House Committee of the Legislative Council
14th meeting on Friday, 3 February 2017, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

AGENDA

I.

Confirmation of minutes of meeting



Minutes of 13th meeting held on 20 January 2017
(LC Paper No. CB(2)724/16-17)

II.

Matters arising



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

III.

Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 20 January 2017


(LC Paper No. LS27/16-17)

IV.

Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 27 January 2017


(LC Paper No. LS28/16-17)

V.

Business for the Council meeting of 8 February 2017



(a)Tabling of papers

Report No. 10/16-17 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments
(LC Paper No. CB(2)726/16-17 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)311/16-17 dated 3 February 2017)

(b)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)298/16-17)

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

(i)Apology Bill

(ii)Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill 2017

(e)Government motion

No notice has been received yet.

(e)Members' motions

(i)Proposed resolution to be moved by Hon CHAN Chun-ying under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) in relation to the:

- Banking (Disclosure) (Amendment) Rules 2016; and

- Banking (Specification of Class of Exempted Charges) (Amendment) Notice 2016

(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)288/16-17 dated 24 January 2017)

(ii)Proposed resolution to be moved by Hon Paul TSE under Article 75 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)289/16-17 dated 24 January 2017)

(iii)Motion on "Urging the Government to step up the regulation of money lenders and financial intermediaries" to be moved by Hon Alice MAK
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)291/16-17 dated 24 January 2017)

(iv)Motion on "Expeditiously conducting a comprehensive review of the Government's service outsourcing system" to be moved by Hon LUK Chung-hung
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)292/16-17 dated 24 January 2017)

VI.

Business for the Council meeting on‍ 15, 16 and 17 February 2017



(a)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)299/16-17)

(b)Members' motion

Motion of Thanks
(Director of Administration's letter dated 23 January 2017 on "The Debate on the Motion of Thanks on the 2017 Policy Address - Proposed Grouping of Policy Areas" (LC Paper No. CB(2)727/16-17(01)))

VII.

Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees


(LC Paper No. CB(2)725/16-17)

VIII.

Nomination and election of Members for appointment to the Select Committee to Inquire into Matters about the Agreement between Mr LEUNG Chun-ying and the Australian firm UGL Limited


(Paragraphs 12 to 14 of the minutes of the 13th House Committee meeting on 20 January 2017)

[Previous paper:
LC Paper No. CB(2)632/16-17 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)642/16-17 dated 18 January 2017]

IX.

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 8 February 2017 on the incident concerning businessman Mr XIAO Jianhua reportedly being seized from Hong Kong and taken to the Mainland
(LC Paper No. CB(2)732/16-17(01))

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
3 February 2017