PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS— continued

Notices— continued

1   Mr Albanese: To move—That this House:

(1) recognises the importance of affordable, quality child care for Australian parents;

(2) deplores the lack of childcare faci lities available to Members, Senators and staff working at Parliament House, noting that this lack of workplace child care has led to increased difficulties for parents working at Parliament House following the Coalition’s attacks on child care over the past 3 years;

(3) condemns the Howard Government for its massive attacks on child care and notes that in the course of the first Howard Government childcare funding was slashed by a total of $800 million; and

(4) expresses its concern that these cuts have resulted in fee rises, the closure of childcare centres and women being forced out of the paid workforce, instead of providing families with a choice about how they care for their children. ( Notice given 12 November 1998. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 4 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

2   Mr Mossfield: To move—That this House:

(1) notes the decline in home ownership in Australia;

(2) agrees to refer the issue of declining home ownership to the Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs to consider ways of increasing home ownership in Australia; and

(3) determines that , as well as the general reference; the standing committee inquire into the feasibility of the use of the family payment for the purpose of the deposit for a first family home and particularly examine how this might assist low income families to purchase their own home. ( Notice given 12 November 1998. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 4 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

3   Mr Andren: To move—That this House:

(1) notes the discrepancies and contradictions in expert assessments of Australia’s optimum population;

(2) recognises the damage caused to the nation’s social fabric by ill-informed and emotive comments on the nation’s immi gration program;

(3) notes that population growth is ultimately a product of fertility rates and levels of net immigration, while acknowledging that Australia has a limited carrying capacity, both ecologically and economically;

(4) notes that without a population policy Australia risks a continuation of the divisive scapegoating of minority ethnic groups; and

(5) calls for the convening of a national population forum to consider and propose a population policy for Australia and the social and concrete in frastructure required to sustain that population. ( Notice given 24 November 1998. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 4 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

4   Dr Theophanous: To move—That this House:

(1) acknowledges the importance of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reaffirms the commitment of the Australian people to that Declaration;

(2) affi rms the principle that those guilty of gross abuses of human rights, especially genocide, torture and arbitrary killing of political opponents should be brought to account before the international community;

(3) welcomes, on the basis of this principle, the decision of the British House of Lords not to grant immunity from prosecution to the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, who has been accused of many crimes during the period of his reign;

(4) calls upon the British Government to now act to expedite the extradition of Mr Pinochet to Spain, where the courts are seeking to prosecute him for such crimes; and

(5) acknowledging that there are many Chilean Australians whose relatives have been killed or disappeared under Pinochet’s rule, calls on the Australian Government to actively support the extradition of Mr Pinochet to Spain and to support all actions to ensure Mr Pinochet is brought to account for his actions. ( Notice given 30 November 1998. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

5   Mr Andren: To move—That this House:

(1) notes the article in the Canberra Times of 14 November 1998 and the feature broadcast on 3 December 1998 by ‘A Current Affair’ alleging the profligacy of the Parliament’s corporate administration;

(2) notes the considerable achievements of parliamentary staff in providing support services to honourable members under the present five department structure;

(3) notes the history of failed attempts to amalgamate the parliamentary departments dating back to 1910 that have failed because of either political factors or bureaucratic opposition to change;

(4) notes the reported savings made by several Commonwealth agencies, including the Departments of Defence and the Prime Minister and Cabinet, by the use of organisational restructuring and competitive tendering and contracting arrangements for the provision of corporate support services;

(5) agrees that the Commonwealth Parliament, as the pre-eminent institution of public sector accountability, should have a support structure that meets the requirements of economy, efficiency and effectiveness it expects and demands of all publicly funded agencies;

(6) agrees that there is scope for rationalising the present five departmental structure to achieve cost savings that can be re-allocated to needy areas of public expenditure; and

(7) requests the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, as the audi t committee for the Parliament, to initiate an efficiency audit of the current parliamentary corporate support arrangements. ( Notice given 9 December 1998. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

6   Mr Bevis: To move—That the Workplace Relations Amendment Regulations, as contained in Statutory Rules 1998, Nos. 338 and 353, made under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 , be disallowed. ( Notice given 8 February 1999. Regulations will be deemed to have been disallowed unless the motion is disposed of within 9 sitting days, including today. )

