The Committee
The Standing Committee
on Appropriations and Staffing, appointed under standing order 19, determines the amounts
for inclusion in the parliamentary appropriation bills and reports to the Senate on its
determinations prior to the Senate’s consideration of those
bills.
The Committee examines matters
affecting the staffing and administration
of the Department of the Senate,
including proposals to vary the staffing structure, and other matters referred to it by the Senate.
The Committee makes an annual report
to the Senate on the operations of the Senate’s appropriations and staffing and related matters (standing order 19(3)).
The Committee
has the explicit capacity to
scrutinise security funding and administration
and to advise the President
and the Senate as appropriate. Under a resolution of the Senate agreed
to in 1987 the Committee also
examines proposed changes in the
structure and responsibilities of the parliamentary departments and, following the adoption by the Senate on 27 November 2012 of the recommendation in the Committee’s 54th Report, the Committee may advise the President and the Senate on the
administration and funding of information and communications technologyservices
for the Parliament.
The
Committee is chaired by the President and includes the Senate Leaders
of theGovernment and the Opposition as ex
officio members.
Secretary
(James
Warmenhoven)
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