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(3) the Standing Committee on Public Accounts will, in addition, report to the Assembly on the overall budgetary position, infrastructure investment program and expenditure, revenue and capital initiatives proposed by Government;
(4) notwithstanding standing order 229, only one standing committee may meet for the consideration of expenditure proposals and any revenue estimates at any given time;
(5) hearings will be scheduled between 13 and 27 May 2011 as arranged by the secretariat in consultation with committee chairs and this schedule will be circulated to all Members and Ministers prior to the tabling of the Appropriation Bill;
(6) standing committees may hold an additional supplementary hearing on 30 May 2011 if required only for the purpose of clarifying evidence provided during the scheduled hearings;
(7) funds be provided by the Parliament to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for the engagement of external expertise to assist the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, and other standing committees, in their analysis of the Budget and support the preparation of the reports of the standing committees;
(8) in conducting hearings, the chairs of the standing committees shall call on items of proposed expenditure in the order set out in the budget papers, and Members may ask, in accordance with the standing orders, for explanations relating to the items of proposed expenditures from Ministers or from officers of departments, agencies, statutory bodies or Territory-owned corporations in attendance;
(9) the chairs of the standing committees will ensure that all output classes are called upon within the time allocated. All non-executive Members may participate during hearings in accordance with standing orders;
(10) the standing committees may permit the lodgement of written questions on notice in cases where expenditure proposals and revenue estimates have not been satisfactorily dealt with during the hearings;
(11) questions on notice must be directly relevant to matters contained in the estimates under consideration and may only be placed by Members who attended the relevant hearing. The standing committees shall determine whether a question will be submitted to a Minister;
(12) questions on notice must be submitted to the relevant committee secretary within three working days of the relevant hearing and must be in the format determined by the Speaker. The Speaker shall circulate the format for questions on notice to all Members and Ministers prior to the commencement of hearings;
(13) answers to questions taken on notice during the hearings should be provided to the committee secretary within five working days of receipt of the question, or as otherwise determined by the committee;
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