Inserting and deleting motions and resolutions

Introduction

You can insert motions and resolutions into a Commons Marshalled List or Proceedings in a similar way to how you insert amendments (using the the CCA).

How to insert a resolution or motion

Place cursor in the list body of a Commons Marshalled List or Commons Proceedings List and click Enter bring up the CCA. (You can also bring up the CCA by right-clicking and selecting Insert element… or by selecting Insert>Insert Element… from the the toolbar.)
Select resolution or motion from the menu that appears and click Enter.

The selected element will be inserted in the next correct place.

How to delete a motion or resolution (or order)

Select the appropriate motion, resolution or order
Click Delete or Backspace key.

The system will remove the selected element from the list.

You can select the motion etc. by one of the following:

Select it in the Editor by dragging your cursor across it.
Select it from the Structure View by clicking on the relevant item.
Click on 'Resolution', 'Motion' or 'Order' from the breadcrumb.

Hints and tips

Motions will be inserted after the element that your cursor is in

Resolutions are used for Programme Motions

You can use the insert menu (CCA) to create structure in your resolution using number format 1 or (1) and inserting paragraphs (a) and (i) as appropriate.

You can also insert tables into resolutions using the upper tool bar "Tools > Insert table". To insert another paragraph after the table, place your cursor after the paragraph before the table and click 'Enter' to access the insert menu. Select the appropriate paragraph and it will be inserted after the table.

The first resolutions inserted into a Commons Marshalled List or Commons Proceedings, will be inserted as the first element in the list. Subsequent resolutions will be inserted as siblings after the first resolution in the list.

When you use 'Update List' to refresh your list with new/updated amendments, your motions and resolutions will not be touched.

You cannot insert motions or resolutions into Lists of Draft Amendments (LoDAs)

Orders cannot be inserted from the CCA. First you will need to insert a resolution and then convert it into an order

You can build up the structure of a resolution by clicking in the 'text' placeholder element to insert paragraphs and tables

You can update the 'proposer' of a motion or resolution by clicking on the blue placeholder which will open an 'Update proposer' dialogue box allowing you to select from a list of Commons Members.

You can change the order of motions/resolutions or orders in the list by using 'drag & drop' in the Structure view