Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

(1)

That standing orders 240 and 241 be amended to read: 240 Admission of visitors

(a)

A committee or a subcommittee may admit visitors when it is examining a witness or gathering information in other proceedings.

(b)

All visitors must leave if:

(i)

the Chair asks them to;

(ii)

the committee or subcommittee resolves that they leave; or

(iii)

the committee or subcommittee is deliberating or hearing witnesses in private.

Other Members, who are not Members of the committee, may be admitted when a committee or subcommittee is examining a witness, or gathering information in other proceedings.  Other Members must leave when the committee or subcommittee is deliberating, or hearing witnesses in private, or if the committee or subcommittee resolves that they leave.

(2)

That, unless otherwise ordered, the following amendments to the standing orders be adopted to operate for the remainder of 2006:

(A)

In standing order 1, Maximum speaking times, the section of the table headed Committee and delegation reports on Mondays be amended to read:

Committee and delegation reports on Mondays in the House Each Member in the Main Committee Each Member (standing orders 39, 40, 192(b))

10 mins maximum, as allotted by the Selection Committee 10 mins

(B)

In standing order 1, Maximum speaking times, after the section of the table headed Condolence motion, the following new section be inserted:

Dissent motion Whole debate      Mover      Seconder      Member next speaking      Any other Member (standing order 87)

30 mins 10 mins 5 mins 10 mins 5 mins

(C)

Standing order 39 be amended to read: 39  Presentation of reports

(e)   Any subsequent action against a Member under standing order 94 (sanctions against disorderly conduct) may only be taken in the House.

       (F)  Standing order 190 be amended to read:

190 General rules for suspensions and adjournments of the Main Committee

The following general rules apply to meetings of the Main Committee:

(a)

The Deputy Speaker must suspend proceedings in the Committee to enable Members to attend divisions in the House.

(b)

If a quorum is not present the Deputy Speaker must immediately suspend proceedings until a stated time, or adjourn the Committee.

(c)

If the House adjourns, the Deputy Speaker must interrupt the business before the Committee and immediately adjourn the Committee.

(d)

The Committee need not adjourn between items of business, nor during a suspension of the House.

(e)

The Committee shall stand adjourned at 6 pm, unless otherwise ordered, when the committee meets on Mondays in accordance with standing order 192(b), or on completion of all matters referred to it, or may be adjourned on motion moved without notice by any Member—

That the Committee do now adjourn .

(f)

No amendment may be moved to the question.       (G)   Standing order 192 be amended to read: 192 Main Committee’s order of business

(G)

Standing order 192 be amended to read: 192 Main Committee’s order of business

(a)

If the Committee meets on a Wednesday or Thursday the normal order of business is set out in figure 4.

(b)

On sitting Mondays the Committee shall meet from 4 pm to 6 pm if required to consider orders of the day relating to committee and delegation reports in accordance with standing order 40 (resumption of debate on reports).

Figure 4 Main Committee order of business

The sitting times of the Main Committee are set by the Deputy Speaker and are subject to change. Additional sittings may be scheduled if required. Adjournment debates can occur on days other than Thursdays by agreement between the whips.

(H)

Standing order 193 be amended to read: 193 Members’ three minute statements

If the Main Committee meets before 10 am the first item of business shall be statements by Members. The Deputy Speaker may call a Member, including a Parliamentary Secretary but not a Minister, to make a statement for no longer than three minutes. The period for Members’ statements may continue for 30 minutes, irrespective of suspensions for divisions in the House.

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