UK Parliament — House of Commons

The chair or chairs of each general committee shall be appointed by the Speaker from the Panel of Chairs.

The Speaker may change the chairs so appointed from time to time.

When more than one chair is appointed to a general committee any of the chairs so appointed may exercise the powers conferred by paragraph (3) of Standing Order No. 89 (Procedure in general committees).

The Panel of Chairs, of which three shall be a quorum, shall have power to consider matters of procedure relating to general committees and to report its opinion thereupon to the House from time to time.

Any member of a general committee may, at the request of the chair of the committee, act as chair for not more than a quarter of an hour on any one occasion: Provided that such member shall not exercise the powers conferred on the chair of a general committee by paragraph (3) of Standing Order No. 89 (Procedure in general committees).

The chairman of each standing committee shall be appointed by Mr. Speaker from a chairmen's panel consisting of the chairman of ways and means, the deputy chairman, and the members appointed by Mr. Speaker in pursuance of paragraph (4) of standing order no. 96 (Deputy Speaker and chairmen) to act as temporary chairmen of committees of the whole House.

Mr. Speaker may change the chairman so appointed from time to time.

The chairmen's panel, of whom three shall be a quorum, shall have power to consider matters of procedure relating to standing committees and to report their opinion thereupon to the House from time to time.

Any member of a standing committee may, at the request of the chairman of the committee, act as chairman for not more than a quarter of an hour: Provided that paragraph (5) of standing order no. 57 (Standing committees (constitution and powers)) shall not apply to proceedings in a standing committee while such member is in the chair.