(1) An item of business requested by a member pursuant to Standing Order 4(3) shall be introduced by the member who gave notice of it.
(2) The Chair shall then give the Clerk (in person or through another Officer present at the meeting) an opportunity to comment on the item.
(3) Other members shall then be given an opportunity to speak on the item, the order being decided by the Chair.
(4) Unless the Chair shall otherwise determine, and subject to paragraph (5), each member shall speak only once on the item, with a final right of reply being available to the Leader (or their nominee) of each political group at the end of the debate.
(5) When all members who wish to speak pursuant to paragraph 3 have done so, the member who requested the item shall then have a right of reply.
(6) The Chair shall then move the item which, if seconded, shall be voted upon.
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