March 20, 1990
Hon. John Fraser
Committees meeting during the ringing of division bells; powers of standing and legislative committees; Standing Order 108(1); Standing Order 113(5); interruption of committee proceedings: voluntary decision; practice in the British House of Commons
Mr. Speaker: Committees sitting at the same time as bells are sounded to call Members into the House for a recorded division continues to be a problem in the eyes of some honourable Members. On...
The Speaker ruled that committees are permitted by the Standing Orders to sit during division bells and that he has no power to intervene, despite acknowledging the grievance.