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S.O.246 Financial Procedures - Estimates Committees

Estimates Committees

246.
      1. On a motion of a Minister, during the agreement in principle 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 of 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 agreement in principle 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:
          1. The Speaker shall put the question in respect of each Committee Report, "That the Report of the (name of the Committee) be adopted".
          2. 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.
          3. 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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