7   Mr Pyne: To move—That the House:

(1) condemns the inappropriate use of resources by some student unions;

(2) opposes students being forced to fund student union political activity as a prerequisite for entry to university;

(3) acknowledg es that all citizens, including students, should be free to choose whether or not they want to belong to a union; and

(4) notes the contribution that responsive and responsible student unions can make to university campuses. ( Notice given 8 February 1999. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

8   Mr Mossfield: To move—That this House:

(1) notes th at 1999 is the International Year of the Older Persons;

(2) notes the large number of middle-aged persons who have been retrenched in Australia and who have little chance of obtaining further employment;

(3) recognises that aged care services should provide a continuity of care in which services come to the people;

(4) further recognises that many older persons who have been retrenched will have used up their superannuation entitlements by retiring age and will need to fall back on the aged pension; and

(5) agrees that more work needs to be done to preserve Australian jobs, so that people are free to make their own retirement decisions based on quality of life issues rather than be forced to retire due to a management decision of their employer. ( Notice given 10 February 1999. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

9   Mr Hollis: To move—That the Public Works Committee Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1), as contained in Statutory Rules 1998 No. 310, made under the Public Works Committee Act 1969 , be disallowed. ( Notice given 11 February 1999. Regulations will be deemed to have been disallowed unless the motion is disposed of within 12 sitting days, including today. )

10   Dr Theophanous: To move—That the House:

(1) views with concern the continuing reductions in net immigr ation to Australia over the last few years, in particular the impact of these cuts on economic development, family reunion and humanitarian programs;

(2) notes that there are now calls for an increase in immigration from a diversity of sectors in the Australian community, such as industry, ethnic community organisations and political leaders;

(3) recognises the enduring importance of immigration to the development of Australia and to the maintenance of Australia’s multicultural identity; and

(4) calls upon the Government to substantially increase immigration in this planning year and to initiate an inquiry to the viability of fixing a five year increased immigration target, as suggested by industry groups and others. ( Notice given 15 February 1999. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

11   Mr Cadman: To move—That the House:

(1) endorses the continuing protection of the law to prevent discrimination in the workplace;

(2) acknowledges the disproportionate impact of unfair dismissal laws on the confidence of small business employers to employ additional people to their workfor ce;

(3) condemns the continuation of unfair dismissal laws for businesses employing fewer than fifteen people; and

(4) calls on the Senate to reverse its opposition to the removal of unfair dismissal laws. ( Notice given 15 February 1999. Notice will be removed from the Notice Paper unless called on on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

Orders of the day

1   INSURANCE INDUSTRY: Resumption of debate ( from 30 November 1998—Mr Snowdon, in continuation ) on the motion of Mr Martin—That this Parliament calls for the referral of an inquiry into the Australian insurance industry to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Financial Institutions and Public Administration and the issues to be considered to include:

(a) the moral and legal responsibility of insurance companies to honour policies in respect of storm damag e and flood;

(b) necessary legislative change to ensure pedantic definitional arguments are not used by companies to negate payments to policy holders;

(c) the examination of the legislative base in the provision of flood insurance in the USA and UK and its potential relevance to Australia;

(d) the ways in which insurance companies approached the interpretation of storm and flood damage in recent disasters in Wollongong, Katherine, Coffs Harbour and Townsville; and

(e) existing Commonwealth and State or Territory government legislative support mechanisms to assist areas and victims affected by such disasters and whether changes are necessary to ensure rapid and effective relief. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999 .)

2   IRANIAN BAHA’I COMMUNITY: Resumption of debate ( from 30 November 1998 ) on the motion of Mrs Gallus—That this House:

(1) strongly condemns the recent grave attacks on the Iranian Baha’i community, including the brutal execution of Mr Ruhullah Rawhani in July in the absence of due legal process, raids on 500 Baha’i homes in an orchestrated nation-wide attempt to prevent Baha’i youth from receiving education, confirmation of death sentences against two Baha’i men and the detention and imprisonment of 16 other Baha’is for practising their faith;

(2) calls on the Government of Iran to end its oppression of the Baha’i community, ensure the safety and early release of all those Baha’is imprisoned in Iran, immediately take steps to implement UN resolutions defining steps required of the Iranian Government and calling for the emancipation of the Baha’is and respect the principles of the International Covenants on Human Rights to which Iran is a party; and

(3) expresses its deep disappointment that despite the consideration of this matter by both Houses of the Australian Parliament last year, the Iranian Government, far from taking action to remedy the situation, has intensified its persecution of Baha’is. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999 .)

