Which motion delays the reading of the minutes to a later time in the meeting?

• A. Discharge a Committee
• B. Dispense With the Reading of the Minutes
• C. Division of the Assembly
• D. discussion

Answer: (B)

In parliamentary practice, the minutes are the written record of what happened at the previous meeting and they’re usually read to be approved or corrected at the start of a new meeting. The motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes is used when the assembly wants to move ahead without reading those minutes aloud this time. By dispensing with the reading, the minutes aren’t read at the present meeting, effectively delaying that step to a later point (often to be handled at another time), so this choice directly achieves delaying the reading.

The other motions don’t fit this situation. Discharge a Committee concerns releasing a committee from duties, not the minutes. Division of the Assembly is about counting a vote or separating yes and no voters, not about the minutes. Discussion would open debate about the minutes themselves, not delay their reading.