Suspension of Standing Orders

6.46 pm

The Leader of the House (Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien): Mdm Speaker, may I seek your consent and the general assent of Members present to move a motion to allow the Second Reading of the Supply Bill and the Supplementary Supply (FY2016) Bill to be taken now?

Mdm Speaker Mdm Speaker: I give my consent. Does the Leader of the House have the general assent of hon Members present to so move?

Hon Members indicated assent.

Mdm Speaker : Leader, please proceed.

Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: Mdm Speaker, I beg to move, "That, notwithstanding Standing Order No 70(1), the Second Reading of the Supply Bill and Supplementary Supply (FY2016) Bill be taken now."

Madam, the Committee of Supply has concluded the consideration of the Estimates of Expenditure for FY17/18 and the Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for FY16/17. The necessary resolutions of the Committee of Supply have been reported to the House without any amendments. It will make sense for the House to now proceed to the Second Reading of these Supply Bills to complete the proceedings on this year's Supply business.

The agreement of the House is therefore, sought to suspend Standing Order No 70(1) to allow the Supply Bills to be read for the second time now.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved, "That, notwithstanding Standing Order No 70(1), the Second Reading of the Supply Bill and Supplementary Supply (FY2016) Bill be taken now." − [Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien]