Chapter 14 - Committee
of the whole proceedings
Reporting progress
The equivalent of adjourning consideration of a matter in committee of
the whole is to report progress. The committee reports to the Senate that the
committee has considered the matter referred to it, has made progress, and
seeks leave to sit again at some future time for further consideration. The
Senate then normally, by motion, gives the committee leave to sit again at a
later time, and consideration of the matter in committee of the whole then
becomes an order of the day for that later time.
A motion to report progress and seek leave to sit again may be moved at
any time in committee by any senator, but subject to the 15 minute rule
concerning the repetition of such motions. The motion to report progress is not
debatable (SO 148(2), 144(6)).
Words may be added to the motion to report progress to indicate that
deferral of consideration of the matter before the committee is sought for a
particular purpose. For example, consideration of a bill may be deferred until
a minister provides answers to questions or relevant documents. By adopting the
committee’s report the Senate endorses the committee’s decision that the matter
be deferred for the specified purpose (20/5/1975, J.655-7).
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