Page 2324 - Week 08 - Friday, 21 June 1991
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MRS NOLAN (6.58): In regard to the removal of orders of the day and, in particular, committee reports, I believe that ever since this Assembly has been in operation there has been considerable work done in terms of committee reports. I would hope that the new Government will respond to those committee reports, and respond to them in the accepted time, if you like, which is perhaps a parliamentary practice rather than a specific period; that is, in the order of three months after the tabling of a committee report. I believe that some very good reports have been tabled in this Assembly. I hope that that very good work has not been left not to be responded to and to be acted upon. I ask that the Government take that into consideration. I look forward to seeing the responses to those reports.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
DAYS OF MEETING
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister) (6.59), by leave: Mr Speaker, I move:
That, unless the Speaker fixes an alternative day or hour of meeting on receipt of a request in writing from an absolute majority of members, or the Assembly otherwise orders, the Assembly shall meet as follows for the remainder of 1991:
August 6 7 8
13 14 15
September 10 11 12
17 18 19
October 15 16 17
22 23 24
November 19 20 21
26 27 28
December 10 11 12
17
For the information of members, this motion is being moved to enable the Assembly to sit an extra day, Tuesday, 17 December. This is being done in order to meet the requirement of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 for the Assembly to meet once every two months, thereby ensuring that the Assembly does not have to meet again prior to the election in February 1992.
Mr Speaker, I must also add that during the course of negotiations recently a proposition was put to members that the Assembly not sit on 6, 7 and 8 August. Residents Rally members indicated that they would not agree to that because
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