[ Progress of Bills . . . ]

Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. Randall.

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The Hon. I. Waddell (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture) made a ministerial statement regarding the tourism industry in British Columbia.

Mr. Thorpe made a statement.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Order for Committee of Supply called.

Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply (estimates of the Ministry of Women's Equality).

The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 12) intituled Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998.

The debate continued.

The House divided.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

YEAS -- 69
Evans Zirnhelt McGregor Kwan Hammell Boone Streifel Pullinger Lali Orcherton Stevenson Calendino Goodacre Walsh Randall Gillespie Robertson Cashore	Conroy Priddy Petter Miller G. Clark Dosanjh MacPhail Lovick Ramsey Farnworth Waddell Sihota Smallwood Sawicki Bowbrick Kasper Doyle	Giesbrecht Janssen Sanders Gingell C. Clark Campbell Farrell-Collins de Jong Abbott Reid Neufeld Whittred Jarvis Anderson Nettleton Penner Weisgerber	Weisbeck Nebbeling Hogg Hawkins Coleman Stephens Hansen Thorpe Symons van Dongen Barisoff Dalton Masi Krueger McKinnon J.D. Wilson Reitsma

NAYS -- 1

G. Wilson

Bill (No. 12) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.

Order for Committee of Supply called.

Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section B of Committee of Supply (estimates of the Ministry of Energy and Mines).

(In Committee -- Section B)

Section B of Committee of Supply reported progress.

Report to be considered at the next sitting.

Committee to sit again at the next sitting.

(In Committee -- Section A)

Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress.

Report to be considered at the next sitting.

Committee to sit again at the next sitting.

And then the House adjourned at 5.53 p.m.

GRETCHEN MANN BREWIN, Speaker