House debates

Thursday, 13 August 2009

Notices

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

To move—That, unless otherwise ordered, standing orders 192 and 193 be amended to read as follows:

192 MAIN COMMITTEE’S ORDER OF BUSINESS

The normal order of business for the Main Committee is set out in figure 4.

Figure 4. MAIN COMMITTEE ORDER OF BUSINESS

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

9.30 am

3 min constituency statements

9.30 am

3 min constituency 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

12.30 pm

Adjournment Debate

approx 1.00 pm

approx 1.00 pm

4.00 pm

3 min constituency statements

4.00 pm

3 min constituency statements

4.00 pm

If required

approx 4.30 pm

Government business and/or committee and delegation reports

If required

approx 6.40 pm

6.55 pm

Committee & delegation reports and private Members’ business

approx 7.30 pm

8.30 pm

Grievance debate

approx 8.30 pm

9.30 pm.

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

193        MEMBERS’ THREE MINUTE CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS

The first item of business on any day that the Main Committee meets shall be constituency statements by Members. The Deputy Speaker may call a Member to make a constituency statement for no longer than three minutes. The period for Members’ constituency statements may continue for 30 minutes, irrespective of suspensions for divisions in the House.

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