TEN O'CLOCK A.M.

Mr. Waddell advised the Chair of his intention to raise a matter of privilege.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Order called for "Private Members' Statements."

Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the Address in Reply to the Speech of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the opening of the Session.

The debate continued.

Mr. Anderson, seconded by Ms. Chong moved --

That the address in reply to the throne speech be amended by adding the following:

". . . but this assembly regrets the statements with respect to the 1995-96 Budget included within the throne speech."

The amendment was negatived on the following division:

Yeas -- 34
Dalton Gingell Reid Campbell Farrell-Collins Hurd Sanders Plant Stephens	de Jong Coell Anderson Nebbeling Whittred van Dongen Thorpe Penner Weisgerber	J. D. Wilson Reitsma Hansen C. Clark Hawkins Symons Abbott Jarvis	Chong Coleman Nettleton Masi McKinnon Krueger Barisoff Neufeld
Nays -- 37
Evans Zirnhelt Cashore Boone Hammell Streifel Ramsey Kwan Waddell Calendino	Pullinger Stevenson Bowbrick Goodacre Geisbrecht Kasper Orcherton Hartley Priddy	Petter Miller G. Clark Dosanjh MacPhail Sihota Brewin Randall Sawicki	Lali Doyle Gillespie Robertson Farnworth Smallwood Conroy McGregor Janssen

The debate was resumed on the main motion.

On the motion of the Hon. J. MacPhail, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 12.04 p.m.

DALE LOVICK, Speaker

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