Closure Motion

It is a motion moved by a member to cut short the debate on a matter before the House. If the House approves it, debate is stopped and the matter is put to vote. There are four kinds of closure motions:

i. Simple Closure: It is one when a member moves that the ‘matter having been sufficiently discussed be now put to vote’.

ii. Closure by Compartments: In this case, the clauses of a bill or a lengthy resolution are grouped into parts before the commencement of the debate. The debate covers the part as a whole and the entire part is put to vote.

iii. Kangaroo Closure: Under this type, only important clauses are taken up for debate and voting and the intervening clauses are skipped over and taken as passed.

iv. Guillotine Closure: It is one when the undiscussed clauses of a bill or a resolution are also put to vote along with the discussed ones due to want of time (as the time allotted for the discussion is over)