Sir, with your permission, I should like to read out to the House the Rules which we have passed regarding this Committee in the last session.
“The Assembly may from time to time elect, in such manner as it may deem appropriate, besides eleven members, eight additional members, of whom four shall be reserved for election from among the representatives of the Indian States.
The President shall be an ex-officio member of the Steering Committee and shall be its ex-officio Chairman. The Committee may elect a Vice-Chairman from among its members to preside over the Committee in the absence of the President.
The Secretary of the Assembly shall be ex-officio Secretary of the Steering Committee.
Casual vacancies in the Committee shall be filled as soon as possible after they occur by election by the Assembly in such manner as the President may determine.
41.(1) The Committee shall —
(a) arrange the order of business for the day;
(b) group similar motions and amendments and secure, if possible, assent of the parties concerned to composite motions and amendments;
(c) act as a general liaison body between the Assembly and the Sections, between the Sections inter se, between Committees inter se, and between the President and any part of the Assembly; and
(d) deal with any other matter under the Rules or referred to it by the Assembly or the President.
(2) The President may make Standing orders for the conduct of the business of the Steering Committee.”