Agenda and minutes
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Apologies & announcements Minutes: Lindsay Whittle was substituting for Jocelyn Davies, who sent her apologies. |
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Minutes of the previous meeting Minutes: The minutes were noted by the Committee for
publication. |
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Organisation of Business |
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This Week's Business Minutes: The Leader of the House agreed that, subject
to confirmation, Tuesday’s voting on the debate on the draft budget and the
debate on sustainable social services would take place at the end of their
respective debates. On Wednesday, the Business Committee agreed that Voting Time would take place before the short debate. |
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Three week timetable of Government Business Minutes: The Committee noted the 3 Week Timetable of Government
Business. |
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Three week timetable of Assembly Business Minutes: The Committee determined the organisation of Assembly
Business. |
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Legislation |
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Supplementary Legislative Consent Motion: Protection of Freedoms Bill Minutes: The Business Committee considered a paper from the government regarding a supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) in relation to the Protection of Freedoms Bill. The Committee agreed to refer the LCM to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee for scrutiny prior to it being debated in Plenary, with a reporting deadline of 24 January 2012. |
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Other Business |
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Industrial Action - Impact on formal Assembly Business Minutes: The Business Committee considered contingency options to
ensure that no planned Assembly business is lost in the event of the industrial
action on 30 November. The government agreed to bring forward the following oral
questions to Tuesday 29 November: ·
Questions to the Minister for Environment and
Sustainable Development (45 mins) ·
Questions to the Minister for Housing,
Regeneration and Heritage (45 mins) Business Managers agreed that their preferred option was to
extend the Plenary meetings on Tuesday 6 December and Wednesday 7 December in
order to accommodate the remaining items of Assembly business scheduled for 30
November. The Business Committee agreed to give further consideration to the
contingency plan at their next meeting. |