No.
31/2008
House
of Assembly
Province
of Newfoundland & Labrador
_______________________________________
1st
Session – 46th General Assembly
________________________________________
Monday, May 26,
2008
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(a) Statements
by Members
(b) Statements
by Ministers
(c) Oral
Questions
(d) Presenting
Reports by Standing and Select Committees
(e) Tabling of
Documents
(f) Notices of
Motion
(g) Answers to
questions for which notice has been given
(h) Petitions
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1. C
Committee of Supply
2. C
Address in Reply
3. C
Concurrence Motions C
(a) Government
Services Committee
Third
4. C Third
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Members Of The House Of Assembly Retiring Allowances Act, The
Provincial Court Judges' Pension Plan Act, The Public Service Pensions Act, 1991,
The Teachers' Pensions Act And The Uniformed Services Pensions Act, 1991@.
(Bill No. 20) (Finance and President
of Treasury Board)
5. C Third
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Partnership Act”. (Bill No. 30)
(Justice
and Attorney General)
6. C Third
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Legal Aid Act”. (Bill No. 29)
(Justice and Attorney
General)
Second
7. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act Respecting
Registered Nurses@.
(Bill No. 3)
(Health and Community Services)
8. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act To Provide For
The Protection Of Personal Health Information”. (Bill No. 7) (Health and Community Services)
9. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend
The
10. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend
The House Of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
And Administration Act”. (Bill No. 32) (Government House Leader)
11. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Child and Youth Advocate Act”. (Bill No. 33) (Government House Leader)
12. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Judicature Act”. (Bill No. 34)
(Justice and Attorney General)
13. C Second
Reading of a Bill C AAn Act
To Amend The Liquor Control Act”. (Bill 37)
(Finance and President of Treasury Board)
MOTIONS
1. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT
OF TREASURY BOARD C To Move that the House Resolve itself into a
Committee of the Whole on Supply to Consider a Resolution for the Granting of
Supply to Her Majesty. (Bill No. 25)
2. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Amend The Energy Corporation Act”. (Bill No. 35)
3. C THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF NATURAL
RESOURCES C To
ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, AAn Act
To Enable The Issuance Of Water Rights To The Energy
Corporation Of Newfoundland And Labrador For The Lower Churchill River”. (Bill
No. 36)
4. C THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER C To
Move:
“WHEREAS under subsection 35(1) of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
and Administration Act the Speaker referred to the Standing Committee of
the House of Assembly on Privileges and Elections the responsibility for
developing and proposing to this House of Assembly a Code of Conduct to assist members in the
discharge of their obligations to the House of Assembly, constituents and the
public at large,
AND
WHEREAS the Standing
Committee of the House of Assembly on Privileges and Elections has met,
considered and reached an agreement on a Code of Conduct to apply to all
members of the House of Assembly,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that this House of Assembly for the purposes of section 35 of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
and Administration Act and for the benefit of the electorate of
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
OF ASSEMBLY
Commitments:
Members of this House of Assembly
recognize that we are responsible to the people of
Members of this House of Assembly respect
the law and the institution of the Legislature and acknowledge our need to
maintain the public trust placed in us by performing our duties with
accessibility, accountability, courtesy, honesty and integrity.
Principles:
1. Members
shall inform themselves of and shall conduct themselves in accordance with the
provisions and spirit of the Standing Orders of the House of Assembly, the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity
and Administration Act, the Members' Resources and Allowances Rules, the
Elections Act, 1991, the House of Assembly Act and this Code of Conduct and
shall ensure that their conduct does not bring the integrity of their office or
the House of Assembly into disrepute.
2.
It is a fundamental objective of their
holding public office that Members serve their fellow citizens with integrity
in order to improve the economic and social conditions of the people of the
province.
3. Members
reject political corruption and refuse to participate in unethical political
practices which tend to undermine the democratic traditions of our province and
its institutions.
4.
Members will act lawfully and in a manner
that will withstand the closest public scrutiny. Neither the law nor this code
is designed to be exhaustive and there will be occasions on which Members will
find it necessary to adopt more stringent norms of conduct in order to protect
the public interest and to enhance public confidence and trust.
5.
Members will not engage in personal
conduct that exploits for private reasons their positions or authorities or
that would tend to bring discredit to their offices.
6.
Members will carry out their official
duties and arrange their private financial affairs in a manner that protects
the public interest and enhances public confidence and trust in government and
in high standards of ethical conduct in public office.
7.
Members will base their conduct on a consideration
of the public interest. They are individually responsible for preventing
conflicts of interest and will endeavor to prevent them from arising. Members
will take all reasonable steps to resolve any such conflict quickly and in a
manner which is in the best interests of the public.
8.
In performing their official duties,
Members will apply public resources prudently and only for the purposes for
which they are intended.
9. Members will not use official
information which is not in the public domain, or information obtained in
confidence in the course of their official duties, for personal gain or the
personal gain of others.
10. Relationships between Members and
government employees should be professional and based upon mutual respect and
should have regard to the duty of those employees to remain politically
impartial when carrying out their duties.
11. Members
should promote and support these principles by leadership and example.
12. This Code of Conduct has a continuing effect
except as amended or rescinded by Resolution of the House of Assembly.”
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Published under the authority of the
Speaker of the
House of Assembly by Earl G. Tucker,
Queen's Printer