Talk:Board of Internal Economy

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[edit] Speaker's, Clerk's roles

Two things that I think need a little more elaboration. First, are you sure that the Speaker's vote is only casting, and not a deliberative vote? The Board is different from other House Committees and may have special procedures. Second, while obviously never having been present at a meeting of the Board, I think the role of the Clerk of the House may have been unnecessarily downplayed. While certainly not a member in her own right, as a member of the executive committee, and the person responsible for the day-to-day management of significant elements of the House administration, I believe her advice would be called on for far more than simply "procedural" advice.PoliSciMaster 17:55, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, PoliSciMaster. Yes, I suppose you are correct, in that the Board of Internal Economy is quite a unique committee. In terms of the role of the Chair, the Compendium[1] advises only that the Speaker becomes the Chair — no differentiation seems to be made between the role of the chairpersons of the Board of Internal Economy, and the chairpersons of other committees. As for the Secretary to the Board, you are quite right, in that after checking the Compendium[2], it would appear that the Secretary is responsible for implementing the decisions of the Board in the name of the Speaker. I will make the relevent changes as soon as possible.

On a procedural note, I re-titled this section on the talk page. FiveParadox 03:13, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for those changes. I'll do some digging myself re: the casting vote and see what I can find. On another note, since you seem quite interested in this area, I thought I'd add that in addition to the Compendium, which was launched today, and on-line version of House of Commons Procedure and Practice (ed. by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit, former Clerk and Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons respectively) is now publicly available here [3]. You may have found it, but in case there are any others interested, it's far more comprehensive than the Compendium. PoliSciMaster 05:05, 6 April 2006 (UTC)