Senate debates

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Committees

Membership

Photo of Alan FergusonAlan Ferguson (President) Share this | | Hansard source

Order! I have received letters from party leaders seeking to vary the membership of committees.

6:46 pm

Photo of Jan McLucasJan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows: Economics Committee––Appointed, as participating members: Senators Campbell and Stott Despoja Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee––Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Campbell Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade––Joint Standing Committee––Discharged: Senator Eggleston Appointed: Senator Payne Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee––Appointed, as a substitute member:Senator Hogg to replace Senator Hurley for the committee’s inquiries into the Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008 and the Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008 Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Hurley Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities––Select Committee––Appointed: Senators Crossin and Moore Appointed, as participating members: Senators Bishop, Carol Brown, Campbell, Forshaw, Hogg, Hurley, Hutchins, Kirk, Lundy, McEwen, McLucas, Marshall, O’Brien, Polley, Ray, Stephens, Sterle, Webber and Wortley.

Question agreed to.