House Committee of the Legislative Council
17th meeting on Friday, 28 February 2014, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

REVISED AGENDA

I.

Confirmation of verbatim transcript/minutes of meetings



(a)Verbatim transcript of the special meeting held on 7 February 2014
(LC Paper No. CB(2)965/13-14)

(b)Minutes of the 16th meeting held on 21 February 2014
(LC Paper No. CB(2)951/13-14)

II.

Matters arising



Report by the Chairman on his meeting with the Chief Secretary for Administration

III.

Business arising from previous Council meetings



Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 21 February 2014 and tabled in Council on 26 February 2014
(LC Paper No. LS28/13-14)

IV.

Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 26 February 2014


(LC Paper No. LS31/13-14)

V.

Advance information on business for the Council meeting of‍ 19 March 2014



(a)Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading

(i)Shipping Legislation (Control of Smoke Emission) (Amendment) Bill 2014

(ii)Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2014

(b)Government motions

(i)Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury under section 7(1) of the Public Finance Ordinance (Cap. 2)
(Subject to the President's approval for the proposed resolution to be put on the agenda for the Council meeting of 19 March 2014)
(LC Paper No. LS29/13-14)

(ii)Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for Food and Health under section 29 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Cap. 138)
(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)436/13-14 dated 26 February 2014.)
(LC Paper No. LS30/13-14)

(iii)Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for the Environment under section 5(4) of the Motor Vehicles (First Registration Tax) Ordinance (Cap. 330)
(Subject to the President's approval for the proposed resolution to be put on the agenda for the Council meeting of 19 March 2014)
(LC Paper No. LS32/13-14)

VI.

Advance information on business for the Council meeting of‍ 26 March 2014



Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading

(a)Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill

(b)Employment (Amendment) Bill 2014

VII.

Reports of Bills Committees and subcommittees



(a)Report of the Bills Committee on Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2013

Verbal report by Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN, Chairman of the Bills Committee.

(b)Report of the Bills Committee on Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2013

Verbal report by Hon WONG Ting-kwong, Chairman of the Bills Committee.

(c)Report of the Subcommittee on Air Pollution Control (Marine Light Diesel) Regulation
(LC Paper No. CB(4)434/13-14)

(d)Report of the Subcommittee on Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulation 2014

Verbal report by Hon CHAN Kam-lam, Chairman of the Subcommittee.

VIII.

Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees


(LC Paper No. CB(2)952/13-14)

IX.

Paper of the Committee on Rules of Procedure



Access to Council documents and records
(LC Paper No. CROP44/13-14)

X.

Any other business



Proposal of Hon Claudia MO to move a motion for adjournment under Rule 16(4) of the Rules of Procedure at the Council meeting of 19 March 2014 for the purpose of debating the following issue: the relationship between the incident of attack on Kevin LAU Chun-to, the former chief editor of Ming Pao Daily News, and freedom of the press in Hong Kong
(Letter dated 26 February 2014 from Hon Claudia MO (LC Paper No. CB(2)971/13-14(01)))

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
27 February 2014