Page 1845 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 18 October 1989
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Original question resolved in the affirmative.
Clause agreed to.
Remainder of Bill, by leave, taken as a whole, and agreed to.
Bill agreed to.
SOCIAL POLICY - STANDING COMMITTEE
Reporting Date
MR HUMPHRIES (4.52): I seek leave to move a motion relating to the inquiry into fluoride by the Standing Committee on Social Policy.
Leave granted.
MR HUMPHRIES: I move:
That the resolution referring the matter of fluoride in relation to public health to the Standing Committee on Social Policy for consideration and report be amended by adding at the end of the resolution:
"(3) the committee to report to the Assembly by 31 May 1990.".
This motion simply provides for the insertion of a reporting date for that inquiry. This, of course, meshes in with the Bill which we have just passed, which provides that the suspension of the Electricity and Water Act part VIII will cease on 30 June next year. Accordingly, I think it is appropriate for the Assembly to set some kind of time limit on the inquiry of the Standing Committee on Social Policy. In this motion I have provided for one month between the reporting date of the committee and the ceasing of operation of this particular Bill so that it will be possible for public debate and response to this report to be assessed and for the Assembly to decide what it wishes to do on a more permanent basis about the addition of fluoride to the water supply. I commend the amendment to the house.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Assembly adjourned at 4.53 pm
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