Member
or Chair

Member’s Motions/Seconds, etc.
Or Chair’s Statements/Announcements

Chair

The next item of business is “… that [states the pending question]

Are you ready for the question? The question is that (or the question is on ...) [states the pending question]]  [Pause]

Member Y

Mr. President

Chair

Chair recognizes member Y

Member Y

[Member Y states her thought, opinion, etc., about the pending motion and seats down/finish her speech]

[If there is no motion made by Member Y, her statement is considered as only comments and suggestions. In that case, Chair states the following shown with Yellow Background under "Chair"]

[If there is a motion made by Member Y or any other members during the debates, the Chair should call that motion/question to the assembly for discussion and votes]

Chair

 

Are there any further debates [Pause]? [If somebody else, e.g., Member Z, requests for permission to speak, repeat the last three lines above shown with a gray background with Member Z. This process continues until nobody else requests to speak further on this issue/motion or somebody calls for the Previous Question that stops further debates if 2/3 votes adopt it.

If nobody else requests to speak after a Pause or somebody calls for the Previous Question that stops further debates if 2/3 votes adopt it, the Chair should say:]
Are you ready for the question? The Question is that (or the question is on ...) [states the pending question]  [Pause]