House debates

Wednesday, 9 May 2007

Standing Orders

4:19 pm

Photo of Joe HockeyJoe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Leader of the House, Mr Abbott, I move:

That unless otherwise ordered, standing orders Nos 190(e) and 192 be as follows: 190 (e) The Committee shall stand adjourned 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.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)
The Committee shall meet, if required, on a sitting Monday from 4 pm to 6 pm to consider orders of the day relating to committee and delegation reports and these orders of the day shall have priority over other business, unless otherwise ordered.

Figure 4. Main Committee order of business

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

9.30 am

3 min statements

9.30 am

3 min statements

approx 10.00 am

Government

business and/or

committee and

delegation

reports

approx 10.00 am

Government

business and/or

committee and

delegation

reports

Adjournment

debate

4.00 pm

Committee and

delegation reports and/ or Government business

approx 6.00 pm

approx 1.00 pm

approx 1.00 pm

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

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