Committal to Select Committee

Mr Lim Yew Hock: Mr Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order No. 48, I beg to move,

That the Bill be committed to a Select Committee with Mr Speaker as Chairman and members to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Question put, and agreed to

Resolved,

That the Bill be committed to a Select Committee with Mr Speaker as Chairman and members to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Mr Lim Yew Hock: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move,

That the Report from the Select Committee on the Shop and Office Employees Bill in the previous Session of the Legislative Assembly, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 6 of 1956, be referred to the Select Committee on the Clerks Employment Bill.

Sir, the purpose of this motion is to ensure that the Select Committee to be appointed will have the benefit of the deliberations and the representations made to that Select Committee.

Mr J. M. Jumabhoy: I second the motion.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the Report from the Select Committee on the Shop and Office Employees Bill in the previous Session of the Legislative Assembly, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 6 of 1956, be referred to the Select Committee on the Clerks Employment Bill.