- 21 - LC Paper No. CB(3) 261/13-14 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MINUTES No. 6 ___________ Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 6 November 2013 at 11:00 am and Thursday 7 November 2013 at 9:00 am ___________ Attendance The attendance of Members, public officers and Clerks is in the Official Record of Proceedings. Tabling of Papers The following papers were laid on the table under Rule 21(2) of the Rules of Procedure: Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments L.N. No. 1. Fugitive Offenders (Czech Republic) Order (gazetted on 1.11.2013) 166/2013 2. Official Administrator’s Accounts (Interest) (Amendment) Rules 2013 (gazetted on 1.11.2013) 167/2013 Other Papers 1. No. 20 - Prisoners’ Education Trust Fund Report by the Trustee for the period from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 (published on 31.10.2013)
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LC Paper No. CB(3) 261/13-14
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
MINUTES
No. 6
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Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 6 November 2013 at 11:00 am and Thursday 7 November 2013 at 9:00 am
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Attendance The attendance of Members, public officers and Clerks is in the Official Record of Proceedings. Tabling of Papers The following papers were laid on the table under Rule 21(2) of the Rules of Procedure: Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments L.N. No. 1. Fugitive Offenders (Czech Republic) Order
(gazetted on 1.11.2013)
166/2013
2. Official Administrator’s Accounts (Interest) (Amendment) Rules 2013 (gazetted on 1.11.2013)
167/2013
Other Papers 1. No. 20 - Prisoners’ Education Trust Fund
Report by the Trustee for the period from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 (published on 31.10.2013)
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2. No. 21 - Consumer Council Annual Report 2012-13 (published on 31.10.2013)
3. No. 22 - Occupational Safety and Health Council Annual Report 2012-2013 (published on 1.11.2013)
4. No. 23 - The Legislative Council Commission Annual Report 2012-2013 (published on 1.11.2013)
5. Report No. 2/13-14 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments (published on 31.10.2013)
6. Report of the Bills Committee on Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Amendment) Bill 2013 (published on 1.11.2013)
Questions
Six oral questions as set out on the Agenda (i.e. Questions 1 to 6) were put by Members and oral replies were given by the public officers. Written replies to Questions 7 to 22 as set out on the Agenda were tabled. Bill Resumption of Second Reading debate, Committee stage and Third Reading － Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Amendment) Bill 2013
: Secretary for Transport and Housing
The debate on the Second Reading of the above Bill, which was moved on 24 April 2013, resumed. After Members and the public officer had respectively spoken, the President’s Deputy put the question on the Second Reading of the Bill, and the question was agreed to. The Bill was read the second time and committed to a committee of the whole Council.
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The Council went into committee and considered the Bill. The question that clauses 1, 2, 5 to10 and 12 to 84 stand part of the Bill was proposed, put and agreed to. The question that clauses 3, 4, and 11 stand part of the Bill was proposed. The public officer moved amendments to clauses 3, 4, and 11 and spoke on the amendments. The question on the amendments was put and agreed to. The question that clauses 3, 4, and 11 as amended stand part of the Bill was proposed, put and agreed to. The question that Schedules 1 and 2 stand part of the Bill was proposed, put and agreed to. The Council then resumed. The public officer reported that the Bill had passed through the Committee stage with amendments. The Bill was ordered to be set down for Third Reading under Rule 59 of the Rules of Procedure. The question on the Third Reading of the Bill was proposed, put and agreed to. The Bill was read the third time and passed. Motions Proposed resolution under section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance The Secretary for Justice moved the motion as set out on the Agenda. The President’s Deputy proposed the question on the motion. After a Member had spoken, the question on the motion was put and agreed to. Proposed resolution under the District Councils Ordinance The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs moved the motion as set out on the Agenda. The President’s Deputy proposed the question on the motion. After Members had spoken, the question on the motion was put and agreed to. Members’ Motions Motion under Rule 49E(2) of the Rules of Procedure Hon Andrew LEUNG moved the motion as set out on the Agenda. The President proposed the question on the motion. A Member and the public officer spoke respectively. In accordance with Rule 49E(9) of the Rules of Procedure, no question was put on the motion.
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Motion under the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (During the debate on this motion, the meeting was suspended at 10:07 pm on 6 November 2013 and resumed at 9:00 am on 7 November 2013.) Hon Charles Peter MOK moved the motion as set out on the Agenda. The President proposed the question on the motion and ordered a joint debate on the motion and the amendment. After the mover of the amendment, Members and the public officer had respectively spoken, the President put the following questions:
Order of questions put
Decisions taken (details of division,
if any)
－ Amendment moved by Hon Dennis KWOK as set out on the Agenda
Negatived (Appendix 1)
－ Motion moved without notice by Hon Andrew LEUNG to shorten the duration of the division bell for the further division in relation to this motion
Passed
－ Hon Charles Peter MOK’s motion Negatived (Appendix 2)
Motion on “Domestic free television programme service licences” Hon James TO moved the motion as set out on the Agenda. The President proposed the question on the motion and ordered a joint debate on the motion and the amendments. After movers of the amendments, Members and the public officer had respectively spoken, the President put the following questions:
Order of questions put
Decisions taken (details of division,
if any)
－ Amendment moved by Hon Claudia MO as set out on the Agenda
Negatived (Appendix 3)
－ Motion moved without notice by Hon Andrew LEUNG to shorten the duration of the division bell for further divisions in relation to this motion and its amendments
Passed
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Order of questions put
Decisions taken (details of division,
if any)
－ Amendment moved by Hon MA Fung-kwok as set out on the Agenda
Negatived (Appendix 4)
－ Hon James TO’s motion Negatived (Appendix 5)
Motion on “Imposing economic sanctions on the Philippines and restoring Hong Kong people’s dignity” Hon Albert CHAN moved the motion as set out on the Agenda. The President proposed the question on the motion and ordered a joint debate on the motion and the amendments. After movers of the amendments, Members and the public officer had respectively spoken, the President put the following questions:
Order of questions put
Decisions taken (details of division,
if any)
－ Amendment moved by Hon Alice MAK as set out on the Agenda
Passed
－ Revised amendment moved by Hon SIN Chung-kai as set out in the Official Record of Proceedings
Passed
－ Revised amendment moved by Hon Mrs Regina IP as set out in the Official Record of Proceedings
Passed (Appendix 6)
－ Motion moved without notice by Hon Andrew LEUNG to shorten the duration of the division bell for further divisions in relation to this motion
Passed
－ Hon Albert CHAN’s motion as amended Passed
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Next meeting The President declared that the next Council meeting would be held on 13 November 2013 at 11:00 am. The Council was adjourned at 11:14 pm on 7 November 2013.
