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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. B. Routley.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply.
47 The Hon. R. Coleman moved —
Be it resolved that this House hereby authorizes the Committee of Supply for this Session to sit in three sections designated Section A, Section B, and Section C; and that the provisions of the motion adopted February 28, 2012 related to Section A apply to Section C. The Members of Committee of Supply, Section C shall be identical to the composition of Committee of Supply, Section A.
A debate arose.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Mr. Lali the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Health.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.54 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The Hon. M. MacDiarmid (Minister of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government) tabled the Worksafe BC Annual Report, 2011 and Service Plan, 2012-2014.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply.
47 The House resumed the adjourned debate on Motion 47 with respect to authorizing the Committee of Supply for this Session to sit in three sections designated Section A, Section B, and Section C.
The debate continued.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas—43 | |||
| Rustad McIntyre Reid Thomson Lekstrom Yap Yamamoto McNeil Chong Lake MacDiarmid | McRae Stilwell Letnick Barnett Lee Sultan Dalton Hawes Coell Krueger Cadieux | Polak Bell Coleman Falcon Bond de Jong Abbott Hansen Les Hayer Bloy | Cantelon Bennett Pimm Hogg Howard Thornthwaite Stewart Foster Horne Slater |
| Nays—38 | |||
| James S. Simpson Corrigan Horgan Dix Farnworth Ralston Kwan Fleming Lali | Popham Austin Conroy Brar Donaldson D. Routley Hammell Trevena Elmore Bains | Mungall Karagianis Chandra Herbert Krog Trasolini Simons O’Mahony Fraser B. Routley | Macdonald Coons Chouhan Black Thorne Gentner Sather B. Simpson van Dongen |
46 The Hon. R. Coleman moved—
1. Notwithstanding the Sessional Order passed by the House on October 3, 2011, amending Standing Orders 2 (1) and 3:
The House will sit until 9:00 p.m. on the following dates:
Wednesday, May 16, 2012;
Monday, May 28, 2012; and,
Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
If at the hour of 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, Monday, May 28, 2012 and Wednesday, May 30, 2012 any business of the day is not concluded and no other hour has been agreed on for the next sitting, the Speaker shall leave the Chair:
On Monday, May 28, 2012, until 10 a.m. Tuesday; and,
On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, and Wednesday, May 30, 2012, until 10 a.m. on Thursday.
A debate arose.
Motion agreed to.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 45) intituled Income Tax Amendment Act, 2012, a debate arose.
Bill (No. 45) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 51) intituled South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2012.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Mr. Gentner, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Health.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 6.26 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
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