When drafting amendments on a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA), Lawmaker provides the option of inserting standard forms of amendments containing prepopulated instructions.
To insert a pre-populated amendment, press Enter and select the appropriate option from the CCA. The screenshot below is the insert menu from a Lords LoDA:
The table below lists the available options and what is inserted. (See Inserting provisions and other elements for general help with the CCA.)
Commons pre-populated amendments
CCA option | Amendment inserted |
|---|---|
Amendment - Leave out Clause / Schedule | Leave out Clause / Schedule *** |
Amendment - New Clause | To move the following Clause— |
Amendment - New Schedule | To move the following Schedule— |
Amendment - Page-line | Clause /Schedule ***, page ***, line ***, text |
Amendment - Amendment to amendment | As an Amendment to ***:— Line ***, |
Lords pre-populated amendments
CCA option | Amendment inserted |
|---|---|
Amendment - Leave out Clause / Schedule | Leave out Clause / Schedule *** |
Amendment - Insert Clause | Before/After Clause ***, insert the following new Clause— |
Amendment - Insert Schedule | Before/After Schedule ***, insert the following new Schedule— |
Amendment - Page-line | Clause / Schedule ***, Page ***, line ***, text |
Amendment - stand part motion | Proposer gives notice of his/her intention to oppose the Question that Clause *** stand part of the Bill. / that Schedule *** be the ***th Schedule to the Bill. |
Amendment - Amendment to amendment | As an amendment to the amendment in the name of Member to text, printed on sheet HL Bill ***. Instruction |