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单词 to send upstairs
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to send (a bill) upstairs
(a) Parliament. In to send (a bill) upstairs, to refer (a bill) for its committee stage from the floor of the House to a standing committee. Cf. commit v. 5.
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society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > refer to committee
commit1449
commise1623
to send (a bill) upstairs1835
1835 Mirror of Parl. (1st Sess., 12th Parl.) 2 1399/2 I rise to suggest, that if this Bill requires mature deliberation with respect to its details, it should be referred to a Committee up~stairs, and not to the Registration Committee.
1907 Hansard Commons 11 Apr. 419 Was it the intention of the Government that such a Bill as the Army Bill should go upstairs?
1931 Economist 31 Jan. 215/2 In spite of the Government's majority, it is clear that the Bill will emerge from Committee in a very different form from the one in which it is sent upstairs.
1959 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 13/3 For detailed consideration, the Bill will be sent to a Committee ‘upstairs’, consisting of about 45 M.P.s.
1975 J. P. Morgan House of Lords & Labour Govt. ii. 54 All Public Bills usually have their Committee Stage in the Lords on the Floor of the House... In response to the pressure of legislation in 1968 the Lords tried the experiment of taking some Bills ‘upstairs’ for their Committee Stage.
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