1998 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament
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No. 13
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Wednesday, April 8, 1998
Two o'clock p.m.
Prayers by Ms. McKinnon.
Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."
The Hon. D. Streifel (Minister of Fisheries) made a ministerial statement regarding the hake
allocation recently announced by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Mr. van Dongen made a statement.
By leave, Mr. G.F. Wilson made a statement.
The Hon. D. Zirnhelt (Minister of Forests) tabled the following:
Forest Appeals Commission Annual Report, 1997, and
Forest Land Commission Annual Reports 1995-96 and 1996-97.
The Hon. G. Brewin (Speaker) tabled the Auditor General 1997/98: Report 4 -- Loss Reporting in
Government -- Waste Management Permit Fees -- Motor Dealer Act.
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.
On the motion of Ms. McKinnon, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 5.55 p.m.
GRETCHEN MANN BREWIN, Speaker
NOTICE OF MOTIONS
Tuesday, April 14
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38 The Hon. J. MacPhail to move--
Be it resolved that this House hereby authorizes the Committee of Supply for this Session to sit in
two sections designated Section A and Section B; Section A to sit in such Committee Room as may be
appointed from time to time, and Section B to sit in the Chamber of the Assembly, subject to the
following rules:
1. The Standing Orders applicable to the Committee of the Whole House shall be applicable in
both Sections of the Committee of Supply save and except that in Section A, a Minister may defer to a
Deputy Minister to permit such Deputy to reply to a question put to the Minister.
2. Subject to paragraph 3, within one sitting day of the passage of this Motion, the House Leader of
the Official Opposition may advise the Government House Leader, in writing, of three ministerial
Estimates which the Official Opposition requires to be considered in Section B of the Committee of
Supply, and upon receipt of such notice in writing, the Government House Leader shall confirm in
writing that the said three ministerial Estimates shall be considered in Section B of the Committee of
Supply.
3. All Estimates shall stand referred to Section A, save and except those Estimates which shall be
referred to Section B under the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Order and such other Estimates as shall
be referred to Section B on motion by the Government House Leader, which motion shall be governed
by the provisions of Standing Order 60a. Practice Recommendation #6 relating to Consultation shall be
applicable to this rule.
4. Section A shall consist of 18 Members, being 10 Members of the New Democratic Party,
7 Members of the Liberal Party, and 1 other Member. In addition, the Deputy Chair of the Committee of
the Whole, or his or her nominee, shall preside over the debates in Section A. Substitution of Members
will be permitted to Section A with the consent of that Member's Whip, where applicable, otherwise
with the consent of the Member involved. For the third session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament, the
Members of Section A shall be as follows: the Minister whose Estimates are under consideration and
Messrs. Conroy, Bowbrick, Goodacre, Kasper, Orcherton and Sihota, Mmes. Gillespie, Smallwood and
Sawicki, Mmes. Reid, Clark and Hawkins and Messrs. Gingell, Nebbeling, Masi and Coell, and
Mr. G.F. Wilson.
5. At fifteen minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the House, the Chair of
Section A will report to the House. In the event such report includes the last vote in a particular
ministerial Estimate, after such report has been made to the House, the Government shall have a
maximum of eight minutes, and the Official Opposition a maximum of five minutes, and all other
Members (cumulatively) a maximum of three minutes to summarize the Committee debate on a
particular ministerial Estimate completed, such summaries to be in the following order:
(1) Other Members;
(2) Official Opposition; and
(3) Government.
6. Section B shall be composed of all Members of the House.
7. Divisions in Section A will be signalled by the ringing of the division bells four times.
8. Divisions in Section B will be signalled by the ringing of the division bells three times at which
time proceedings in Section A will be suspended until completion of the division in Section B.
9. Section B is hereby authorized to consider Bills referred to Committee after second reading
thereof and the Standing Orders applicable to Bills in Committee of the Whole shall be applicable to
such Bills during consideration thereof in Section B, and for all purposes Section B shall be deemed to
be a Committee of the Whole. Such referrals to Section B shall be made upon motion without notice by
the Minister responsible for the Bill, and such motion shall be decided without amendment or debate.
Practice Recommendation #6 relating to Consultation shall be applicable to all such referrals.
10. Bills or Estimates previously referred to a designated Committee may at any stage be
subsequently referred to another designated Committee on motion of the Government House Leader or
Minister responsible for the Bill as hereinbefore provided by Rules No. 3 and 9.
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