Page 3226 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 18 November 1992
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DAYS OF MEETING - 1993
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister) (4.14): I move:
That, unless the Speaker fixes an alternative date 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 1993:
February 16 17 18
23 24 25
March 23 24 25
30 31
April 1
May 11 12 13
18 19 20
June 15 16 17
August 17 18 19
24 25 26
September 14 15 16
October 12 13 14
19 20 21
November 23 24 25
December 7 8 9
14 15 16
The motion has been raised with all members and is self-explanatory. I will not speak further on the matter.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.15): Mr Deputy Speaker, I want to suggest something to the Government. It is not necessarily something that they need to do something about now. There has been consideration given to referring major Bills, for example, to Assembly committees. I believe that that will increase quite considerably the workload and the time required by committees to do their work. At the same time, it could conceivably reduce the time required for discussion on the floor of the house.
I note that the number of days scheduled here tentatively for next year is about the same as was scheduled this year and last year. I merely suggest to the Government that they might consider whether six of these days - I identify only six days - might be noted as potential sitting days rather than scheduled ones. That would allow some change in the balance between Assembly sitting time and committee sitting time.
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