House Committee and subcommittees

While the Council is in session, the House Committee normally meets every Friday afternoon at 2:30 pm.

The House Committee makes preparations for meetings of the Council and considers matters relating to the business of the Council. One important function of the House Committee is to consider bills referred to it by the Council and subsidiary legislation tabled at Council meetings or presented to the Council for approval. The House Committee may form Bills Committees to scrutinize bills, or appoint subcommittees to study some of the subsidiary legislation in greater detail. The House Committee then monitors progress and studies reports from the Bills Committees and subcommittees concerned. The House Committee may refer to relevant Panels for consideration any policy matters relating to the business of the Council. The House Committee may also consider, in such manner as it thinks fit, any other matter relating to the business of the Council.

• House Rules (Amended to 29 October 2021)

• Papers
  • Legislative Programme
  • Arrangements for the debate on the Chief Executive's Policy Address
  • Reports/further reports of Legal Service Division on Bills
  • Papers relating to Bills/ subsidiary legislation
  • Reports/further reports of Legal Service Division on subsidiary legislation and non-legislative instrument
  • Reports/further reports of Legal Service Division on proposed resolutions presented to Council for approval
  • Legal Service Division Report on an order made under section 30 of the Food Safety Ordinance (Cap. 612)
  • Report of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments
  • Position reports on Bills Committees and subcommittees
  • Reports of Bills Committees
  • Reports of subcommittees on subsidiary legislation
  • Reports/papers of Panels
  • Papers of Committee on Rules of Procedure
  • Papers of The Legislative Council Commission
  • Reports of other committees and related papers
  • Papers relating to nomination and election of Members of the Legislative Council to advisory/governing bodies
  • Proposed senior judicial appointment(s)
  • Proposals/discussion items raised by Members for the House Committee's consideration and related papers
  • Questions
  • Members' motions/resolutions and related papers
  • Government motions
  • Papers relating to the Legislative Council Members' duty visit, at the invitation of the Chief Executive, to the Mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
  • Papers relating to the Legislative Council delegation's study visit to Fujian
  • Papers relating to the Legislative Council delegation's duty visit to Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore
  • Papers relating to the Legislative Council delegation's duty visit to Japan
  • Others

• Subcommittees on subsidiary legislation / draft subsidiary legislation / other instruments
• Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
• Other Subcommittees