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Sometimes the Lords generate an amendment list where the normal rules for selecting amendments included on other lists do not apply. The Manuscript List is one an example of such a list. It contains amendments that were tabled after the cut-off deadline (usually on the day of debate) but are deemed admissible nonetheless. The legislation office will create a Marshalled List that contains this “manuscript” amendment (usually . Usually the list consists of just one amendment).

A Manuscript List closely resembles a Marshalled List, but contains fewer amendments.

Note that the following rubric appears on the first page of a Manuscript List: [Supplementary to the Marshalled List]

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Manuscript Lists are created by manually selecting amendments in Lawmaker (on the Amendment Manager tab) and generating a Manuscript List from them. Therefore the contents of the list are determined by users, rather than by any amendment filtering logic.

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The format of the list is identical to a Marshalled List.

Note on Numbering

The numbering logic for amendments included on a Manuscript List is the same as the logic used for numbering amendments on a Marshalled List.

When you generate a Lords Marshalled List in Lawmaker, each of the previously un-published amendments will be assigned a number according to the numbering logic described below. If there are some previously published amendments they will retain the number they have been assigned.

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