Committee on Private Member's Bills and Resolutions

Examines the Bills and resolutions brought by Members of Parliament who are not Ministers (private members), classifies them by importance and recommends time for their discussion.

• When a private member seeks to bring a Bill to amend the Constitution, examining it before the motion for leave to introduce it is included in the list of business.
• Examining every private member's Bill after it is introduced and before it is discussed, and classifying it by its nature, urgency and importance into one of two categories, A and B.
• Recommending the time for discussing each private member's Bill and when each of its stages is to be completed.
• Recommending the time limit for discussing private members' resolutions.

Source: Rules of Procedure of Parliament, rules 222–224