3   LABELLING OF AUSTRALIAN GOODS: Resumption of debate ( from 30 November 1998 ) on the motion of Ms Bailey—That this House:

(1) recognises the importance of labelling to both indus try and consumers;

(2) acknowledges that the label ‘Product of Australia’ is the premium label for Australian goods; and

(3) calls on the Government to ensure that there is clear definition and understanding of the ‘Made in Australia’ label by both industry and consumers. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 5 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999 .)

4   Superannuation (Entitlements of same sex couples) Bill 1998 ( Mr Albanese ): Second reading ( from 7 December 1998) . ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999 .)

5   REGIONAL FOREST AGREEMENTS: Resumption of debate ( from 7 December 1998 ) on the motion of Mr Nehl—That this House:

(1) regrets that the action of the NSW Government in progressing the regional forest agreements for north-east and lower north-east New South Wales has forced the Commonwealth Government to withdraw funding o f $40 million; and

(2) calls on the NSW Government to act with responsibility to protect the future of the forest industry. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

6   AUSTRALIA-TURKEY RELATIONS: Resumption of debate ( from 7 December 1998 ) on the motion of Mr Sercombe—That this House notes:

(1) the special relationshi p between Australia and Turkey, which developed out of mutual respect engendered by the horrific experiences of the First World War;

(2) that Turkey is a modern, secular state with which Australia should further enhance relations;

(3) the importance of Turkey as a trade and investment partner in its own right and as a base for Australian trade efforts in the Middle East and Central Asia;

(4) the significant contribution of Turkish migration to Australia’s economic, social and cultural development; and

(5) that Turkish speaking residents of Australia have contributed significantly to the Australian community by their approach to potentially divisive issues that could undermine harmony in our multicultural society. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999 .)

7   BANK CLOSURES: Resumption of debate ( from 7 December 1998 ) on the motion of Mr Mossfield—That this House:

(1) notes the increasing number of closures of bank branches within the Australian community;

(2) agrees to refer the issue of bank closures to the Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs to take evi dence as appropriate and consider appropriate recommendations to place before the House; and

(3) determines that, as well as the general reference, the standing committee also inquire into and report on the increasing number of service reductions within communities and the increasing difficulties with which remaining services are able to be contacted by local residents where services are reduced or removed. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 6 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999 .)

8   RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE: Resumption of debate ( from 8 February 1999—Mr Hardgrave, in continuation ) on the motion of Mr Neville—That this House:

(1) draws the attention of the Government to the condition of the national rail track;

(2) commends the Government for its commitment of $250 million to rail infrastructure but asks that it be expanded;

(3) calls for the declaration o f national rail highway from Brisbane to Perth; and

(4) seeks removal of impediments to a seamless interstate rail system. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

9   HOUSE SITTING ARRANGEMENTS: Resumption of debate ( from 8 February 1999 ) on the motion of Ms Hoare—That the House:

(1) reverts to the previous sitting ar rangements introduced in 1994, which were abandoned by this Government in 1996, to allow for a more family-friendly workplace;

(2) notes the increased number of Members since the election, on both sides of the House, who have young families and/or recently formed partnerships;

(3) also notes the hundreds of Members’ staff who are required to be here to work while the House sits until 11 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday evenings and the effect that these absurd working hours has on their families and private lives; and

(4) also notes that if it were to revert to the previous sitting pattern which includes sitting from the day’s commencement through until adjournment at 8 p.m. there will be a loss of only three sitting hours per week in the House of Representatives chamber. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

10   PROSTATE CANCER: Resumption of debate ( from 8 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Brough—That this House:

(1) places on record concern about the lack of awareness in the community of prostate cancer;

(2) notes that the number of deaths per year ascribed to prostate cancer has nearly do ubled, rising from 1355 in 1982 to 2660 in 1996; and

(3) calls on the Government to support the designation of one day or week per year as National Prostate Cancer Day/Week as a means of heightening awareness. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 7 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

