House Committee of the Legislative Council
17th meeting on Friday, 11 March 2016, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex
AGENDA
| I. | Confirmation of the minutes of the 16th meeting held on 26 February 2016(LC Paper No. CB(2)1042/15-16) | |||
| II. | Matters arising | |||
| (a) | Report by the Chairman on his meeting with the Chief Secretary for Administration
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| (b) | International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) (ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office) Order gazetted on 19 February 2016
(Paragraph 8 of the minutes of the 16th meeting held on 26 February 2016) (Letter dated 8 March 2016 from Hon Cyd HO (LC Paper No. CB(2)1048/15-16(01))) [Previous paper: paragraphs 5 to 10 of LC Paper No. LS36/15-16 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)972/15-16 dated 25 February 2016] | |||
| III. | Business arising from previous Council meetings | |||
| (a) | Legal Service Division reports on bills referred to the House Committee in accordance with Rule 54(4)
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| (i) | Employment (Amendment) Bill 2016
(LC Paper No. LS42/15-16) | |||
| (ii) | The Hong Kong Institute of Education (Amendment) Bill 2016
(Letter dated 4 March 2016 from Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN (LC Paper No. CB(2)1051/15-16(01))) (Letter dated 9 March 2016 from the President of The Hong Kong Institute of Education (LC Paper No. CB(2)1051/15-16(02))) (LC Paper No. LS43/15-16) | |||
| (iii) | Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill 2016
(LC Paper No. LS44/15-16) | |||
| (b) | Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 26 February 2016 and tabled in Council on 2 March 2016
(LC Paper No. LS41/15-16) | |||
| IV. | Business for the Council meeting of 16 March 2016 | |||
| (a) | Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)447/15-16) | |||
| (b) | Government motion under Rule 91 of the Rules of Procedure
Motion to be moved by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury under Rule 91 of the Rules of Procedure (Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)440/15-16 dated 3 March 2016) | |||
| (c) | Government motion
(Subject to the passage of the aforesaid motion under Rule 91 of the Rules of Procedure moved by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury) 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) (Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)415/15-16 dated 24 February 2016) | |||
| (d) | Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading
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| (i) | Judiciary (Five-day Week) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2016
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| (ii) | Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016
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| (e) | Bills - resumption of debate on Second Reading, Committee Stage and Third Reading
(Circular on "Government bills scheduled for resumption of Second Reading debate" issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)448/15-16 dated 9 March 2016) | |||
| (i) | Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (Amendment) Bill 2015
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| (ii) | Interception of Communications and Surveillance (Amendment) Bill 2015
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| (f) | Government motions
Two proposed resolutions to be moved by the Secretary for Security under section 4 of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance (Cap. 525) in relation to the following two orders: | |||
| (i) | Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Sweden) Order; and
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| (ii) | Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Argentina) Order
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| (Wording of the proposed resolutions issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)425/15-16 dated 29 February 2016)
(LC Paper No. LS40/15-16) | ||||
| (g) | Members' motions
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| (i) | Proposed resolution under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) in relation to the Rating (Exemption) Order 2016 to be moved by Hon WONG Ting-kwong
(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)450/15-16 dated 9 March 2016) | |||
| (ii) | Motion under the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (Cap. 382) to be moved by Hon WONG Yuk-man
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)442/15-16 dated 3 March 2016) | |||
| (iii) | Motion on "Actively studying the establishment of a middle class commission" to be moved by Hon Tommy CHEUNG
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)180/15-16 dated 25 November 2015) | |||
| (iv) | Motion on "Reconstructing the image of Hong Kong's tourism industry" to be moved by Hon YIU Si-wing
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)188/15-16 dated 27 November 2015) | |||
| V. | Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees(LC Paper No. CB(2)1043/15-16) | |||
| VI. | Any other business | |||
Legislative Council Secretariat
10 March 2016