SMIP Committee Report

THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROCEDURES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

  

has the honour to present its

  

FOURTH REPORT

 

ORDERS OF REFERENCE

Thursday, November 28, 2002

 

ORDERED: - That a special committee of the House be appointed to consider and to make recommendations on the modernization and improvement of the procedures of the House of Commons;

 

That the Members of the committee shall be the Deputy Speaker, the House Leaders and the Caucus Chairs of each of the officially recognized parties, provided that substitutions may be made from time to time, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2);

 

That, notwithstanding any Standing Order, the Chair of the committee shall be the Deputy Speaker and the Vice- Chairs shall be the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and the House Leader of the Official Opposition;

 

That the committee shall have all of the powers granted to standing committees in Standing Order 108, as well as the power to travel inside and outside Canada;

 

That the committee shall not adopt any report without the unanimous agreement of all the Members of the committee;

 

That the committee may make recommendations for changes to relevant statutes and, if it does so, such recommendations shall be deemed to have been made pursuant to an Order adopted pursuant to Standing Order 68(4); and

 

That the committee shall present its final report no later than Wednesday, April 30, 2003.

 

Thursday, February 27, 2003

 

Order of Reference of November 28, 2002 amended as follows: That the last paragraph provide that the Committee shall present its final report no later than Friday, June 13, 2003. (See Second Report of the Committee adopted on February 27, 2003)