No.44/2017-18
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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2nd Session – 48th
General Assembly
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Tuesday, February 27th,
2018
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. – Address
in Reply
Third Reading Bills
2. – Third Reading of a Bill − “An Act To Amend The Workplace Health, Safety
And Compensation Act”. (Bill No. 30)
(Service
NL)
Bills Referred to Committee of the Whole
3.
– Committee of the Whole on a Bill − “An Act To Amend The Labour
Standards Act”. (Bill No. 29)
(Advanced Education, Skills and Labour)
Second
Reading Bills
4.
– Second Reading of a Bill − “An Act Respecting The Office Of
The Auditor General And The Auditing Of The Public Accounts Of The Province”.
(Bill No. 1)
(Government House Leader)
MOTIONS
1. – THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER −
To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To
Amend The Order Of Newfoundland And Labrador Act”. (Bill No. 31)
2. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES − To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act
Respecting The Newfoundland And Labrador Centre For Health Information”. (Bill
No. 32)
3. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY − To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Access To Information And Protection Of Privacy
Act, 2015”. (Bill No. 33)
4. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND
PUBLIC SAFETY − To Move:
“THAT the following Standing Orders are
amended to come into force on the date of their approval:
1. Standing Order 24(3)(b) is
amended by adding immediately after Standing Order 24(3)(b)(iii) the following:
(iv) Government Orders.
2. Standing Order 25 is amended by adding immediately
after Standing Order 25(2) the following:
(3) A Member may make a statement about any
subject of interest or concern to him or her;
(4)
The subject matter of a Member's
statement may be an anniversary, historic event, some particular accomplishment, the death of
a notable person, matters of local, provincial, national or international
significance of a non-contentious nature;
(5) Statements by a Member shall not be used to
comment on aspects of provincial governmental policy or to reflect on the
decision or direction of the House;
(6) Statements shall not pose a question but
rather express the opinion of the Member;
(7) Statements are not debatable, do not lead to
the introduction of a motion and are not responded to by any other Member.
I further give notice that I will on tomorrow move the
following provisional change:
That the following Standing Order be amended on a
provisional basis for the spring sitting of the House.
3. Standing Order 92 is amended by renumbering it as
Standing Order 92(1) and by adding immediately after that the following:
(2) A Minister in his or her discretion may reply
to a petition, and the Minister shall occupy no more than 90 seconds in so
doing;
(3) A Minister's response under Standing Order
92(2) may be given on the day the petition is presented or the next sitting day
only;
(4) Where in a session multiple petitions
of the same subject matter are presented a Minister may respond to each
petition in the manner contemplated under Standing 92(3), but only one response to a petition with the
same subject matter may be made on each sitting day.”
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