71 6.22 Quorum in Parliament The Senate and the National Assembly must prescribe in Standing Orders the minimum number of members who must be present for the conduct of business. 6.23 Voting and right of audience in Parliament (1) Except where this Constitution provides otherwise— (a) all questions proposed for decision in either House of Parliament are decided by a majority of the votes of the members of that House present and voting; (b) the person presiding in either House of Parliament does not have either a deliberative or a casting vote on any issue before the House; (c) if the votes in either House of Parliament are equally divided on any motion, the motion is lost. (2) Vice-Presidents are entitled to sit and speak, but not vote, in both Houses of Parliament. (3) Ministers and Deputy Ministers are entitled to sit and speak in both Houses of Parliament but have no right to vote in a House of which they are not members. (4) Members of the Parliamentary Legal Committee and any other joint committee of Parliament are entitled to sit and speak in either House of Parliament for the purpose of introducing or debating any report of that committee which is before the House, but have no right to vote in a House of which they are not members. (5) Where a member of Parliament, other than a Minister or Deputy Minister, has introduced a Bill in the House of which he or she is a member, and the House has passed the Bill, that member or, in his or her absence, any other member of that House is entitled to sit and speak in the other House for the purpose of conducting the Bill through that other House, but has no right to vote in that other House. 6.24 Standing Orders (1) The proceedings of the Senate and the National Assembly are regulated by rules known as Standing Orders, which are made by the Houses individually or jointly on the recommendation of the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. (2) Standing Orders may provide for— (a) the passing of Bills; (b) the appointment and functions of committees and the delegation of functions to them; (c) the way in which the powers, privileges and immunities of the Houses may be exercised and upheld; (d) the questioning of Vice-Presidents, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Provincial Governors by members of Parliament; (e) a code of conduct to be followed by members of Parliament; (f) the exercise of the right of the public to petition Parliament; and (g) generally, the regulation and orderly conduct of business and proceedings in and between the Houses.