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

Issue 3 - Minutes of Proceedings -  November 6, 2012

OTTAWA, Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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[English]

The Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament met this day, in camera, at 10:03 a.m., in room 356-S, Centre Block, the chair, the Honourable Senator David Smith, P.C. (Cobourg), presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Braley, Brown, Comeau, Duffy, Fraser, Furey, Joyal, P.C., Smith, P.C. (Cobourg) and Stratton (9).

In attendance: Till Heyde, Chamber Operations Clerk; and Sebastian Spano and Andre Barnes, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

It was agreed that staff be permitted to remain.

In accordance with rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee considered a draft third report, on amendments to the Rules of the Senate.

An amendment was agreed to.

It was moved that the report, as amended, be approved and that the chair be authorized to present the report in the chamber.

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

The chair of the Subcommittee to Further Review the Rules of the Senate, the Honourable Senator Comeau, presented the second report of the subcommittee, recommending a draft fourth report from the committee to the Senate.

The committee considered the report of the subcommittee.

At 10:38 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Charles Robert

Clerk of the Committee