Resignation of the Chairman of Ways and Means

4.35If the Chairman of Ways and Means resigns the Chair during the sitting of Parliament, they either personally announce their retirement to the House, or address a letter to the Speaker making the announcement.1 In the former case observations are made by Government and Opposition leaders.

Footnotes

  1. 1. For examples of Chairmen of Ways and Means announcing their retirement, see Parl Deb (5 April 1853) 125, c 591; ibid (8 April 1872) 210, c 892; ibid (1 March 1883) 276, c 1247; and ibid (19 January 1943 ) 386, c 49. In the 1911 session, the resignation was announced by a letter addressed to the Speaker, CJ (1911) 436; see also ibid (1930–31) 406, 407; ibid (1944–45) 139; ibid (1961–62) 85; and ibid (1968–69) 6.