceed to other business.
However, the initiation of business generally requires that notice be given, and this limits the business that can be dealt with unless leave of the House is granted [51] or standing orders are suspended there is no Notice Paper for the first day of sitting. Condolence motions or references to deaths of former Members or Senators or other persons have taken place, [52] after which the House may suspend or adjourn as a mark of respect. A program of sittings may be agreed to, [59] and statements made by indulgence on matters of importance.
A motion of censure of the Government has been moved, following the suspension of standing orders. The supply bill was agreed to and returned from the Senate, without requests, that day. For proposals to change the arrangements for opening day see earlier editions 6th edition, pages — The most common way for a Parliament to be terminated is by the dissolution of the House of Representatives, such dissolution being made by proclamation by the Governor-General.
In the proclamation dissolving the House of Representatives the provision of section 5 of the Constitution, whereby the Governor-General may dissolve the House, is cited, and the House is dissolved the date and time of dissolution is normally specified. Since the Parliament has been prorogued see page prior to the dissolution of the House. This may be done by separate proclamation [70] but sometimes the proclamation dissolving the House has also prorogued the Parliament. The proclamation is published in the Commonwealth Gazette and read from the front of Parliament House by the Official Secretary to the Governor-General immediately prior to the hour of dissolution.
It was considered that section 17 j of the Acts Interpretation Act which makes publication in the Gazette sufficient publication for the purposes of Commonwealth Acts, was not applicable as the proclamation is not made under a Commonwealth Act. The modern practice is that the Official Secretary reads the proclamation from the front of Parliament House, accompanied by the Clerk of the House, the Deputy Clerk and the Serjeant-at-Arms.
The House staff then return to the entrance to the House of Representatives Chamber and the Clerk of the House posts a copy of the proclamation at the door of the Chamber. An artillery salute may be fired at the precise time of dissolution to mark the end of the Parliament. Staff of the Senate have attended the reading of the proclamation by the Official Secretary of the Governor-General on the occasion of a simultaneous dissolution of both Houses.
The third proclamation sets the date on which Parliament is summoned to meet after the election. As soon as the governor general proclaims the dissolution of Parliament, all business in the Senate and the House of Commons comes to a halt and the memberships of all standing, special and joint committees are dissolved, with the exception of three Senate committees. The first exception is the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration , which is given certain powers through section The committee deals with administrative matters — such as budgets and human resources — and needs to be able to make decisions despite the fact Parliament is dissolved.
Should the need arise, members of the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators may also be directed to meet under restricted conditions or to provide general direction to the Senate Ethics Officer during a dissolution. General Information. Press Releases. Parliament is the highest legislative body in Malaysia. Dissolution terminates a Parliament and is followed by a general election, the date of which is set by the governor-in-council, that is, the governor general acting on the advice of the prime minister.
The Constitution Act, stipulates that the House of Commons must be dissolved within five years and that Parliament must sit at least once every 12 months.
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