House Committee of the Legislative Council
2nd meeting on Friday, 12 October 2012,
immediately after the special House Committee meeting
scheduled to be held from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

AGENDA

I.

Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted between 15 June and 28 September 2012


(LC Paper No. LS 2/12-13)

[Previous papers in respect of the four items of subsidiary legislation gazetted on 15 and 29 June 2012:
Extract from the minutes of the 28th House Committee meeting on 22 June 2012 (LC Paper No. CB(2) 6/12-13(01); and
Extract from the minutes of the 30th House Committee meeting on 6 July 2012 (LC Paper No. CB(2) 6/12-13(02))]

[Previous papers in respect of the four items of subsidiary legislation made under the United Nations Sanctions Ordinance gazetted on 28 September 2012:
Further Report of the Subcommittee to Examine the Implementation in Hong Kong of Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council in relation to Sanctions (LC Paper No. CB(1)2244/11-12); and
Extract from the minutes of the 29th House Committee meeting on 29 June 2012 (LC Paper No. CB(2) 6/12-13(03))]

II.

Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 5 October 2012


(LC Paper No. LS 3/12-13)

III.

Business for the Council meeting of 17 October 2012



(a)Address by the Chief Executive

(b)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3) 19/12-13)

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

No notice has been received yet.

(d)Government motion

No notice has been received yet.

(e)Members' motions

(i)Motion on "Urging the Government to withdraw the curriculum guide of Moral and National Education subject and requesting the Secretary for Education, Mr Eddie NG, to step down"

The above motion will be moved by Hon IP Kin-yuen. (Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3) 22/12-13 dated 10 October 2012.)

(ii)Motion on "Legislating for the regulation of working hours"

The above motion will be moved by Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che. (Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3) 22/12-13 dated 10 October 2012.)

[Unless otherwise decided by the House Committee, the speaking time limits specified in rule 17(b) of the House Rules shall be deemed to have been agreed by the House Committee.]

IV.

Business for the Council meeting of 24 October 2012



(a)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3) 20/12-13)

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

No notice has been received yet.

(c)Government motion

No notice has been received yet.

(d)Members' motions

(i)Motion to be moved by Hon Emily LAU

Hon Emily LAU has been allocated a debate slot.

(ii)Motion to be moved by Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG

Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG has been allocated a debate slot.

[Unless otherwise decided by the House Committee, the speaking time limits specified in rule 17(b) of the House Rules shall be deemed to have been agreed by the House Committee.]

V.

Procedure for the nomination and election of Members for appointment to the Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Members' Interests and Committee on Rules of Procedure


(LC Paper No. CB(4) 12/12-13)

VI.

Determination of a date for the election of members of The Legislative Council Commission


(LC Paper No. AS 34/12-13)

VII.

Proposed arrangement for signification of membership of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee


(LC Paper No. CB(4) 13/12-13)

VIII.

Procedure for the nomination and election of Members of the Legislative Council to advisory/governing bodies


(LC Paper No. CB(2) 7/12-13)

IX.

Proposal from Hon Frederick FUNG for setting up a subcommittee on poverty under the House Committee


(Two letters dated 24 September and 4 October 2012 respectively from Hon Frederick FUNG (LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 6/12-13(04) and (05)))

X.

Proposal from Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN for moving a motion for adjournment under Rule 16(4) of the Rules of Procedure at the Council meeting of 17 October 2012 for the purpose of debating the following issue: follow-up work relating to the 1 October maritime disaster


(Letter dated 9 October 2012 from Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN (LC Paper No. CB(2) 6/12-13(06)))

XI.

Any other business



Up-to-date position on the signification of membership of Panels

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
11 October 2012