House Committee of the Legislative Council
14th meeting on Friday, 23 January 2015, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

AGENDA

I.

Confirmation of the minutes of the 13th meeting held on 16 January 2015


(LC Paper No. CB(2)679/14-15)

II.

Matters arising



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

(b) Further report by the Legal Service Division on the Banking (Disclosure) (Amendment) Rules 2014
(LC Paper No. LS31/14-15)

[Previous papers:
paragraphs 7 to 16 of LC Paper No. LS25/14-15 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)591/14-15 dated 8 January 2015; and
paragraph 5 of the minutes of the 12th meeting held on 9 January 2015 (LC Paper No. CB(2)617/14-15 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)638/14-15 dated 14 January 2015)]

III.

Business arising from previous Council meetings



Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 16 January 2015
(LC Paper No. LS32/14-15)

IV.

Further business for the Council meeting of 28 January 2015



(a) Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)373/14-15)

(b) Bill - resumption of debate on Second Reading, Committee Stage and Third Reading

Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2014

V.

Business for the Council meeting of 4 February 2015



(a) Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)374/14-15)

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

(i)Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2015

(ii)Clearing and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill 2015

(c) Bill - resumption of debate on Second Reading, Committee Stage and Third Reading

Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill 2014

(d) Government motions

Three proposed resolutions to be moved by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare under the following three Ordinances:

(i) Employees' Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282);

(ii) Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 360); and

(iii) Occupational Deafness (Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 469)

(Wording of the proposed resolutions issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)379/14-15 dated 21 January 2015)
(LC Paper No. LS33/14-15)

(e) Members' motions

(i) Motion on "Seeking the invalidation of the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and reactivating the constitutional reform process" to be moved by Hon Cyd HO
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)354/14-15 dated 15 January 2015)

(ii)Motion to be moved by Hon Charles Peter MOK

Hon Charles Peter MOK has been allocated a debate slot.

VI.

Report of Bills Committees and subcommittees



Report of the Subcommittee on Waste Disposal (Designated Waste Disposal Facility) (Amendment) Regulation 2013 (Commencement) Notice 2014 and Waste Disposal (Refuse Transfer Station) (Amendment) Regulation 2013 (Commencement) Notice
(LC Paper No. CB(1)456/14-15)

VII.

Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees


(LC Paper No. CB(2)680/14-15)

VIII.

Proposal for the appointment of a subcommittee under the House Committee to study issues relating to Mainland-HKSAR families


(LC Paper No. CB(2)681/14-15)

IX.

Proposal of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee to conduct a parliamentary visit to Germany in response to an invitation from the German Government


(LC Paper No. CB(4)383/14-15)

X.

Any other business



Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
22 January 2015