ESTIMATES COMMITTEES
(adopted 5 May 2015)
That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, Standing Order 246
shall read as follows:
246.
(1) On a motion of a Minister, during the second reading debate on the
Appropriation Bill, the House may appoint Estimates Committees.
(2) The Estimates Committees shall examine and report on proposed expenditures
from the Consolidated Fund for each organisational unit for each Minister
listed in the Tabled Estimates, and the corresponding clauses and schedules in
the Appropriation Bill and the Parliamentary Appropriation Bill which shall
stand referred to the appropriate committee
(3) The report of each Estimates Committee shall state whether the votes of
each organisational unit in the Estimates and the corresponding clauses and
schedules in the Appropriation Bill are recommended or otherwise.
The failure of an Estimates Committee to report on any part of the votes
shall be deemed to be a report recommending the proposed expenditure.
(4) The Chair of each Committee or a Member deputed by the Chair shall, after
the committee has concluded its deliberations and after the question on the
second reading of the Appropriation Bill and the Parliamentary Appropriation
Bill has been agreed to, present the Committee's report to the Speaker in the
House.
The Speaker shall set down consideration of the reports in detail with the
Appropriation Bill and the Parliamentary Appropriation Bill respectively as an
Order of the Day.
(5) Consideration of a report in detail shall be deemed to be consideration of
those clauses and schedules of the Appropriation Bill and the Parliamentary
Appropriation Bill referred to that Estimates Committee.
(6) When considering a report in detail:
(a) The Speaker shall put the question in respect of each Committee report,
“That the report of the (name of the Committee) be adopted”.
(b) A Member may speak for a maximum of 5 minutes and the Minister in reply may
speak for a maximum of 15 minutes on each of the questions.
(c) Those clauses and schedules of the Appropriation Bill and the Parliamentary
Appropriation Bill not referred to an Estimates Committee shall be considered
as one question, “That the remaining clauses and schedules of the Bill be
agreed to”.
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