Standing Orders of the House of Commons - Public Business
Review the rules that regulate the way MPs conduct House of Commons public business, including electing the Speaker and powers of committees. This page contains both the most recent Standing Orders and Amendments for the 2019 Parliament, which appear at the top of the page, and also previous versions below.
Current Standing Orders
Standing Orders (Public Business) Addendum 1 December 2022
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 1 December 2022
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 1 December 2022 (large print)
Standing Orders (Public Business) 2 December 2021
- Standing Orders - 2 December 2021 (PDF 1.8 MB)
- Standing Orders - 2 December 2021 (large print) (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Standing Orders - 2 December 2021 (HTML)
Previous Versions of Standing Orders
Standing Orders and Addenda in place - 2019 Parliament (December 2019- )
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 9 November 2022
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 9 November 2022 (large print)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 22 July 2021 (PDF 454 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 30 June 2021 (PDF 263 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 29 April 2021 (PDF 287 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 30 March 2021 (PDF 284 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 3 February 2021 (PDF 277 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 11 January 2021 (PDF 349 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 2 October 2020 (PDF 349 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 21 July 2020 (PDF 375 KB)
- Orders Relating to Hybrid Proceedings (extension of Orders relating to Hybrid Proceedings) - Addendum to Standing Orders - 13 May 2020 (PDF 123 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders (Complete Version) - 13 May 2020 (PDF 283 KB)
- Orders Relating to Hybrid Proceedings - Addendum to Standing Orders - 23 April 2020 (PDF 123 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders (Complete Version) - 23 April 2020 (PDF 283 KB)
- Addendum to Standing Orders - 17 February 2020 (PDF 214 KB)
- Standing Orders - 5 November 2019 (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Standing Orders - 5 November 2019 (large print) (PDF 2.6 MB)
- Standing Orders - 5 November 2019 (HTML)
Standing Orders and Addenda in place - 2017-19 Parliament (June 2017-November 2019)
The Standing Orders in place during the 2017-19 Parliament can be found in the above link.
Standing Orders and Addenda - 2015-17 Parliament (May 2015-March 2017)
The Standing Orders published during the 2015-17 Parliament can be found in the above link.
Standing Orders and Addenda - 2010-2015 Parliament
The Standing Orders published during the 2010-15 Parliament can be found in the above link.
Standing Orders and Addenda - pre-2010
The Standing Orders published digitally prior to 2010 can be found in the above link.