Referred: 5 Mar 2012
        » Final Report Published: 21 Jun 2012

Date	Name of Document
21/06/2012	Notices of motions (Final Report)

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This is a completed inquiry. The contacts below are historical only.

• Primary contact: Stephen Frappell, stephen.frappell@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Director: Susan Want, phone (02) 9230 2456, susan.want@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Principal Council Officer: Jenelle Moore, phone (02) 9230 3019, jenelle.moore@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Address for written correspondence:

  The Director
  Procedure Committee
  Parliament House
  Macquarie St
  Sydney NSW 2000
  Fax: (02) 9230 2761
  

Referred by the President. Reported to the House LC Minutes 6 March 2012 p 754

That the Procedure Committee inquire into and report on the procedures for giving, moving and publication of notices of motion, including:

(a) whether additional rules are necessary in respect of the nature and content of notices of motion,

(b) whether notices of motion should be subjected to word limits,

(c) whether there should be a limit on the number of notices of motion given each sitting day,

(d) parameters for the type of motions that will result in a letter of congratulations or condolence from the President, on behalf of the House,

(e) mechanisms for enhancing the accessibility of information on the parliamentary website in relation to members' parliamentary contributions,

(f) alternative mechanisms for members to raise matters of a community and constituency nature, including the Legislative Assembly's recently introduced category of and procedures for community recognition notices, or brief 90 second statements,

(g) other Australian parliaments' procedures for giving notices, the rules for content and the publication of motions and other parliamentary contributions on their web sites, and

(h) any other relevant matters.