It was agreed, — That the Ninth Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, which read as follows, be concurred in:
Your Subcommittee met on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
1. That, notwithstanding any decision made prior, the public hearings on energy efficiency in government buildings, structures and public works be postponed until 2013;
2. That, notwithstanding any decision made prior, the appearance by the President of the Public Service Commission to present her annual report and other Commission reports recently tabled in Parliament also be postponed until 2013;
3. That, notwithstanding any decision made prior, the meeting of Thursday, November 29, 2012, be devoted to consideration of the Supplementary Estimates (B) 2012–13, provided that the departments and agencies that will appear at that meeting are decided by the Committee during the week of November 19, 2012;
4. That, notwithstanding any decision made prior, the Committee devote its meetings of Tuesday, December 4 and Thursday, December 6, 2012, to consideration of a draft report pertaining to the study on the effectiveness of public private partnerships in the delivery of government services;
5. That, notwithstanding any decision made prior, the Treasury Board Secretariat be invited to appear before the Committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, with regard to the Secretariat’s follow up to the Committee’s Seventh Report entitled “Strengthening Parliamentary Scrutiny of Estimates and Supply”;
6. That, notwithstanding any decision made prior, the Department of Public Works and Government Services be invited to appear before the Committee on Thursday, December 13, 2012, to provide an update on the status of renovations and associated costs for the Parliamentary Precinct renovation project;
7. That the parties have until Wednesday, November 14, 2012, to submit electronically to the Clerk their list of preliminary questions for the departments and agencies that will appear as part of the consideration of the Supplementary Estimates (B) 2012–13;
8. That the parties have until Wednesday, November 14, 2012, to submit electronically to the Clerk their list of specific witnesses they would like to hear for the departments and agencies to appear as part of the consideration of the Supplementary Estimates (B) 2012–13;
9. That the Committee consider later during this session the question of statutory programs, in particular the Employee Benefit Plan, the Revolving Funds, and expenditures for ministers’ salaries and motor vehicle allowances.