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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+3"><b>House of Commons<br> Standing Orders - Public Business</b></font><br> <hr></p></td> </tr> </table><table border="0" width="90%"> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Addendum to the Standing Orders - 2011</a><br>  <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmstords/so190711.pdf">PDF version</a> - 19 July 2011<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td 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href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmstords/2/2.pdf">PDF version</a> - January 2010<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Addendum to the Standing Orders</a><br>  <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmstords/add/add121009.pdf">PDF version</a> - 12 October 2009<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Addendum to the Standing Orders</a><br>  <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmstords/add/add030609.pdf">PDF version</a> - 3 June 2009<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Addendum to the Standing Orders</a><br>  <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmstords/add/add100209.pdf">PDF version</a> - February 2009<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Standing Orders - 2009</a><br>  <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmstords/2/2.pdf">PDF version</a> - January 2009<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Addendum to the Standing Orders</a><br>  <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmstords/add/add170308.pdf">PDF version</a> - March 2008<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Standing Orders - 2007</a><br>  <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmstords/105/105.pdf">PDF version</a> - November 2007<img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Standing Orders - 2007</a><br> <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmstords/405/40501.htm">HTML version (April 2007)<br> <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmstords/405/405.pdf">PDF version</a> <img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmstords/416/41601.htm">Standing Orders - 2005 (2)</a> HTML version <i>(October 2005)</i><br> <a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmstords/416/416.pdf">PDF version</a> <img align="top" border="0" src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/pdf.gif" alt="PDF"></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmstords/558/201.htm">Standing Orders - 2005</a> <i>(May 2005)</i> </font></font></td></tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmstords/2/201.htm">Standing Orders - 2004</a> <i>(November 2004)</i> (with addendum of 6th December 2004 relating to Standing Order No. 83A)</font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmstords/175/17501.htm">Standing Orders - 2003 (2)</a> <i>(November 2003)</i> (with amendments of 29th January and 12th May 2004 and addendum of 14th June 2004)</font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmstords/17501.htm">Standing Orders - 2003</a> <i>(January 2003)</i></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmstords/27501.htm">Standing Orders - 2002 (2)</a> <i>(November 2002)</i></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmstords/old275/27501.htm">Standing Orders - 2002</a> <i>(May 2002)</i></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20120118085821/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmstords/1mpubbs.htm">Standing Orders - 2001 </a> <i>(as in effect from the beginning of the Parliament elected in June 2001)</i></font></font></td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"><td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/web/20120118085821im_/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/img/diamgrn.gif" alt=""></font></td><td align="left"><font 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