House Committee of the Legislative Council
3rd meeting on Friday, 25 October 2013, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

REVISED AGENDA

I.

Confirmation of the minutes of the 2nd meeting held on 18 October 2013


(LC Paper No. CB(2)117/13-14)

II.

Matters arising



Report by the Chairman on his meeting with the Chief Secretary for Administration

III.

Business arising from previous Council meetings



(a)Legal Service Division report on bill referred to the House Committee in accordance with Rule 54(4)

Air Pollution Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013
(LC Paper No. LS5/13-14)

(b)Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 18 October 2013 and tabled in Council on 23 October 2013
(LC Paper No. LS6/13-14)

IV.

Further business for the Council meeting of 30 October 2013



Members' motions

Proposed resolution to be moved by Hon James TO under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) in relation to the:

(a)Inland Revenue (Double Taxation Relief and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income) (Guernsey) Order;

(b)Inland Revenue (Double Taxation Relief and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income) (Italian Republic) Order; and

(c)Inland Revenue (Double Taxation Relief and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income) (State of Qatar) Order

(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)84/13-14 dated 24 October 2013.)

V.

Business for the Council meeting of 6 November 2013



(a)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)76/13-14)

(b)Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading

No notice has been received yet.

(c)Government motion

Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs under section 8 of the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547)
(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)83/13-14 dated 24 October 2013.)

(d)Members' motions

(i)Motion under the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance to be moved by Hon Charles Peter MOK
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)80/13-14 dated 23 October 2013.)

(ii)Motion to be moved by Hon James TO

Hon James TO has been allocated a debate slot.

(iii)Motion to be moved by Hon Albert CHAN

Hon Albert CHAN has been allocated a debate slot.

VI.

Reports of Bills Committees and subcommittees



(a)Report of the Bills Committee on Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Amendment) Bill 2013
(LC Paper No. CB(1)69/13-14)

(b)Report of the Subcommittee on District Councils Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2013
(LC Paper No. CB(2)119/13-14)

(c)Report of the Subcommittee on Pilotage (Amendment) Regulation 2013 and Pilotage (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 (Commencement) Notice

Verbal report by Hon Frankie YICK, Chairman of the Subcommittee.

VII.

Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees


(LC Paper No. CB(2)118/13-14)

VIII.

Proposal to seek the Legislative Council's authorization to empower the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting to exercise the powers under section 9(1) of the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance to order the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development to attend before the Panel to produce all information relating to the vetting and approval by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government of domestic free television programme service licence applications


(Joint letter dated 22 October 2013 from Hon Charles Peter MOK, Hon Cyd HO, Hon CHAN Chi-chuen, Hon Claudia MO, Hon‍ LEUNG Kwok-hung, Hon Gary FAN, Hon SIN Chung-kai, Hon Frederick FUNG and Prof Hon Joseph LEE (LC Paper No. CB(2)132/13-14(01)))

IX.

Any other business



Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
24 October 2013