Unlike most committees of the Parliament of Canada, the Board of Internal Economy continues through prorogation and dissolution.
In the event of the death, incapacity or unavoidable absence of the Speaker, then five members of the Board would constitute a quorum (one of whom would need to be a Minister of the Crown, in the absence of the Speaker), and the Board would then proceed to designate one of its members as the Chair for that sitting.
Generally speaking, members appointed to the Board from the Privy Council are simultaneously Ministers of the Crown.
As of October 2023[update], the membership in addition to the chair is as follows:[3] The Secretary to the Board is responsible for recording the results of questions put to the Board, and for responding to the requests of the Chair for clarification regarding parliamentary procedure and regulations; he or she also records the minutes of the sittings.
As per Section 51 of the Parliament of Canada Act, the Clerk of the House of Commons serves as the Secretary to the Board.