constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 (2) The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders must consist of the Speaker and the President of the Senate and the following Members of Parliament-(a) the Deputy Speaker; (b) the Deputy President of the Senate; (c) the Minister responsible for finance and two other Ministers appointed by the President; (d) the Leader of Government Business in each House; (e) the Leader of the Opposition in each House; (f) the chief whips of all the political parties represented in each House; (g) the President of the National Council of Chiefs; (h) two Members who are not Ministers or Deputy Ministers, one being a Senator appointed to the committee by the President of the Senate and one being a Member of the National Assembly appointed by the Speaker; and (i) eight Members who are not Ministers or Deputy Ministers, four being elected to the committee by the Senate and four being elected by the National Assembly. (3) Members must be appointed or elected to the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders as soon as possible after the beginning of the first session of each Parliament, and they must be selected so that the committee reflects as nearly as possible the political and gender composition of the combined Houses of Parliament. (4) The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders is appointed for the life of each Parliament. (5) The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders is chaired by the Speaker or, in his or her absence, by the President of the Senate. (6) The procedure to be followed by the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders must be prescribed in Standing Orders. (7) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders a Member must be elected or appointed, as the case may be, as soon as possible to fill the vacancy. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 63