11   BREAST CANCER: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Schultz—That this House:

(1) places on record concern about the lack of sufficient funding for clinical trials for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer;

(2) notes that over 8000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 a nd that over 2700 women will die of breast cancer in that year; and

(3) calls on the Government to consider infrastructure funding which will give the foundation and security for planning and completion of quality, evidence-based research. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

12   MILITARY PERSONNEL EXPOSED TO RADIATION: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999—Mr Snowdon, in continuation ) on the motion of Mr L. D. T. Ferguson—That this House:

(1) notes that the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia concluded that the 1983 Survey of Health of F ormer Atomic Test Personnel cannot be regarded as an adequate epidemiological study;

(2) expresses concern that there has been no further official study into the health and mortality of Australian personnel who participated in British nuclear tests and subsequent clean-up operations;

(3) acknowledges that the USA accepts as radiogenic a range of cancers and other conditions experienced by military personnel who were exposed to ionising radiation;

(4) notes that studies of British nuclear veterans have been conducted by the UK National Radiological Protection Board in 1988 and 1993 and, more recently, through Dundee University for the British Nuclear Tests Veterans Association;

(5) calls on the Minister for Defence to commission as a matter of urgency a rigorous health and mortality study of Australian atomic ex-service personnel and their children and grandchildren; and

(6) supports the involvement of independent researchers and representatives of the ex-service community in the design and conduct of such a study. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

13   FOOD REGULATORY SYSTEM: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Ms Bailey—That this House:

(1) recognises that food is a growth industry;

(2) acknowledges that the ‘food industry’ comprises primary industry production, processing and manufac turing, retail and catering; and

(3) calls on the Government to ensure a national uniform food regulatory system. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

14   PROPOSED STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND STAFFING: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Price—

(1) That a Standing Committee on Appropriations and Staffing be appointed to inquire into:

(a) proposals for the annual estimates and the additional estimates for the House of Representatives;

(b) proposals to vary the staff structure of the House of Representatives, and staffing an d recruitment policies; and

(c) such other matters as are referred to it by the House;

(2) That the committee shall:

(a) in relation to estimates—

(i) determine the amounts for inclusion in the parliamentary appropriation bills for the annual and the a dditional appropriations; and

(ii) report to the House upon its determinations prior to the consideration by the House of the relevant parliamentary appropriation bill; and

(b) in relation to staffing—

(i) make recommendations to the Speaker; and

(ii)  report to the House on any matter its determinations prior to the consideration by the House of the relevant parliamentary appropriation bill;

(3) That the committee consist of the Speaker and 11 other members, 6 members to be nominated by the Chief Gover nment Whip or Whips and 5 members to be nominated by the Chief Opposition Whip or Whips or any independent Member;

(4) That the committee elect a Government member as its chair;

(5) That the committee elect a deputy chairman who shall act as chair of the committee at any time when the chair is not present at a meeting of the committee, and at any time when the chair and deputy chair are not present at a meeting of the committee the members present shall elect another member to act as chairman at that meeting;

(6) That the committee have power to appoint subcommittees consisting of 3 or more of its members and to refer to any subcommittee any matter which the committee is empowered to examine;

(7) That the committee appoint the chair of each subcommittee who shall have a casting vote only, and at any time when the chair of a subcommittee is not present at a meeting of the subcommittee the members of the subcommittee present shall elect another member of that subcommittee to act as chair at that meeting;

(8) That the quorum of a subcommittee be a majority of the members of that subcommittee;

(9) That members of the committee who are not members of a subcommittee may participate in the public proceedings of that subcommittee but shall not vote, move any motion or be counted for the purpose of a quorum;

(10) That the committee or any subcommittee have power to send for persons, papers and records;

(11) That the committee or any subcommittee have power to move from place to place;

(12) That a subcommittee have power to adjourn from time to time and to sit during any sittings or adjournment of the House;

(13) That the committee have leave to report from time to time; and

(14) That the foregoing provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

15   PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STANDING ORDER 28B: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Price—

(1) That standing order 28B be amended by inserting the followin g paragraph after paragraph (b):

( ba ) annual and additional estimates contained in the appropriation bills presented to the House shall stand referred for consideration by Members of the relevant committee (as determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) for the consideration of annual reports), and, for the purposes of this consideration:

