Introduction
You can draft reason motions in the same way as drafting amendments on a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) from the Amendment Workspace tab.
How to draft a reason motion
From the Amendment Workspace tab, click on the + New button
Fill in the necessary details in the dialog box that opens and click on Create
The system will take you to the Editor, with an empty List of Draft Amendments template loaded and pre-populated with the affected bill short title
Use the Insert menu (click Enter on your keyboard) to select PP Reason Motion
The motion context is the header before the reason motion and usually refers back to the amendment that the ping pong motion is targeting. This information is parsed by Lawmaker when the ping pong motion is saved and used to update the location table on the Amendment Information right-hand panel. The location information is used to sort the lists that are automatically generated. The parse logic can work out phrases that include:
Lords amendments 1, 2 and 4
Lords amendments 1 to 3
Commons amendment 1
Commons amendment no. 4
Commons amendment nos. 3 to 6
You can add additional ‘reason’ paragraphs to the dotted box by clicking on Enter to get the insert menu and selecting Reason