12.1.4. Business Advisory Committee

It regulates the program and timetable of the House. It allocates time for the transaction of legislative and other business brought before the House by the government. It recommends the time that should be allocated for the discussion of the stage or stages of such Government Bills and other business as the Chairman in consultation with the Leader of the House may direct for being referred to the Committee. The Committee may also indicate in the proposed time-table the different hours at which the various stages of the Bill or other business are to be completed. All proposals for late sittings of the House, dispensing with the Question Hour or lunch hour, extension of sittings of the House beyond the normal hours of adjournment and fixing additional sittings/cancellation of sittings are placed before the Committee for its recommendation. The Lok Sabha committee consists of 15 members including the Speaker as its chairman. In the Rajya Sabha, it has 11 members with the Chairman as its ex-officio chairman.