Page 3926 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 9 November 1994
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Ms Follett: I think we have had a pretty good debate.
MRS CARNELL: Nobody has debated the Bill yet. People have debated whether it should be debated or not, but nobody - - -
Mr Berry: I said a few things about it.
Ms Follett: I did.
MRS CARNELL: I am sorry; the Chief Minister did debate the Bill, and I am happy to do so as well. I am happy now to move my amendments, and I am happy to debate those amendments; but it does not seem that that is the way it is going to be.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
STANDING ORDERS 171 AND 172 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
MR STEVENSON (12.00): Madam Speaker, I seek leave to amend my notice of motion by adding after "substituted" the words "to take effect on the last sitting day of 1994".
Leave granted.
MR STEVENSON: I move:
That standing orders 171 and 172 be omitted and the following substituted, to take effect on the last sitting day of 1994:
"171. When a Bill has been presented the Member shall move 'That this Bill be noted' and, at the completion of the Member's speech, the debate on the question shall then stand adjourned for a minimum period of 14 days. After the expiration of this period, on the resolution of the question 'That this Bill be noted', the Member in charge of the Bill may then move 'That this Bill be agreed to in principle' and the debate on that question shall then stand adjourned for a further period of not less than 14 days.
"171A. If at any stage a Bill has been declared by the Assembly to be an urgent Bill or a Bill concerning a minor administrative matter, the question before the Assembly may be resolved without regard to the time limits set out in standing order 171.
"172. The question 'That this Bill be agreed to in principle' shall not be determined by the Assembly within 59 days of the day of introduction, except in the case of a Bill declared to be an urgent Bill or concerning a minor administrative matter as determined by the Assembly.".
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