No.38/2017
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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2nd Session – 48th
General Assembly
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Thursday, November 23rd,
2017
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(a) Statements by Members
(b) Statements
by Ministers
(c) Oral
Questions
(d) Presenting
Reports by Standing and Select Committees
(e) Tabling
of Documents
(f) Notices
of Motion
(g) Answers
to questions for which notice has been given
(h) Petitions
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1. – Address
in Reply
Bills Referred to Committee of the Whole
2.
– Committee of the Whole on a Bill − “Prescription Monitoring Act”. (Bill No. 25)
(Progress) (Health and Community Services)
Second
Reading Bills
3. – Second Reading of a Bill − “An Act Respecting The Office Of
The Auditor General And The Auditing Of The Public Accounts Of The Province”.
(Bill No. 1)
(Government House Leader)
4. – Second Reading of a Bill − “An Act Respecting An Independent
Court Of Appeal In The Province”. (Bill No. 3)
(Debate adj'd) (Justice and Public Safety)
5. – Second Reading of a Bill –
“An Act To Amend The House Of Assembly Accountability,
Integrity
And Administration Act”. (Bill No. 19) (Debate adj'd) (Government
House Leader)
6. –
Second
Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The
Members Of The House Of Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Portability Of
Pensions Act”. (Bill No. 21) (Finance
and President of Treasury Board)
7. – Second
Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The
Liquor Corporation Act”. (Bill No. 23)
(Finance and
President of Treasury Board)
8. –
Second
Reading of a Bill – “Serious Incident Response
Team Act”. (Bill No. 24)
(Debate adj'd) (Justice and Public Safety)
MOTIONS
1. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF CHILDREN,
SENIORS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT − To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The Child And Youth Advocate Act”.
(Bill No. 26)
2. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF SERVICE NL −
To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To
Amend The Highway Traffic Act No. 2”. (Bill No. 27)
3. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY − To Move:
“THAT the
following Standing Orders are amended to come into force on the date of their
approval:
1. Standing Orders 4(6) and (7) are
repealed and the following substituted:
(6) The names of the candidates
shall be printed on the ballot paper in the order of their surnames; or if
there are two or more candidates with the same surname alphabetically arranged
in order of their other names.
(7)
Each Member present in the Assembly who wishes to indicate his or her
choice for the Office of Speaker shall proceed to one of the voting booths at
the Table and mark the letter X in the box beside the name of the candidate for
whom he or she intends to vote.
2.
Standing Orders 8 to 11 are deleted and the following are substituted:
Annual Calendar
8.
(1) Unless otherwise ordered, the House of Assembly
shall meet each year
(a) for the Winter-Spring sitting,
commencing not later than the first Monday in March and concluding not later
than the first Thursday in June; and
(b) for
the Fall sitting, commencing not later than the first Monday in November and
concluding not later than the first Thursday in December.
(2) The House shall not meet on
the days which are paid Government Holidays.
(3) During the sittings held
under Standing Order 8(1), there shall be
(a) one constituency week for every
three sitting weeks unless varied by the calendar provided by the Clerk under
Standing Order 8(5); and
(b) a
break commencing after the end of the sitting day on Maundy Thursday until the
third Monday following that date.
(4) In a calendar year in which
there is a general election, the Government may indicate to the Speaker that
the commencement of a sitting will be postponed or varied or that there will
not be a sitting and the Speaker shall inform Members.
(5) On or before January 31 of
each calendar year, the Clerk, following consultations with the Government
House Leader shall distribute to all Members a calendar indicating the intended
sitting days for the next calendar year.
(6) On or before January 31
immediately after the commencement of this Standing Order, the Clerk shall also
prepare and distribute in accordance with Standing Order 8(5) a calendar for
the sitting days of the current calendar year.
(7) If the Government advises the
Speaker that the public interest requires the House to meet at any time because
of emergency or extraordinary circumstances, a reason for the recall must be
provided and the Speaker shall
(a) advise Members that the House is
to meet at the specified time; and
(b)
advise Members of the reason for the recall.
(8) The Winter -Spring or Fall sittings of the House referred to in Standing
Order 8(1) may be shortened or extended by the passing of a motion with notice
made by the Government House Leader which motion shall be decided without
debate or amendment.
Daily Sittings
9.
(1) The time for the meeting of the House is
(a) 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays inclusive;
(b) 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and
2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.
(2) At 5:30 p.m. on Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday the Speaker shall adjourn the House.
(3) At 5 p.m. on Wednesday the
Speaker shall adjourn the House.
(4) When the House adjourns on
Thursday, it stands adjourned, unless otherwise ordered, until the following
Monday.
Business to stand over
10.
All business not disposed of at the termination of a sitting day shall stand
over until the next sitting day when it will be taken up at the stage where its
progress was interrupted.
Extended sittings
11.
(1) The Government House Leader may move that the House not adjourn at 5:30
p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons but notice of this motion must
be given at a previous day's sitting and once put by the Chair is not
debatable.
(2) Notwithstanding Standing
Order 11(1), at midnight on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, unless the Closure
Rule (SO 47) is in operation, the Speaker shall adjourn the House.
3.
Standing Order 24(3) is deleted and the following is substituted:
24.(3)
On Wednesday except when otherwise ordered by the House, after motion, of which
due notice shall have been given, the following shall be the order of business:
(a) from
10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., Motions of which notices have been given by the
Government and Government Orders;
(b) from
2 to 5 p.m., following the ordinary daily routine of business
(i) Motions of which notices have been given by Private
Members;
(ii)
Motions of which notices have been given by the Government;
(iii)
Member's Orders;
4.
Standing Order 25 is repealed and the following substituted:
Statements by Members
25.
(1) On each sitting day, up to five Members, other than Ministers of the Crown,
may be recognized to make a Members' Statement.
(2) Each statement shall be no more than
one minute in duration.
5. Standing Order 91 is repealed and the following
substituted:
Form of petition
91.
(1) A petition may be either printed or written and must be in substantially the
same form as the Form of Petition contained in the Appendix.
(2) The prayer of a petition must
appear on each page of the petition.
(3) A petition must be written in
English or accompanied by a translation certified by the Clerk.
6.
Standing Orders 93 and 96 are repealed; and
7.
The petition template in the Appendix is repealed and the following
substituted:
PETITION
1. “These are the reasons for this
petition: (OR: The background to this petition is as follows:)
(Briefly
summarize the problem or grievance and give any necessary background
information)
2. Therefore, we petition the Honourable House of Assembly as follows:
(Prayer:
Set out the action the House of Assembly is being asked to take or not take)”
DATE: NAME: (please print) Address: Signature:
Every
petition must include the following on each page:
1. The prayer of the petition.
2. The following statement:
This
petition may be tabled in the House of Assembly. If tabled, the petition will
be a document of the House of Assembly and the name and address of every person
who signs it will be available to the public.
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