Editing Cloture (section)

===Procedures===
A ''closure motion''  may be adopted to end debate on a matter both in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]<ref name="ukparlclosure">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/closure-motion/|title=Closure motions|work=Glossary|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> and in the [[House of Lords]]<ref name="ukparlclosure"/> by a [[Plurality (voting)|simple majority]] of those voting. In the House of Commons, at least 100 MPs (not counting two acting as tellers) must vote in favour of the motion for closure to be adopted;<ref name="ukparlclosure"/> the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] may choose to deny the closure motion,<ref name="ukparlclosure"/> if insufficient debate has occurred, or that the procedure is being used to violate the rights of the minority.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} 

In the House of Lords, the [[Lord Speaker]] does not possess an equivalent power. He must read a statement stating the motion should only be used in exceptional circumstances, and then asks the member if they wish to persist with moving it. If they do, then the motion is put immediately without debate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/5154/the-closure|title=Erskine May. Paragraph 25.54. The Closure.}}</ref> Only one closure motion is permitted per debate.<ref name="ukparlclosure"/>

Specific to legislation, a ''guillotine motion'', formally an ''allocation of time motion'', limits the amount of time for a particular [[Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom#Stages of a bill|stage of a bill]].<ref name="allocationukparl">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/allocation-of-time-motion/|title=Allocation of time motions|work=Glossary|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> Debate ceases when the allotted time expires. A single vote is taken immediately to pass the stage of the bill and, in the case of a [[committee stage]] or [[report stage]], to accept all undebated sections and government amendments. The use of guillotines has been replaced by the ''programme motion'', where the amount of time for each stage is agreed after a bill's [[second reading]].<ref name="allocationukparl" /><ref name="programmeukparl">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/programme-motion/|title=Programme motion|work=Glossary|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> Both guillotine motions and programme motions are specific to the Commons. The Lords does not permit time restrictions.<ref name="allocationukparl" /><ref name="programmeukparl"/>