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MINUTES OF
PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 13
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
The
Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs met at 11:08 a.m. this day,
in Room 112-N, Centre Block, the Chair, Peter Adams, presiding.
Members of the Committee
present: Peter
Adams, Rick Borotsik, Pierre Brien, Marlene Catterall, Michel Guimond, Joe
Jordan, Carolyn Parrish, Geoff Regan, John Reynolds, Jacques Saada, Tony
Tirabassi.
Acting Members present: Derek Lee for Wayne Easter; Robert
Bertrand for Guy St-Julien; Raymond Simard for Tony Tirabassi at 11:43; Ken Epp
for Dale Johnston; Garry Breitkreuz for Werner Schmidt; Gilles Perron for
Michel Guimond at 12:12.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament:
James Robertson, Principal; Margaret Young, Research Officer.
Witnesses: From the House of Commons:
Audrey O'Brien, Deputy Clerk; Marie-Andrée Lajoie, Principal Clerk, House
Proceedings.
Committee's mandate pursuant to
Standing Orders 92 and 108(3)(a)(iv) in relation to Private Members' Business.
The Committee considered a Report
from the Sub-Committee on Private Members’ Business.
On motion of Tony Tirabassi, it was
agreed, - That the draft report be adopted and that the Chair present the
Report to the House.
By unanimous consent, it was agreed,
-- That Carolyn Parrish be named Chair of the subcommittee on Electoral
Boundaries Reajustment.
Pursuant to its mandate under
Standing Order 108(3), the Committee resumed consideration of matters related
to the inclusion of a code of conduct in the Standing Orders of the House.
The Committee proceeded to the
consideration of a draft report.
After debate, it was agreed, -- That
the draft report, as amended, be adopted as an Interim Report and that the
Chair do present it to the House.
At 11:55 a.m., the sitting
was suspended.
At 12:05 p.m., the sitting
resumed.
Pursuant to its mandate under
Standing Order 108(3), the Committee resumed consideration of changes to the
rules governing Private Member’s Business.
Debate arose thereon.
Carolyn
Parrish moved, -- That, notwithstanding
the adoption by the House of Commons of the Committee’s Fourth Report on
November 6, 2002, the Committee recommends that the House continue with the
current system and the existing Standing Orders governing Private Members’
Business - especially votability - until such time as the Special Committee on
the Modernization and Improvement of the Procedures of the House of Commons
completes its business and reports to the House of Commons;
and that
the Chair present the Report to the House.
After
debate, the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to by a show of
hands: YEAS: 7; NAYS: 6.
At 12:20 p.m., the
Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Patrice Martin
Committee Clerk