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Ten o'clock a.m.

Prayers by Mr. Reitsma.

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 Employment and Investment).

Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section B of Committee of Supply (estimates of the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations and Ministry Responsible for Intergovernmental Relations).

(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 11.55 a.m.

Two o'clock p.m.

The Hon. A. Petter (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations and Minister Responsible for Intergovernmental Relations) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:

Garde B. Gardom
Lieutenant Governor

The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 49) intituled Supply Act (No. 2), 1997 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,
June 23, 1997.

Bill introduced and read a first time.

Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.

The Hon. D. Zirnhelt (Minister of Forests) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:

Garde B. Gardom
Lieutenant Governor

The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 47) intituled Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1997 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,
June 20, 1997.

Bill introduced and read a first time.

Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

63   The Hon. J. MacPhail moved--

That this House authorize the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills to select and unanimously recommend to the Legislative Assembly the appointment of a Commissioner, Conflict of Interest and,

That after the Committee has unanimously recommended the appointment of a Commissioner, Conflict of Interest and the Commissioner, Conflict of Interest is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor- in-Council pursuant to the Members' Conflict of Interest Act, RSBC 1996, c. 287, s. 14 (2), the Committee is authorized to examine, inquire into and make recommendations on the matter of the Members' Conflict of Interest Act, RSBC 1996, c. 287.

In addition to the powers previously conferred upon the said Committee by the House, the Committee be empowered:

(a) to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee (but to deal with matters in the order in which the Committee has been authorized to deal with them);

(b) to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;

(c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and

(d) to retain such personnel as required to assist the Committee;

and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.

A debate arose.

Mr. Weisgerber sought leave to move an amendment to the motion.

The Speaker ruled a motion to amend instructions to a Committee requires notice and cited notes to Standing Order 53 from Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia, Third Edition, at page 120. The Speaker further stated that, in the present circumstances, he would ask leave of the House to allow the amendment to be moved.

Leave was not granted.

On the motion of Mr. Jarvis, the debate was adjourned until later today.

The House recessed until 6.35 p.m.

Thirty-five Minutes past Six o'clock p.m.

The House resumed the adjourned debate on Motion 63:

That this House authorize the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills to select and unanimously recommend to the Legislative Assembly the appointment of a Commissioner, Conflict of Interest and,

That after the Committee has unanimously recommended the appointment of a Commissioner, Conflict of Interest and the Commissioner, Conflict of Interest is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor- in-Council pursuant to the Members' Conflict of Interest Act, RSBC 1996, c. 287, s. 14 (2), the Committee is authorized to examine, inquire into and make recommendations on the matter of the Members' Conflict of Interest Act, RSBC 1996, c. 287.

In addition to the powers previously conferred upon the said Committee by the House, the Committee be empowered:

(a) to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee (but to deal with matters in the order in which the Committee has been authorized to deal with them);

(b) to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;

(c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and

(d) to retain such personnel as required to assist the Committee;

and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.

The debate continued.

The House divided.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

YEAS -- 37
Evans Zirnhelt McGregor Boone Hammell Streifel Pullinger Farnworth Kwan Waddell	Calendino Stevenson Bowbrick Goodacre Giesbrecht Walsh Kasper Orcherton Hartley	Priddy Petter Miller Dosanjh MacPhail Cashore Ramsey Brewin Sihota	Randall Sawicki Lali Doyle Gillespie Robertson Smallwood Janssen G.F. Wilson

NAYS -- 31
Dalton Gingell Campbell Farrell-Collins Plant Sanders Stephens de Jong	Coell Anderson Nebbeling Whittred van Dongen Thorpe Penner J.D. Wilson	Reitsma Hansen C. Clark Symons Hawkins Abbott Jarvis Weisbeck	Chong Coleman Nettleton Masi McKinnon Krueger Barisoff

The Hon. J. MacPhail advised that the House will sit Wednesday, pursuant to Standing Order 2 (2).

And then the House adjourned at 10.05 p.m.

DALE LOVICK, Speaker

The Committee will meet from 4 o'clock p.m. to 6 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, June 26, in the Birch Room (Room 339).

Business: Committee's Report to the House.

Mr. Waddell, Chair
Mr. Lali, Deputy Chair

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