class="post-title">The Liaison Committee

    1. The Liaison Committee consists of the Speaker as chairperson and the chairpersons of all committees of the Senate [and chairpersons or vice chairpersons of joint committees] except ad hoc committees.
    2. guide and co-ordinate the operations, policies and mandates of all Committees;
    3. deliberate on and apportion the annual operating budget among the Committees;
    4. consider programmes of all Committees, including their need to travel and sit away from the precincts of the Senate;
    5. deliberate and decide on which reports of the Committees shall be

    • class="post-title">The Rules and Business Committee

  • The Rules and Business Committee shall be appointed within seven days on assembly of a new Senate. In nominating members to the Rules and Business Committee, each parliamentary party shall include its whip into the membership.

    • class="post-title">The Senate Business Committee

    The Senate Business Committee consist of –

    1. the Speaker as the Chairperson,
    2. the Leader of the Majority Party/ Coalition,
    3. the Leader of the Minority Party/ Coalition; and
    4. not more than nine other Senators, reflecting the relative majorities of the seats held by each of the parliamentary parties/ coalitions in the Senate, who shall be nominated by the parliamentary parties/ coalitions and approved by the Senate at the commencement of every Session.
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