(i) six Members of each committee, determined by the committee in each case, shall consider the estimates;

(ii) the Members of the committee selected to consider the estimates shall meet with Members of the relevant Senate legislation committee so that the Members and Senators may meet together for the purposes of considering the estimates;

(iii) members of the relevant House and Senate committees, when meeting together to consider estimates, shall choose a Member or a Senator to chair the joint meetings;

(iv) the provisions of Senate standing order 26 shall, to the extent that they are app licable, apply to the consideration of estimates under this paragraph, and

(v) that, upon the completion of joint meetings at which evidence is received or written answers or additional information considered, it shall then be a matter for the Members of the relevant committee to consider the terms of any report to the House on the estimates.

(2) That a message be sent to the Senate acquainting it of this resolution and requesting that it concur and take action accordingly. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

16   PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STANDING ORDER 94: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Price—That the standing orders be amended by amending standing order 94 to read as follows:

Closure of Member

94  A motion may be made that a Member who is speaking, except a Member giving a notice of motion or formally moving the terms of a motion allowed under the standing orders or speaking to a motion of dissent (from any ruling of the Speaker under standing order 100), “be not further heard”, and such question shall be put forthwith and decided without amendment or debate. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

17   PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STANDING ORDER 129: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Price—That standing order 129 be omitted and the following standing order substituted:

Presentation of petitions

129  At the time provided for the presentation of petitions, the following arrangements shall apply to the presentation of petitions certified to be in conformity with the standing orders:

( a ) in respect of each petition, the petitioner, or one of the petitioners, may present the petition to the House by standing at the Bar of the House and reading to the House the prayer of the petition, and

( b ) where a petitioner is not able to present the petition in accordance with paragraph (a) of this standing order, the Member who has lodged the petition may present it to the House by reading to the House the prayer of the petition. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

18   PROPOSED nEW STANDING ORDER 143A: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Price—That the standing orders be amended by inserting the following standing order after standing order 143:

Questions to committee chairs

143A  Questions may be put to a Member in his or her capacity as Chair of a committee of the House, or of a joint committee, in connection with the work or duties of the committee in question. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

19   PROPOSED nEW STANDING ORDER 143A: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Price—That the standing orders be amended by inserting the following standing order after standing order 145:

Questions without notice—Time limits

145A  During question time:

( a ) the asking of each question may not exceed 1 minute and the answering of each question may not exceed 4 minutes;

( b ) the asking of each supplementary question may not exceed 1 minute and the answering of each supplementary question may not exceed 1 minute; and

( c ) the time taken to make and determine points of order is not to be regarded as part of the time for questions and answers. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

20   PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STANDING ORDER 275A: Resumption of debate ( from 15 February 1999 ) on the motion of Mr Price—That standing order 275A be omitted and the following standing order be substituted:

Statements by Members

275A  Notwithstanding standing order 275, when the Main Committee meets on a Thursday, the business before the Committee shall be interrupted at 1 p.m. and the Chair shall call for statements by Members. A Member, other than a Minister, may be called by the Chair to make a statement for a period not exceeding 3 minutes. The period for Members’ statements may continue for a maximum of 1 hour. Any business under discussion at 1 p.m. and interrupted under the provisions of this standing order shall be set down on the Notice Paper for the next sitting. ( Order of the day will be removed from the Notice Paper unless re-accorded priority on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays after 8 March 1999. )

COMMITTEE AND DELEGATION REPORTS (standing orders 102A and 102C): Presentation and consideration of committee and delegation reports has precedence until 1.15 p.m. each Monday.

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS (standing orders 104 and 101) has precedence from the conclusion of consideration of committee and delegation reports, but commencing no later than 1.15 p.m., being interrupted at 1.45 p.m. and then continuing for 1 hour after the presentation of petitions each Monday.

The SELECTION COMMITTEE is responsible for determining the order of precedence and allotting time for debate on consideration of committee and delegation reports and private Members’ business. Its determinations for the next sitting Monday are shown under “Business accorded priority for Monday, 8 March 1999”. Any private Members’ business not called on, or consideration of which has been interrupted and not re-accorded priority by the Selection Committee on any of the next 8 sitting Mondays, shall be removed from the Notice Paper (standing order 104B).