“30. (1) Public Business shall consist of Motions and Public Bills.

(2) Subject to the provisions of these Standing Orders, Assembly Business shall have precedence on every day.

(3) Assembly Business shall consist of motions proposed to be made and Bills sponsored by Secretaries or Assistant Secretaries and shall be set down in such order as the Executive Council thinks fit.

(4) On the fourth Thursday of every third month in each quarter, Private Members’ business shall take precedence over Assembly Business unless, and to the extent that the Leader of Assembly Business moves and the Assembly agrees that any urgent Executive Council matters should be disposed of before Private Members’ business.”

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