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Chapter 14 - Committee
of the whole proceedings
Report of committee
When a committee of the whole has considered and made decisions on
matters referred to it, the committee reports to the Senate, that is, the
President resumes the chair, the Senate resumes, and the Chair of Committees
reports what the committee has done (SO 148(1)).
The report of a committee is, in effect, a recommendation to the Senate
as to the action the Senate should take in relation to a matter. The Senate may
endorse the report of a committee, by a resolution that the report of the
committee be adopted, and decisions of the committee then become the decisions
of the Senate. The Senate may disagree with the decisions of a committee, or
may agree to such decisions with amendments. It may refer the matters under
consideration back to the committee of the whole for further consideration, or
it may avoid coming to a decision on the report of a committee by postponing
consideration of it (SO 148(3)). (For the
recommittal of bills see Chapter 12, Legislation, under Recommittal on report
and Third reading.)
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