That no Bill relating to Religion, or the alteration of the Laws concerning Religion, be brought into this House, until the Proposition shall have been first considered in a Committee of the whole House, and agreed unto by The House.

Made: 21 June 1811
Repealed: 07 March 1888

That no Bill relating to Trade, or the alteration of the Laws concerning Trade, be brought into The House, until the Proposition shall have been first considered in a Committee of the whole House, and agreed unto by The House.

Made: 21 June 1811
Repealed: 07 March 1888

That this House will receive no Petition for any Sum of Money, relating to Public Service, but what is recommended from The Crown.

Made: 21 June 1811
Amended: 22 February 1821(+12), 22 June 1831, 24 July 1849, 25 June 1852, 20 March 1866, 07 March 1888, 01 December 1902, 03 April 1906, 14 November 1933, 06 December 1951, 14 December 1966, 08 March 1971, 30 October 1980

That this House will not proceed upon any Petition, Motion, or Bill, for granting any Money, or for releasing or compounding any Sum of Money owing to The Crown, but in a Committee of the whole House.

Made: 24 July 1849
Amended: 14 August 1896(+6), 01 December 1902, 03 April 1906, 14 November 1933, 15 November 1934, 06 December 1951, 01 August 1963
Repealed: 14 December 1966

That this House will not receive any Petition for compounding any Sum of Money owing to The Crown, upon any branch of the Revenue, without a Certificate, from the proper Officer or Officers, annexed to the said Petition, stating the Debt, what Prosecutions have been made for the Recovery of such Debt, and setting forth how much the Petitioner and his Security are able to satisfy thereof.

Made: 24 July 1849
Amended: 01 December 1902(+3), 03 April 1906, 14 November 1933, 06 December 1951
Repealed: 20 March 1997

That this House will not proceed upon any Motion for an Address to The Crown, praying that any money may be issued, or that any expense may be incurred, but in a Committee of the whole House.

Made: 24 July 1849
Amended: 01 December 1902(+3), 03 April 1906, 14 November 1933, 06 December 1951
Repealed: 14 December 1966

That with respect to any Bill brought to this House from the House of Lords, or returned by the House of Lords to this House, with Amendments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture or fee shall be authorized, imposed, appropriated, regulated, varied, or extinguished, this House will not insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the following cases:

1. When the object of such pecuniary penalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the Act, or the punishment or prevention of offences.

2. Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the Act, and in order to the execution of the Act, and are not made payable into the Treasury or Exchequer, or in aid of the Public Revenue, and do not form the ground of public accounting by the parties receiving the same, either in respect of deficit or surplus.

3. When such Bill shall be a private Bill for a Local or Personal Act.

Made: 24 July 1849
Amended: 07 March 1888(+9), 01 December 1902, 14 November 1933, 09 March 1945, 06 December 1951, 08 March 1971, 24 February 1976, 30 October 1980, 30 March 1983, 12 November 1986

That the precise duration of every Temporary Law be expressed in a distinct Clause at the end of the Bill.

Made: 21 June 1811
Amended: 24 July 1849(+3), 01 December 1902, 28 July 1948, 30 March 1983

That every Member offering to present a Petition to The House, not being a Petition for a Private Bill, or relating to a Private Bill before The House, do confine himself to a statement of the Parties from whom it comes, of the number of signatures attached to it, and of the material allegations contained in it, and to the reading of the prayer of such Petition.

Made: 14 April 1842
Amended: 07 March 1888(+4), 01 December 1902, 14 November 1933, 28 July 1948, 06 December 1951

That every such Petition not containing matter in breach of the Privileges of this House, and which, according to the Rules or usual Practice of this House, can be received, be brought to the Table by the direction of The Speaker, who shall not allow any Debate, or any Member to speak upon, or in relation to, such Petition; but it may be read by the Clerk at the Table, if required.

Made: 14 April 1842
Amended: 07 March 1888(+15), 01 December 1902, 14 November 1933, 28 July 1948, 06 December 1951, 04 April 1974, 24 February 1976, 30 March 1983, 12 November 1986, 21 February 1990, 08 November 1991, 24 November 1994, 02 November 1995, 20 March 1997, 29 October 2002, 25 October 2007

That if such Petition relate to any matter or subject which the Member presenting it is desirous of bringing before The House, and if such Member shall state it to be his intention to make a Motion thereupon, such Member may give Notice that he will make a Motion on some subsequent day, That the Petition be printed with the Votes.

Made: 14 April 1842
Repealed: 05 August 1853

That, in the case of such Petition complaining of some present personal grievance, for which there may be an urgent necessity for providing an immediate remedy, the matter contained in such Petition may be brought into discussion on the presentation thereof.

Made: 14 April 1842
Amended: 01 December 1902(+6), 04 April 1974, 24 February 1976, 30 March 1983, 12 November 1986, 20 March 1997, 29 October 2002

That all other such Petitions, after they shall have been ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the Committee on Public Petitions, without any Question being put.

Made: 14 April 1842
Amended: 05 August 1853(+6), 01 December 1902, 28 July 1909, 14 November 1933, 28 July 1948, 06 December 1951, 08 March 1971
Repealed: 04 April 1974

That, subject to the above regulations, Petitions against any Resolution or Bill imposing a Tax or Duty for the current service of the year, be henceforth received, and the usage under which The House has refused to entertain such Petitions be discontinued.

Made: 14 April 1842
Amended: 07 March 1888(+3), 01 December 1902, 14 November 1933, 28 July 1948