Government Services Committee

Members | Proceedings | Reports

The Government Services Committee: may be asked to review any matter the House wishes to refer to it, typically of the departments and agencies that are included in the general government sector as laid out in the Estimates. This Committee also reviews the annual Estimates of these departments and agencies.

Forty-Eighth General Assembly 2016-2019

Constituted March 9, 2016.
Reconstituted April 6, 2017.
Reconstituted March 27, 2018.
Reconstituted April 1, 2019.

Membership at the end of the General Assembly*:

• Barry Petten – Conception Bay South
• Jerry Dean – Exploits
• Keith Hutchings – Ferryland (former vice-Chair)
• Scott Reid – St. George's – Humber
• Lorraine Michael – St. John's East - Quidi Vidi
• John Finn – Stephenville - Port au Port
• Colin Holloway – Terra Nova
• Randy Edmunds – Torngat Mountains (former Chair)

Previous Members during the current General Assembly

• Neil King – Bonavista
• Carol Anne Haley – Burin - Grand Bank
• Betty Parsley – Harbour Main
• Steve Kent – Mount Pearl North

*The General Assembly dissolved before a chair could be elected.

Proceedings

The following list provides links to the transcripts and audio of the Government Services Committee proceedings.

Reviewing Legislation

Draft Bill, Real Estate Trading Act, 2019

An Act Respecting The Regulation Of Real Estate Trading In The Province (Bill No. 4)     Note: The 48th General Assembly dissolved before the committee reported.

Second Reading: April 10, 2019

Reviewing 2018-19 Estimates:

Transportation and Works	April 16, 2018, 9:00 a.m.	Audio Recording
Service NL Public Procurement Agency	April 17, 2018, 6:00 p.m.	Audio Recording
Finance Consolidated Fund Services Public Service Commission	April 30, 2018, 9:00 a.m.	Audio Recording
Executive Council (all activities)	May 1, 2017, 6:00 p.m.	Audio Recording

Reviewing 2017-18 Estimates:

Transportation & Works	April 11, 2017, 9:00am	Audio Recording
Public Service Commission Human Resources Secretariat Women's Policy Office	May 4, 2017, 6:00pm	Audio Recording
Finance Consolidated Fund Services OCIO	May 8, 2017, 6:00pm	Audio Recording
Service NL Government Purchasing Agency Climate Change	May 9, 2017, 6:00pm	Audio Recording

Reviewing 2016-17 Estimates:

Public Service Commission Human Resource Secretariat Women's Policy Office	April 18, 2016, 9:00am	Audio Recording Audio Recording Audio Recording
Service NL Government Purchasing Agency	April 26, 2016, 6:00pm	Audio Recording
Transportation & Works	May 4, 2016, 5:30pm	Audio Recording
Finance OCIO	May 10, 2016, 9:00am	Audio Recording

Reports

Committee Reports

Consideration of the Estimates 2018 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 2, 2018
Debate: May 15, 2018

Consideration of the Estimates 2017 (Concurrence)
Tabled: May 10, 2017
Debate: May 15, 2017

Consideration of the Estimates 2016 (Concurrence)
Tabled May 10, 2016
Debate: May 10, 2016