House debates
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Notices
The following notice was given:
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to 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.