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Title: Standing Committees


1
Chapter 7
  • Standing Committees
  • The Speaker of the House

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  • Standing Committees - deal with specific policy
    areas and with procedural areas
  • Bills go to Standing Committees after second
    reading.
  • Sometimes bills can be sent to Standing
    Committees directly after first reading.

3
  • There are more than 19 Standing Committees in the
    House of Commons
  • agriculture
  • foreign affairs
  • national defence
  • Striking Committee - a selection committee to
    decide on membership of all other committees

4
  • Joint Standing Committees - are a procedural
    device enabling the entire membership of the
    House of Commons and the Senate to discuss issues
  • Official Languages committee
  • Regulations and other statutory instruments
  • Library of Parliament committee
  • Legislative committee - examine bill after second
    reading

5
  • Committee of the whole
  • all MPs in one large committee chaired by Deputy
    Speaker or Deputy Chair of Committees
  • use committee rules, not House rules
  • mainly discusses money bills

6
  • The ways and means committee - is a committee of
    the whole
  • it considers resolutions that contain the
    proposals of the Minister of Finance
  • these resolutions go into one or more bills, eg
    the Income Tax Act

7
  • Functions of Committees
  • Examine in detail bills sent to them
  • Review government spending
  • investigative policy areas and the way public
    policy is currently administered

8
  • Parliamentary committees are supposed to
  • reduce partisanship
  • focus attention on the issues at hand
  • pressure government to alter a decision
  • committees help MPs/MLAs develop expertise in
    various areas
  • lets govt backbenchers have a say

9
  • The Speaker of the House of Commons
  • official arbiter elected by whole House
  • not permitted to vote in the House except for
    casting the deciding vote in event of tie
  • elected by secret ballot/bilingual
  • rules on Parliamentary privilege
  • Peter Milliken was elected in 2001
  • in charge of administration of House, oversees
    staff jointly responsible for economic management
    of House, annual estimates

10
  • House of Commons - approx.250M to run
  • The Senate - over 60 M to run
  • The Clerk of the House - ensures relevant
    documents are printed and circulated
  • House Leader - the leader of each party in the
    House designates an MP.
  • responsible for obtaining agreement among the
    parties in setting the timetable for the House

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  • Whips - enforce party discipline
  • House Leader for each party is assisted by a
    chief Whip and assistant Whips
  • Whips are MPs who maintain cohesion, keep in
    touch with members
  • Opposition - represents the concerns of those who
    do not identify with elected majority
  • ensures their rights and interests are protected
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