Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

Issue 5 - Orders of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Wednesday, June 22, 2005:

The Honourable Senator Fraser moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Peterson:

That the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament be authorised to examine and report on the participation of Senators by telephone or videoconference during public and in camera meetings of select committees.

After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Wednesday, October 26, 2005:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, P.C.:

That the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament study and make the necessary recommendations on the advisability of amending Senate practice so that bills tabled during a parliamentary session can be reintroduced at the same procedural stage in the following parliamentary session, with a view to including in the Rules of the Senate, a procedure that already exists in the House of Commons and would increase the efficiency of our parliamentary process.

After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate