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Mr Speaker, before the suspension for dinner there was discussion of procedures to be followed to resolve some difficulties the Assembly was experiencing in appointing members of the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedures. The motion that stands in my name, which is now being circulated, I think represents the consensus reached by members in discussions elsewhere. In the hope that that is the case, I commend this motion to the house.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES - STANDING COMMITTEE
Size and Membership
Debate resumed.
Motion (by Mr Jensen) agreed to:
That the order of the day be discharged.
HIV, ILLEGAL DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION - SELECT COMMITTEE
Report on Marijuana and Other Illegal Drugs
MR MOORE (8.03): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to change the orders of the day on the notice paper to bring the report of the Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution on now, prior to doing the guardianship legislation.
Leave granted.
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I present the third interim report of the Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution, together with the dissenting report and extracts of minutes of proceedings. I move:
That the report be noted.
It is with great pleasure that I present the third interim report of the Select Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution. I emphasise that the purpose of our committee is to assess the effectiveness of current legal and social controls enabling action to prevent the spread of HIV, the effectiveness of current and legal controls on prostitution and drug taking, and alternative social, medical and legal proposals which may assist in restricting the further spread of HIV.
This report deals not only with marijuana but also with other illegal drugs. One of the most difficult things that our committee has had to deal with, I believe, is determining just how big a bite to take out of this
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