Common use of Rules of Debate Clause in Contracts

Rules of Debate. 1. A Councillor may indicate their desire to speak by raising their hand, but shall only speak when called by name by the Chair. When speaking the Councillor shall stand, unless unable to do so. All other Councillors shall remain seated in their allotted place when another Councillor is speaking, unless wishing to make a point of order or point of personal explanation. If more than one Councillor stands, the chair will ask one to speak and the others must speak. 2. When the Chair stands during a debate, any Councillor speaking at the time must stop and sit down. The meeting must be silent. 3. Councillors shall address the Chair when speaking, and: (a) refer to each other as Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Leader, Executive Member, Chair or Councillor, as the case may be; (b) refrain from using unbecoming language; (c) refrain from comments of a personal nature about another Councillor; (d) not attribute improper motives to another Councillor. 4. No debate shall be allowed except in relation to a motion or amendment under consideration. Only one motion or amendment may be considered at a time. A motion or amendment once moved and seconded, may be withdrawn only by the mover and seconder, with the consent of the meeting. No further debate shall take place on a motion or amendment once it has been withdrawn. 5. Every motion or amendment must be moved and seconded. A Councillor may not move more than one amendment or motion on the same subject. 6. No speeches may be made until the mover has moved a proposal and explained the purpose of it and the motion has been seconded. 7. Unless notice of the motion has already been given, the Mayor may require it to be written down and handed to him/her before it is discussed. 8. When seconding a motion or amendment, the seconder may reserve their speech until later in the debate. 9. Speeches must be directed to the matter under discussion or to a personal explanation or point of order. No speech may exceed five minutes without the consent of the Mayor. A seconder’s speech may not exceed three minutes without the consent of the Mayor. 10. A Member who has spoken on a motion may not speak again whilst it is the subject of debate, except: (a) to speak once on an amendment moved by another Member; (b) to move a further amendment if the motion has been amended since he/she last spoke; (c) to speak on the main issue, if his/her first speech was on an amendment moved by another Member, (whether or not the amendment on which he/she spoke was carried); (d) in exercise of a right of reply; (e) on a point of order; and (f) by way of personal explanation.

Rules of Debate. 1. A Councillor may indicate their desire to speak by raising their hand, but shall only speak when called by name by the Chair. When speaking the Councillor shall stand, unless unable to do so. All other Councillors shall remain seated in their allotted place when another Councillor is speaking, unless wishing to make a point of order or point of personal explanation. If more than one Councillor stands, the chair will ask one to speak and the others must speak. 2. When the Chair stands during a debate, any Councillor speaking at the time must stop and sit down. The meeting must be silent. 3. Councillors shall address the Chair when speaking, and: (a) refer to each other as Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Leader, Executive Member, Chair or Councillor, as the case may be; (b) refrain from using unbecoming language; (c) refrain from comments of a personal nature about another Councillor; (d) not attribute improper motives to another Councillor. (e) refrain from comments that relate to an investigation (whether complete or not) by, or ruling of, the Standards Board for England, the Standards Committee or the Adjudication Panel, in so far as those comments relate to the behaviour or conduct of an individual Member or Members. 4. No debate shall be allowed except in relation to a motion or amendment under consideration. Only one motion or amendment may be considered at a time. A motion or amendment once moved and seconded, may be withdrawn only by the mover and seconder, with the consent of the meeting. No further debate shall take place on a motion or amendment once it has been withdrawn. 5. Every motion or amendment must be moved and seconded. A Councillor may not move more than one amendment or motion on the same subject. 6. No speeches may be made until the mover has moved a proposal and explained the purpose of it and the motion has been seconded. 7. Unless notice of the motion has already been given, the Mayor may require it to be written down and handed to him/her before it is discussed. 8. When seconding a motion or amendment, the seconder may reserve their speech until later in the debate. 9. Speeches must be directed to the matter under discussion or to a personal explanation or point of order. No speech may exceed five minutes without the consent of the Mayor. A seconder’s speech may not exceed three minutes without the consent of the Mayor. 10. A Member who has spoken on a motion may not speak again whilst it is the subject of debate, except: (a) to speak once on an amendment moved by another Member; (b) to move a further amendment if the motion has been amended since he/she last spoke; (c) to speak on the main issue, if his/her first speech was on an amendment moved by another Member, (whether or not the amendment on which he/she spoke was carried); (d) in exercise of a right of reply; (e) on a point of order; and (f) by way of personal explanation.