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Firstly, the health professionals are overexposed on this issue. They are extremely overexposed, and we are leaving them many of the difficult and agonising decisions. We owe it to them to speed up our process on this matter. Secondly, we need to amend the enduring power of attorney quickly, if only - although we dispute it - to rectify the problems that one of the largest banks in this country has with it. Thirdly, we need to take into account the careful words of the Standing Committee on Social Policy in its report on the needs of the ageing. At page 66, the committee indicates that there is increasing concern on the issue and that the matter needs to be approached.
MR SPEAKER: Order! The time for the discussion has expired.
SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION -
STANDING COMMITTEE
Reports and Statement
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Speaker, I present reports Nos 18 and 19 of 1991 of the Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation and I seek leave to make a brief statement on the reports.
Leave granted.
MRS GRASSBY: Report No. 18 was presented out of session, on 1 November 1991, pursuant to the committee's resolution of appointment. Report No. 19 details the committee's comments on five pieces of subordinate legislation and four government responses to previous committee reports. I commend the reports to the Assembly.
ESTIMATES - SELECT COMMITTEE
Report on the Appropriation Bill 1990-91
MR JENSEN (4.27): I present the report of the Select Committee on Estimates, "Report on the Appropriation Bill 1991-92", together with the minutes of proceedings. Pursuant to the resolution of the Assembly, the Speaker authorised the printing and distribution of the report on 1 November 1991. I move:
That the report be noted.
Mr Speaker, this is the third report of this type produced by the Assembly. It has been an evolving process over the last 2 years, and a process that I have been happy to participate in as the chairman of each of the three committees that have looked at the three budgets that this Assembly has produced. Once again we have seen a sterling effort put in by the Assembly committee staff, who have worked to tight deadlines, again coordinated by the senior
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