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Chapter 14 - Committee
of the whole proceedings
Quorum
The quorum of a committee of the whole is the same as for the Senate,
that is, a quarter of the whole number of senators, 19 senators (SO 147(1); see Chapter
8, Conduct of Proceedings, under Quorum).
If a senator draws attention to the lack of a quorum in committee of
the whole, the bells are rung for four minutes as in the Senate, but if a
quorum is then not present, the committee reports to the Senate, the President
resumes the chair and there is then a further opportunity to form a quorum in
the Senate. If a quorum is then present, proceedings in the committee resume
(SO 147(2), 52(2)). If the
absence of a quorum is revealed by a division in a committee, no decision is
reached by the division, and the lack of a quorum is similarly reported to the
Senate (SO 147(2)). If
proceedings in committee are interrupted by the absence of a quorum those
proceedings are automatically made an order of the day for the next day of
sitting and are called on accordingly (SO 147(3)).
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