Legislation Advisory Committee: Role of Officials at Committee of the Whole House

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Role of Officials at Committee of the Whole House

The Legislative Process:
A Seminar for Public Servants: 5 & 6 July 2006

The Role of Select Committees in Lawmaking Catherine Parkin, Senior Parliamentary Officer, Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

How Public Servants should deal with Legislation in Parliament Graeme Buchanan, LAC Member and Deputy Secretary (legal), Department of Labour

The Parliamentary Process: A View from the Outside Professor John Burrows QC, Academic at the University of Canterbury, LAC Member and Chair of the Subcommittee revising the LAC Guidelines

Committee of the Whole House and Beyond Donna Tunnicliffe, Second Clerk Assistant and Reader, Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

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The Legislative Process: A Seminar for Public Servants: 5 & 6 July 2006

Assist Minister

Who needs to be there?

Preparation

Listen / Listen / Listen
Continuity throughout process (policy formulation, drafting of Bill, stages in House and before the Select Committee)

Questions – Ministerial discretion SOPs

Challenges