House Committee of the Legislative Council
2nd meeting on Friday, 20 October 2017, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

REVISED AGENDA

I.

Confirmation of minutes of meeting



Minutes of 1st meeting held on 13 October 2017
(LC Paper No. CB(2)70/17-18)

II.

Matters arising



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

III.

Business arising from previous Council meetings



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

(i)Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 5) Bill 2017
(LC Paper No. LS5/17-18)

(ii)Supplementary Appropriation (2016-2017) Bill
(LC Paper No. LS6/17-18)

(b)Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation and non-legislative instrument gazetted on 13 October 2017
(LC Paper No. LS3/17-18)

IV.

Business for the Council meeting of 1 November 2017



(a)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)44/17-18)

(b)Bill - 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)42/17-18 dated 16 October 2017)
(LC Paper No. LS4/17-18)

(d)Members' motions

(i)Motion on "Stimulating internal demand and opening up new visitor sources" to be moved by Hon SHIU Ka-fai
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)50/17-18 dated 19 October 2017)

(ii)Motion on "Setting up an information database on the conduct of police officers" to be moved by Dr‍ Hon CHENG Chung-tai
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)49/17-18 dated 19 October 2017)

V.

Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees


(LC Paper No. CB(2)71/17-18)

VI.

Election of a Member for appointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of the Investigation Committee established under Rule 49B(2A) of the Rules of Procedure in respect of the motion to censure Hon Holden CHOW Ho-ding


(LC Paper No. CB(1)63/17-18)

VII.

Request of Hon HUI Chi-fung to seek the House Committee's recommendation for an adjournment debate under Rule 16(4) of the Rules of Procedure at the Council meeting of 25 October 2017 on issues relating to the discussion to be held by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on adding the National Anthem Law of the People's Republic of China to the list of national laws in Annex III to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region


(LC Paper No. CB(2)79/17-18(01))

VIII.

Any other business



Proposal of Hon Claudia MO to seek the House Committee's agreement for asking an urgent oral question at the Council meeting of 25 October 2017 on the incident concerning Mr Benedict ROGERS, Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, being refused entry into Hong Kong
(LC Paper No. CB(2)87/17-18(01))

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
19 October 2017