Page 1880 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 16 June 1993
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EUTHANASIA - SELECT COMMITTEE
Appointment
MR MOORE (10.40): I ask for leave to move a motion regarding the appointment of a proposed Select Committee on Euthanasia.
Leave granted.
MR MOORE: I move:
That:
(1) a Select Committee on Euthanasia be appointed to inquire into and report on the Voluntary and Natural Death Bill 1993;
(2) the Committee shall consist of Mr Moore, Mrs Carnell and a Member appointed by the Labor Party;
(3) the Committee shall report by 17 March 1994;
(4) on the Committee presenting its report to the Assembly, resumption of debate on the question "That this Bill be agreed to in principle" be set down as an order of the day for the next sitting;
(5) the foregoing provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.
The delay in circulating this motion has been because of a misunderstanding, I think, between me and members of the Labor Party about the nomination of a member.
Ms Follett: So it is all our fault?
MR MOORE: No, I did not say that. I said that it was a misunderstanding.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Moore, you do not have to apologise. Motions do not have to be circulated. Proceed, please.
MR MOORE: I am aware of that, Madam Speaker, but I prefer to do it that way. The Chief Minister interjected, "It is all our fault". I certainly do not think that is the case. I said that it was a misunderstanding between me and Labor, and I prefer to leave it that way.
There has already been quite some debate on the issue of euthanasia. It was raised publicly, I think, and significantly, by the fact that it was adopted as Labor Party policy prior to the last election. The issue was raised also in the Assembly by me as a matter of public importance, and at that stage I indicated that it was important to have a broad debate on the issue. Ms Szuty and I, as well as the Labor Party, went to an election with euthanasia as part of our platforms.
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