House Committee of the Legislative Council
16th meeting on Friday, 16 March 2018, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

AGENDA

I.

Confirmation of minutes of meeting



Minutes of 15th meeting held on 23 February 2018
(LC Paper No. CB(2)1033/17-18)

II.

Matters arising



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

III.

Business arising from previous Council meetings



Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 23 February 2018 and tabled in Council on 28 February 2018
(LC Paper No. LS37/17-18)

IV.

Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 28 February 2018


(LC Paper No. LS39/17-18)

V.

Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 9 March 2018


(LC Paper No. LS42/17-18)

VI.

Business for the Council meeting of 21 March 2018



(a)Taking of Legislative Council Oath

(b)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)412/17-18)

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

(i)Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2018

(ii)Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2018

(d)Bills - resumption of debate on Second Reading, Consideration by Committee of the Whole Council and Third Reading

(i)Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2017

(ii)Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 7) Bill 2017

(iii)United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2017

(e)Government motions

(i)Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury under section 7(1) of the Public Finance Ordinance (Cap. 2)
(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)395/17-18 dated 2 March 2018)
(LC Paper No. LS40/17-18)

(ii)Two proposed resolutions to be moved by the Chief Secretary for Administration under the following two Ordinances:

-District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336); and

-Small Claims Tribunal Ordinance (Cap. 338)

(Wording of the proposed resolutions issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)397/17-18 dated 2 March 2018)
(LC Paper No. LS41/17-18)

(iii)Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for Transport and Housing under section 30 of the Housing Ordinance (Cap. 283)
(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)344/17-18 dated 2 February 2018)

(f)Members' motions

VII.

The Chief Executive's Question Time on 28 March 2018



VIII.

Business for the Council meeting of 28 March 2018



(a)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)413/17-18)

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

No notice has been received yet.

(c)Bill - resumption of debate on Second Reading, Consideration by Committee of the Whole Council and Third Reading

Chinese Medicine (Amendment) Bill 2017

(d)Government motion

No notice has been received yet.

(e)Members' motions

IX.

Reports of Bills Committees and subcommittees



(a)Report of the Bills Committee on Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill 2017
(LC Paper No. CB(2)1032/17-18)

(b)Report of the Bills Committee on Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Stamp Duty (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017

Verbal report by Hon WONG Ting-kwong, Chairman of the Bills Committee.

(c)Report of the Subcommittee on Hospital Authority Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2018
(LC Paper No. CB(2)1031/17-18)

X.

Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees


(LC Paper No. CB(2)1034/17-18)

XI.

Proposal of Hon Claudia MO to seek the House Committee's agreement for asking an urgent oral question at the Council meeting of 21 March 2018 on the incident concerning the alleged interference with the editorial independence of the Radio Television Hong Kong by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau


(LC Paper No. CB(2)1040/17-18(01))

XII.

Any other business



Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
14 March 2018