House of Commons Procedure and Practice
Edited by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit
2000 Edition — More information …

19. Committees of the Whole House

Reporting of Proceedings

Journals

Proceedings and decisions taken in a Committee of the Whole are not recorded in the Journals. [192]  Because the House is not officially informed of the proceedings in a Committee of the Whole until the Committee has reported, note is only made in the Journals when the House goes into a Committee of the Whole, when the Committee reports progress and when the Committee reports back a bill with or without amendment. If amendments are adopted to a bill in a Committee of the Whole, they are printed in the Journals when the Committee reports the bill back to the House. [193] 

Debates and Broadcasting

Proceedings in a Committee of the Whole are recorded verbatim in the Debates of the House. In addition, an audio-visual record (an electronic Hansard) of proceedings in a Committee of the Whole is available with the recorded proceedings of the House of Commons.

Please note —

As the rules and practices of the House of Commons are subject to change, users should remember that this edition of Procedure and Practice was published in January 2000. Standing Order changes adopted since then, as well as other changes in practice, are not reflected in the text. The Appendices to the book, however, have been updated and now include information up to the end of the 38th Parliament in November 2005.

To confirm current rules and practice, please consult the latest version of the Standing Orders on the Parliament of Canada Web site.

For further information about the procedures of the House of Commons, please contact the Table Research Branch at (613) 996-3611 or by e-mail at trbdrb@parl.gc.ca.