Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

I present the second report of 2014 of the Procedure Committee.

Ordered that the report be printed.

by leave—I move:

That the Senate take note of the report.

This report by the Procedure Committee proposes a number of suggested reforms to streamline some procedures and enhance the rights of senators to speak on adjournment debates and at lunchtime on Wednesdays, which the committee proposes be renamed as Senators' Statements. The committee is still considering the overall shape of the routine of business but in the meantime presents these ideas for discussion amongst senators, with a view to the Senate adopting them as temporary orders later in the year. I commend the report to the Senate.