Alan Griffin (Bruce, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of the Leader of the House, I move:

That, unless otherwise ordered, the following sessional orders, adopted by the House on 24 June 2008, operate for the remainder of the 42^nd Parliament:

(1)

Standing order 34, Figure 2, as follows:

	MONDAY		TUESDAY		WEDNESDAY		THURSDAY
					Prayers		Prayers
				9.00 am		9.00 am
	Prayers				Government Business		Government Business
12 noon
	Government Business		Prayers
2.00 pm	Question Time	2.00 pm	Question Time	2.00 pm	Question Time	2.00 pm	Question Time
approx 3.30 pm	Documents, Ministerial statements	Approx 3.30 pm	Documents, Ministerial statements, MPI	Approx 3.30 pm	Documents, Ministerial statements, MPI	Approx 3.30 pm	Documents, Ministerial statements, MPI
	Government Business	Approx 4.20 pm	Government Business	Approx 4.20 pm		Approx 4.20 pm	Government Business
						4.30 pm	Adjournment Debate
6.30 pm	Divisions and quorums deferred	6.30 pm	Divisions and quorums deferred		Government Business	5.00 pm
				7.30 pm	Adjournment Debate
8.00 pm		8.00 pm		8.00 pm
8.30 pm	Petitions (to 8.40pm) Committee & delegation reports and private Members’ business	8.30 pm	Adjournment Debate
		9.00 pm
9.30 pm	Adjournment Debate
10.00 pm

(2)

Standing order 207 to read:

207 Presenting a petition

A petition may be presented in one of two ways:

(a)

The Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions shall present petitions and/or reports of that committee, and the Chair and one other Member of the Committee may make statements concerning petitions and/or such reports presented, in accordance with standing order 34 (order of business). The time provided may extend for no more than 10 minutes.

(b)

A Member may present a petition during:

(i)

the period of Members’ statements in the Main Committee, in accordance with standing order 192A and standing order 193;

(ii)

adjournment debate in the House in accordance with standing order 31, and in the Main Committee in accordance with standing order 191; and

(iii)

grievance debate in accordance with stand-ing order 192B.

(3)

Standing order 209 to read:

209 Petition may be referred to a Minister for response

(a)

After a petition is presented to the House, the Standing Committee on Petitions may refer a copy of the petition to the Minister responsible for the administration of the matter raised in the petition.

(b)

The Minister shall be expected to respond to a referred petition within 90 days of presentation by lodging a written response with the Committee.

(c)

The Chair of the Petitions Committee shall announce any ministerial responses to petitions. After the announcement, ministerial responses shall be printed in Hansard and published on the House’s internet website.

Question agreed to.

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