Senator SHORT —by leave—I move:

  That the Senate take note of the interim report of the Senate Select Committee on the Functions, Powers and Operation of the Australian Loan Council.

I seek leave to continue my remarks later.

  Leave granted; debate adjourned.

The PRESIDENT —Pursuant to the resolution of the Senate of 7 November 1991, I present further reports of committees presented to me since the last sitting of the Senate as shown on the list circulated.

  The list read as follows—

Public Accounts—Joint Statutory Committee—Reports—

No. 321—Finance Minutes

No. 322—Report of Activities 1991-92

No. 323—Managing people in the Australian Public Service: Dilemmas of devolution and diversity

No. 324—Commonwealth support for private sector investment in research and development—Volume 2 of a report on research and development

No. 325—The Midford Paramount case and related matters

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee, Defence Sub-Committee—Report on stockholding and sustainability in the Australian Defence Force, together with submissions and transcript of evidence

Electoral Matters—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Ready or not—Refining the process for election `93—Report on the conduct of the 1990 Federal election, Part II, and preparations for the next Federal election, together with transcript of evidence

Migration Regulations—Joint Standing Committee—Report on conditional migrant entry: The health rules, together with submissions, transcript of evidence and minutes of proceedings