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The parliamentary procedure of guillotine

Context: The parliamentary procedure of guillotine may come in use in the recent session of the parliament.

Context: The parliamentary procedure of guillotine may come in use in the recent session of the parliament.

About the parliamentary procedure of guillotine:-

  • In legislative parlance, “guillotine” means to bunch together and fast-track the passage of financial business.
  • Application: To save time during the Budget session, officials use the procedure when they cannot discuss all clauses of a measure within the allotted time.
  • After the Budget is presented, Parliament goes into recess for about three weeks, during which time the House Standing Committees examine Demands for Grants for various Ministries and prepare reports.
  • After Parliament reassembles, the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) draws up a schedule for discussions on the Demands for Grants.
  • Given the limitation of time, the House cannot take up the expenditure demands of all Ministries.
  •  Therefore, the BAC identifies some important Ministries for discussion.
  • Members discuss the policies and working of Ministries.
  • Once the allotted time to discuss the clauses of the Bill is over, the Speaker of the House rolls out guillotine closure.
  • Voters place the undiscussed clauses of a bill or resolution for a vote alongside the discussed portions.

Implications:-

  • Once the Speaker of the House applies the guillotine, all the outstanding demands for grants, whether discussed or not, go to vote at once.

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