House Committee of the Legislative Council
11th meeting on Friday, 19 January 2018, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

AGENDA

I.	Confirmation of minutes of meeting Minutes of 10th meeting held on 12 January 2018 (LC Paper No. CB(2)713/17-18)
II.	Matters arising Report by the Chairman on her meeting with the Chief Secretary for Administration
III.	Business arising from previous Council meetings Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 12 January 2018 and tabled in Council on 17 January 2018 (LC Paper No. LS23/17-18)
IV.	Further business for the Council meeting of 24 January 2018
	(a)	Questions (LC Paper No. CB(3)270/17-18)
	(b)	Bill - First Reading and moving of Second Reading Financial Reporting Council (Amendment) Bill 2018
	(c)	Bills - resumption of debates on Second Reading, Consideration by Committee of the Whole Council and Third Reading
		(i)	Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017
		(ii)	Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) (Amendment) Bill 2017
		(iii)	Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 5) Bill 2017
		(iv)	Banking (Amendment) Bill 2017
V.	The Chief Executive's Question Time on 31 January 2018
VI.	Business for the Council meeting of 31 January 2018
	(a)	Questions (LC Paper No. CB(3)271/17-18)
	(b)	Bill - First Reading and moving of Second Reading No notice has been received yet.
	(c)	Government motions
		(i)	Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for Home Affairs under section 7(a) of the Legal Aid Ordinance (Cap. 91) (Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)282/17-18 dated 18 January 2018)
		(ii)	Two proposed resolutions to be moved by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare under the following two Ordinances:
			-	Employees' Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282); and
			-	Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 360)
			(Wording of the proposed resolutions issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)264/17-18 dated 15 January 2018) (LC Paper No. LS24/17-18)
	(d)	Members' motions Motion to be moved by Hon Charles Peter MOK under Articles 73(5) and (10) of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)286/17-18 dated 19 January 2018)
VII.	Reports of Bills Committees and subcommittees
	(a)	Report of the Bills Committee on Employment (Amendment) Bill 2017 (LC Paper No. CB(2)716/17-18)
	(b)	Report of the Bills Committee on Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants (Amendment) Bill 2017 (LC Paper No. CB(1)491/17-18)
	(c)	Report of the Bills Committee on Employment (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 (LC Paper No. CB(2)717/17-18)
VIII.	Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees (LC Paper No. CB(2)714/17-18)
IX.	Report of the delegation of the Panel on Commerce and Industry on the duty visit to Israel to study the country's experience in promoting the development of innovation and technology industry and re-industrialization (LC Paper No. CB(1)492/17-18)
X.	Any other business

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
19 January 2018