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Ch18 Parliamentary committees / CONDUCT OF INQUIRIES / Reports / Presentation of reports

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House Practice

Date

01-05-2005

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House of Reps

Parl No.

41

Chapter

Parliamentary committees

Chapter No.

Chapter 18

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686

Section No.

 

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House of Representatives                                Ch 18                                                 p 686

 

Parliamentary committees / CONDUCT OF INQUIRIES / Reports

 

Presentation of reports

A period is allocated each sitting Monday for the prese ntation of parliamentary committee and delegation reports. However , reports can also be presented at any time when other business is not before the House. 1 A copy of the report, signed by the chair, and the committee’s minutes of proceedings are presented to the House by the chair or a member of the committee. 2 Copies of the submissions to the inquiry and the corrected copy of the transcript of evidence, other than confidential evidence, should also be presented.

It is normal practice for the Member who presents a report to move that the report, with or without the accompanying documents, be made a Parliamentary Paper. If a Member presents a report from a committee during the period allocated on Monday, then he or she and other members of the committee can make a statement to the House for a period determined by the Selection Committee of not more than 10 minutes each. After the statements a specific motion in relation to the report can be moved without notice by the Member presenting it, and the debate on the question is then adjourned to a future day 3 (to be determined by the Selection Committee). Debate on a report can also be resumed in the Main Committee.

A Member presenting a committee report at times other than the period allocated on Monday may be granted leave to make a brief statement on the report and this may be followed by statements, by leave, from other Members. If at this time a Minister wishes to move a motion that the House take note of the report, or if a Minister or Member wishes to move that the report be adopted or agreed to, leave is required. The standing order states that when a report is presented the House may set down consideration of the report for a later sitting, when a motion about it may be moved without notice. 4 Two reports have been presented together, with the single motion moved to take note of each of the reports giving rise to two separate orders of the day (later debated together in a de facto cognate debate). 5

In 1955 the House ordered that the Clerk read to the House the special report of the Committee of Privileges relating to the Bankstown Observer Case . 6

See also ‘Authority for release when House not sitting’ at page 689 .



S.O. 39.



S.O.s 246, 247(a). When minutes have not been available at the time of tabling, they have been presented, by leave, on a later day, e.g. VP 2002-04/1441.



S.O. 39(c).



S.O. 248.



VP 2002-04/1431, 1455, H.R. Deb. (19.2.2004) 25340-49.



VP 1954-55/225.