Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament (RPRD) (French: Commité permanent du Sénat du Règlement, de la procédure et des droits du Parlement) is a committee of the Senate of Canada. As a standing committee, the rules of the Senate re-establish the committee at the opening of every new session of the Senate (otherwise the committee would permanently dissolve). The committee is charged with considering the possible repercussions and consequences of the motion of Hugh Segal to televise the proceedings of the Senate for public viewing.

Mandate

The committee's mandate is:

1. on its own initiative to propose, from time to time, amendments to the rules for consideration by the Senate;
2. upon reference from the Senate, to examine and, if required, report on any question of privilege; and
3. to consider the orders and customs of the Senate and privileges of Parliament.

Members

Caucus		Member	Province
	Conservative	Vernon White, deputy chair	ON
	Conservative	Denise Batters	SK
	Conservative	Joseph A. Day	QC
	Conservative	Linda Frum	ON
	Conservative	Tom McInnis	NS
	Conservative	David Tkachuk	SK
	Conservative	David Wells	NL
	Independent Senators Group	Renée Dupuis	QC
	Independent Senators Group	Marc Gold	QC
	Independent Senators Group	Frances Lankin	ON
	Independent Senators Group	Elaine McCoy	AB
	Independent Senators Group	Pierrette Ringuette	NB
	Non-affiliated	Diane Bellemare	QC
	Non-affiliated	Anne Cools	ON
	Senate Liberal	Joan Fraser	QC
	Senate Liberal	Mobina Jaffer	BC
	Senate Liberal	Serge Joyal	QC

The Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.