Chapter 14 - Committee
of the whole proceedings
Chair of Committees
The Deputy President and Chair of Committees is the chair of all
committees of the whole of the Senate, and, when the Senate goes into
committee, takes the committee chair, which is at the Senate table.
The location of the chair in committee at the table facilitates receipt
of advice from the clerks on matters which may be complex, also facilitates
communication with senators, and provides a readily visual signal that the
Senate is in committee and that different rules apply to the proceedings.
If the Chair of
Committees is absent during a committee of the whole, any one of the Temporary Chairs
of Committees may take the chair (for the
appointment of Temporary Chairs see Chapter 5, Officers of the Senate:
Parliamentary Administration).
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