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COMMITTEE MANDATE

The House Business and Rules Committee shall;

• Prepare and, if necessary, from time to time adjust the Assembly Calendar with the approval of the Assembly.
• Monitor and oversee the implementation of the Assembly Business and Programmes.
• Implement the standing orders respecting the scheduling or programming of the business of hte Assembly and teh functioning of hte Committees of the Assembly.
• Detrmine the order in which the reports of Committees shall be debated in the Assembly.
• May take decisions and issue directives and guidelines to prioritize or postpone any business of the Assembly acting wiht the concurence of the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority party, as the case may be.
• Consider such matters as may from time to time arise in connection with the business of hte Assembly and shall have and perform such powers and functions as are conferred on and ascribed to it by these standing orders or from time to time by the Assembly.
• Consider and report on all matters relating to these standing orders.
• The house business and rules Committee may propose amendments to these standing orders and any such amendments shall upon approval by the Assembly, take effect at the time appointed by the Assembly.
• The House Business and Rules Committee may propose rules for the orderly and effective conduct of committee business and such rules, shall upon approval by the Assembly, continue in force until amended or repealed by the Assembly.
• Any rules approved under paragraph (5) shall be annexed to the Standing Orders and shall be binding upon Committees to the same extent as these standing orders.