Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am pleased to present to the House the first report of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration, entitled budget estimates 2011-12 for the department of the House of Representatives together with the minutes of the proceedings.

The report addresses the requirement under standing order 222A for the committee to provide to the Speaker for presentation to the House the amounts for inclusion in the appropriation bills for the Department of House of Representatives.

The total appropriation to be approved by the parliament for the Department of the House of Representatives in the Appropriation (Parliament Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-12 is $23.253 million compared to $22.387 million in 2010-11.

The committee is pleased to see new funding in the bill for the two measures detailed in the report. The committee had considered and endorsed the department's proposals to seek the additional funding.

I thank all members of the committee for their assistance in the successful establishment of our committee. I believe it will make an important contribution, and it is pleasing to me to see that it has commenced its work in a practical and constructive way.

I commend the report to the House.