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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — The Senate
Notice of Motion to Affect Sittings During Week of December 11, 2023 and Authorize Committees to Meeting During Sitting on Wednesday, December 13, 2023
December 7, 2023
Honourable senators, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the Senate, I will move:
That, notwithstanding the order adopted by the Senate on September 21, 2022, the sitting of Wednesday, December 13, 2023, continue beyond 4 p.m., if Government Business is not completed, and continue until the earlier of:
(a)the end of Government Business;
(b)the adoption of a motion to adjourn the Senate; or
(c)midnight;
That, on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, Senate committees be authorized to meet for the purposes of considering government legislation, even though the Senate may then be sitting, with rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto; and
That, on Monday, December 11, 2023, and Friday, December 15, 2023, once the Orders of the Day have been called, the Senate only deal with Government Business.