Business Advisory Committee

Recommends how much time Parliament should spend discussing each stage of Government Bills and other business. The Speaker is its chair.

• Recommending the time to be allotted for discussing the Government Bills and other business that the Speaker, in consultation with the Leader of the House, refers to it.
• Indicating in the proposed timetable when each stage of a Bill or other business is to be completed.
• Carrying out any other functions the Speaker assigns to it.

The Speaker nominates the committee, of not more than 15 members including the Speaker, and is its chair.

Source: Rules of Procedure of Parliament, rules 219–221