Committee Details

Review of the Legislative Assembly's Committee System

Inquiry status:

Past

Date commenced:

22 Nov 2005

Date Ended:

07 Aug 2008

Committee

House:

Legislative Assembly

Important Information:

Terms of Reference:

(1) That a review of the Legislative Assembly’s committee system be conducted, specifically taking into consideration -

Committees’ membership and chairmanships;
Standing Committees’ portfolio workloads;
Sources of terms of reference and the level of priority that should be allocated by a committee particularly if it is a direction from the Assembly;
Early disclosure of committee evidence and reports and possible sanctions that should apply;
Sessional committees including what the Procedure and Privileges Committee’s role should be in reviewing breaches of privilege; and
Other related matters.

(2) That the Committee report to the Assembly by 25 October 2007.

Submission Number	Submitting person/organisation
No submissions

Unless a venue is specified, hearings are held at the
Legislative Assembly Committee Rooms, Level 1/11 Harvest Tce, West Perth

Agency	Date	Time	Venue	Video

Date	Time	Venue	Agency	Video

Related Reports:

Report No	Title	Date tabled	Related documents
4	Review of the Legislative Assembly Committee System	15 May 2008

Members:

Staff Members:

Mr Peter John McHugh (Advisory Officer)
Ms Liz Kerr, BA (Principal Research Officer)