Legislative Council Annual Report 2017-2018

Chapter 3 Committees The Committee on Rules of Procedure reviews the Council's Rules of Procedure ("RoP") and the committee system, as well as proposes any amendments or changes it considers necessary to the Council. Committee on Rules of Procedure Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun, Chairman of the Committee on Rules of Procedure. Hon Kenneth LEUNG, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Rules of Procedure. Chairman Hon Paul TSEWai-chun Deputy Chairman Hon Kenneth LEUNG No. of members 12 [  Membership list] No. of meetings held 4 (closed meetings) Major work Amendments to RoP proposed by Members • • The Committee considered proposals referred to it by the President to amend or add some 70 existing and newRules in RoP submitted by 48Members. Areas coveredby these proposals included the power of the President and committee chairmen, quorum of the committee of the whole Council, and amendments that sought to streamline existing procedures; • • The Committee considered the constitutional, legal and procedural issues relevant to the various proposed amendments to RoP. The Committee concluded that noconsensuswas reachedonanyof theproposedamendments except one textual amendment to replace the Chinese character " 擧 " by " 舉 " in RoP; • • Members separately proposed resolutions on the other amendments onwhich consensus could not be reached in the Committee. The Council passed the resolutions moved by the Chairman of the Committee and Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong on 15December 2017, resulting in amendments to 50 Rules in RoP; 48 Legislative Council Annual Report 2017-2018