ASSEMBLY BUSINESS – PRECEDENCE

Suspension of Standing Orders

Motion (by Mr Humphries) agreed to, with the concurrence of an absolute majority:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent notice No. 2, Assembly business, relating to the proposed Select Committee on Estimates 1995-96 and Budget Review being called on forthwith.

ESTIMATES 1995-96 AND BUDGET REVIEW - SELECT COMMITTEE

Appointment

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.37): I move:

That:

(1) A Select Committee on Estimates 1995-96 and Budget Review be appointed to examine the expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill 1995-96 and any revenue estimates proposed by the Government in the 1995 Budget.

(2) The Committee be composed of:

(a) two Members to be nominated by the Government;

(b) two Members to be nominated by the Opposition; and

to be notified in writing to the Speaker by 4 p.m., Thursday, 22 June 1995.

(3) Four members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum of the Committee.

(4) The Committee report by 31 October 1995.

(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.

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