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The speaker is a member of Parliament (MP) and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. MPs also elect three Deputy Speakers, known as the Chairman of Ways and Means and the First and Second Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means. The Lord Speaker is the presiding officer of the House of Lords.
The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Upādhyakṣa) is the second-highest ranking authority of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament of India. He act as the presiding authority in the event of leave or absence caused by the death or illness of the speaker of the Lok Sabha.
The Indian constitution also allows all states and union territories for the appointment of a speaker. [2] The two members are elected at anytime after the state election is declared. In Indian political system, the time frame for the election of a speaker and deputy speaker is determined by the state legislators independently.
The first Assistant Speaker was appointed in 1996, [24] replacing the position of Deputy Chairman of Committees, which had been established in 1975. [25] The Deputy Speaker and Assistant Speakers take the chair and may exercise the Speaker's authority in his or her absence. Notably during the 53rd New Zealand Parliament a succession of ...
The Speaker (or the Leader of the House in 2019) didn't necessarily have to appoint people to fill all the roles. In fact, after every election where the chairmen and deputy chairmen were elected except 2019, the Speaker only appointed two people as Deputy Speakers, not as chairmen and deputy chairmen.
The senior deputy speaker is assisted by a panel of deputy chairmen of committees. In addition to taking the chair in Committee of the Whole House and Grand Committee, deputy chairmen are appointed from time to time to serve with the chairman of committees on unopposed bill committees, which scrutinise private bills against which no petitions ...
The force said the event in Parliament in December 2020 did not meet the ‘threshold for the referral of any fixed penalty notices’.
The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Vidhan Sabha by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of a Speaker, the meeting of Punjab Legislative Assembly is presided over by the Deputy Speaker. The incumbent Speaker is Kultar Singh Sandhwan and the deputy speaker is Jai Krishan Singh of Aam Admi Party.