Cependant, dans le cas où un comité signale au Sénat qu'il entreprend d'enquêter sur une question de privilège, la présidence reporterait le débat sur la question de privilège jusqu'à ce que le comité fasse rapport, que ce rapport conclue ou non qu'il y a matière à question de privilège.
However, in the case where a committee reported to the Senate that it was undertaking an investigation of the question of a breach, the Speaker would defer the debate on the breach of privilege until the committee had made its report, whether the report was a belief that there was a prima facie breach or that there was no prima facie breach.