Establishment 

1.    The Speaker’s Panel is established pursuant to Standing Order 20 of the Senate Standing Orders. The panel comprises four Senators known respectively as First, Second, Third and Fourth Panelists who are entitled to exercise all the powers vested in the Chairperson of Committees of the Whole. The Members of the Panel are nominated by the Speaker in consultation with the parliamentary party whips, after which the list is submitted to the Senate Business Committee for consideration for appointment to the panel.