Example sentences of "committee [prep] the whole " in BNC.

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1 See also COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ; POCKET-BREACHES ; PRIVATE BILL ; WEDNESDAY NIGHTS .
2 The Bill was then printed with the Committee 's revisions , and considered by a Committee of the whole House on 13th July , who sent it for a Third Reading .
3 Lord Rawdon told the Committee of the whole House of Lords , which read his bill clause by clause in May , that he thought a debtor should be able to swear to the real cause of his debt and , if there was no question of fraud or any intention to abscond , he should not be held in custody for more than eight days and be discharged on filing common bail .
4 It is not uncommon for Bills of great public importance to go to a committee of the whole House .
5 In the case where a Bill has been before a committee of the whole House , it is a purely formal stage .
6 The ‘ superstructure ’ of ideas and social institutions comes to reproduce the economic base : ‘ the ideas of the ruling class are the ruling ideas in every epoch ’ , Marx claimed , and ‘ the state is but the executive committee of the whole bourgeoisie ’ .
7 After second reading , clause 52 of the Bill was committed to a committee of the whole House and clause 54 to Standing Committee E. On 17 May 1976 , the House considered clause 52 and strong representations were made about the impact of clause 52 on airline and railway employees .
8 Ordered , That , if the Welsh Development Agency Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House , further proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed and that as soon as the proceedings on any Resolution come to by the House on Welsh Development Agency Bill [ Money ] have been concluded , this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill .
9 The House itself will take a decision on the matter later this evening when the Question will be put whether the Bill should or should not be considered in Committee of the whole House .
10 I draw the hon. Gentleman 's attention to the fact that the Question will be put from the Chair at the appropriate moment , That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House .
11 However , should we decide to consider the Bill in a Committee of the whole House , the first set of amendments tabled by the Opposition — should the Opposition win the vote or should we accede to them — would torpedo the Bill below the water line and sink it lock , stock and barrel .
12 Ordered , That , if the Social Security ( Mortgage Interest Payments ) Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House , further proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed and that as soon as any proceedings on any Resolution come to by the House on Social Security ( Mortgage Interest Payments ) Bill [ Money ] have been concluded , this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill .
13 The request followed the passing on July 4 by the Council of a government resolution by which the finance committee would become a committee of the whole house , including all 12 elected members and the three appointed officials .
14 ( 2 ) Committees of the whole House , which are as the name suggest .
15 His parliamentary role continued to grow in importance : in early 1678 he chaired committees of the whole House on supply and on ways and means .
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