Page 2631 - Week 09 - Thursday, 8 August 1991
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The committee believes, Mr Speaker, that the audit report and the submission adequately address the matters raised by the Auditor-General, and at this time further committee inquiry is not warranted. However, the committee will maintain an interest in the contractual arrangements operating at ACTION over time.
ESTIMATES - SELECT COMMITTEE
Appointment
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer), by leave: I move:
That -
(1) a Select Committee on Estimates be appointed to examine the expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill 1991-92;
(2) the Committee comprise such Members of the Assembly who notify their nominations in writing to the Speaker by 13 August 1991;
(3) that 3 members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum of the Committee;
(4) the Committee report by 1 November 1991;
(5) if the Assembly is not sitting when the Committee has completed its inquiry, the Committee may send its report to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, to the Deputy Speaker who is authorised to give directions for its printing and circulation; and
(6) the foregoing provisions of this resolution have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.
Very briefly, Mr Speaker, the motion that we have before us, I believe, is the result of consultation between the parties in this Assembly, so I trust that it has the support of members here. I think it is a very valuable exercise that the Estimates Committee undertakes each year, and on this occasion, by dealing with the motion today, we are allowing the Estimates Committee to make an early start on that task. I think that reflects the fact that in previous years we have found the committee to be an extremely valuable exercise for all members but also an extremely time consuming one. It seemed to me that, as the members became more familiar with Estimates Committee procedure, the more they wished to find out and the more demands were placed on our bureaucrats to provide information. So, I am glad to see that the committee will be able to start early.
The proposal that is before us is pretty much as the Estimates Committee proposal was in 1989, during the first period that we were in government. The main feature of it is that it offers all members of the Assembly the opportunity to be members of the committee. All they have
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