Editing Debate (section)

=== Emergency debating ===
In some countries (e.g., Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/marleaumontpetit/DocumentViewer.aspx?Sec=Ch15&Seq=4&Language=E|title=Special Debates – Emergency Debates|website=www.parl.gc.ca|access-date=2017-02-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212163839/http://www.parl.gc.ca/marleaumontpetit/DocumentViewer.aspx?Sec=Ch15&Seq=4&Language=E|archive-date=2017-02-12}}</ref> and the UK<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/application-for-emergency-debates/|title=Emergency debates|website=UK Parliament|language=en|access-date=2017-02-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115130409/http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/application-for-emergency-debates/|archive-date=2016-11-15}}</ref>), [[Member of parliament|members of parliament]] may request debates on urgent matters of national importance. According to [[Standing orders in the Parliament of the United Kingdom|Standing Order]] rules, an emergency debate may take precedence on Friday, or if the Speaker decides, at the next sitting within normal hours. The Speaker also determines when any other regular business, superseded by the emergency debate, is considered or discarded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emergency Debates - Special Debates - House of Commons Procedure and Practice, Third Edition, 2017 - ProceduralInfo - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/procedure/procedure-and-practice-3/ch_15_3-e.html |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.ourcommons.ca}}</ref>