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SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND TEMPORARY ORDERS
MR DE DOMENICO (8.00): I move:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent order of the day No. 8, private members' business, relating to the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill 1992, being called on immediately after the resolution of any question relating to the conclusion of consideration of order of the day No. 1, executive business, relating to the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 1992.
Madam Speaker, this motion is to enable the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill sponsored by Mrs Carnell to be debated cognately with the Government's Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill (No. 3), if the Assembly so wishes. Any questions to be proposed on this Bill under standing orders will be put separately, after any questions relating to the Government's Bill.
Question resolved in the affirmative, with the concurrence of an absolute majority.
DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 3) 1992
[COGNATE BILL:
DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992]
Debate resumed from 8 September 1992, on motion by Mr Berry:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MADAM SPEAKER: I understand that it is the wish of the Assembly to debate this order of the day concurrently with order of the day No. 8, private members business.
MR MOORE (8.02): Madam Speaker, it is with pleasure that I stand to support both of these Bills, which encompass the basic content of the report I was proud to table as chair of the Select Committee on Drugs. There were other features we highlighted, particularly in terms of urinalysis, that went with that Bill, and we explained the philosophy behind our support of both Bills. That basic philosophy is to present the broadest possible range of options, so that there is benefit, first and foremost, to the people for whom we are trying to provide the service. That may seem to be a very strange option to some people, but to me it is perfectly logical.
One of the interesting things about these Bills is that the Government decided to foreshadow an amendment to Mrs Carnell's Bill. At this in-principle stage, I point out that we have had very little time to consider that Bill, although, as with other Bills, there is nothing intrinsically difficult about the concepts that are being presented by Mr Berry. It is true to say that the amendments provide a little more control for government and in some ways respond to comments
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