STANDING ORDERS OF ASSEMBLY (Adoption of Report)

2.32 p.m.

The Chief Minister: Mr Speaker, Sir, I rise to move the motion standing in my name, namely,

That this Assembly resolves -

that the Second and Final Report of the Standing Orders Committee, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 5 of 1956, be adopted;

that pursuant to section 54 of the Singapore Colony Order in Council, 1955, the First Standing Orders of the Assembly made by the Governor on the 14th day of April, 1955, as amended by the Assembly on 10th February, 1956, be revoked with effect from 1st January, 1957;

that pursuant to section 54 of the Singapore Colony Order in Council, 1955, the Standing Orders as contained in Appendix II of the aforesaid Second and Final Report of the Standing Orders Committee be made as the Standing Orders of this Assembly with effect from 1st January, 1957.

Sir, I wish to place on record the invaluable assistance which you have rendered in the deliberations of the Standing Orders Committee. As a result of your assistance, Sir, the Standing Orders Committee has recommended a number of amendments for improvement in our present Standing Orders. These proposed amendments are detailed in the Report, and I do not propose to take up the time of hon. Members by touching on them. The Report has been in the hands of hon. Members for some months and I am sure they will no doubt have already studied these proposed amendments. Sir, I beg to move.

The Chief Secretary (Mr W. A. C. Goode): Sir, I rise to second.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this Assembly resolves -

that the Second and Final Report of the Standing Orders Committee, as contained in Sessional Paper No. L.A. 5 of 1956, be adopted;

that pursuant to section 54 of the Singapore Colony Order in Council, 1955, the First Standing Orders of the Assembly made by the Governor on the 14th day of April, 1955, as amended by the Assembly on 10th February, 1956, be revoked with effect from 1st January, 1957;

that pursuant to section 54 of the Singapore Colony Order in Council, 1955, the Standing Orders as contained in Appendix II of the aforesaid Second and Final Report of the Standing Orders Committee be made as the Standing Orders of this Assembly with effect from 1st January, 1957.