House Business

Hon. Jim Ernst (Government House Leader): Firstly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, if you will recall yesterday, we agreed to waive private members' time tomorrow morning in order to continue with consideration of the matter of Supply, so I would seek leave with regard to the Committee of Supply for this afternoon and for tomorrow morning from 9 a.m. until 12 noon to sit in three sections of Supply.

Mr. Deputy Speaker: Is leave being granted? Leave? [agreed]

Mr. Ernst: Mr. Deputy Speaker, with respect to the sequence of Supply for this afternoon and tomorrow morning, in the House we will continue the Estimates of the Department of Natural Resources, which, if completed, will be followed by the Department of Justice. In Room 255, the Department of Family Services will continue with its Estimates, to be followed then by the Child and Youth Secretariat and then followed by the Department of Agriculture upon their completion. In Room 254 will be the continuing Estimates of the Department of Highways.

Thursday afternoon, there will be no Estimates, but rather we will consider second reading of the bills listed on the Order Paper. Should that be completed within a reasonable time prior to the hour of adjournment, we would likely then reconvene in two Committees of Supply and again on Friday would be two Committees of Supply only, not three, so that is clear.

Mr. Deputy Speaker: Is there leave for the committee structure to be structured, in Room 255, Family Services and then Agriculture; in Room 254, Highways; and in the Chamber, Natural Resources and Justice. Leave? [agreed]

Mr. Ernst: Mr. Deputy Speaker, we will have to reappoint a committee Chair for the third committee.

I move, seconded by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism (Mr. Downey), (by leave) that the member for Sturgeon Creek (Mr. McAlpine) be appointed Chair of the third Committee of Supply for Wednesday, May 22, 1996, and for Thursday morning May 23, 1996.

Motion agreed to.

Mr. Ernst: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I move, seconded by the Minister of Culture, Heritage and Citizenship (Mr. Gilleshammer), that Mr. Deputy Speaker do now leave the Chair and the House resolve itself into a committee to consider of the Supply to be granted to Her Majesty.

Motion agreed to, and the House resolved itself into a committee to consider of the Supply to be granted to Her Majesty, with the honourable member for Sturgeon Creek (Mr. McAlpine) in the Chair for the Department of Highways and Transportation; the honourable member for La Verendrye (Mr. Sveinson) in the Chair for the Department of Family Services and Child and Youth Secretariat; and the honourable member for St. Norbert (Mr. Laurendeau) in the Chair for the Department of Natural Resources.