Mr. Speaker, I am not privy to that information, so I will have to take it as notice for the Minister for RWED. Thank you.

Thank you. The question has been taken as notice. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Premier. Mr. Speaker, Members have been given to understand that we would receive a report on Ministerial travel sometime during our sitting, this two weeks of sitting. Can the Premier advise the House whether or not he will in fact be tabling that report this afternoon?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the document that we expected to table is in fact not ready. We need to change the format and make sure that the information we give is accurate and is consistent between Ministers. It is not in fact ready, so we need a few weeks. We will be forwarding it to the chair of AOC as soon as it is prepared. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight will be meeting the third week in November. Will the Premier commit to delivering the document to the committee at that date, and further to tabling the document at the next sitting of this House?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The Honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we will ask the staff to do what they can to prepare that information as quickly as possible and forward it to us, and we will forward it to AOC. I am certain that it will be more than ready by the time the session comes for it to be tabled. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Item 6, oral questions. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, petitions. Item 9, reports of standing and special committees. The Chair recognizes the honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Nitah.

Mahsi, Mr. Nitah. We have a motion. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour, please signify. Thank you. All those opposed. Thank you. The motion is carried. Committee Report 1-14(6) has been read and received. Item 9, reports of standing and special committees. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a preliminary report on Doing Our Part, the Government of the Northwest Territories' Response to the Social Agenda.

Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight had its first look at the Government of the Northwest Territories' Response to the Social Agenda on October 30, 2002, when it was tabled in the Legislative Assembly. The committee sincerely wishes that the document had been tabled earlier in the session to allow Members an opportunity to raise questions and have a more informed debate during this sitting of the Legislative Assembly.

Mr. Speaker, the committee is encouraged by the government's acceptance and agreement to all of the recommendations put forward by the Social Agenda Working Group. However, we had hoped that the response would have been developed in collaboration with the same stakeholder groups.

Mr. Speaker, members of the committee are disappointed that the Premier did not take the opportunity to mention the $1.4 million in new funding to support several of the activities outlined in the response in his statement to the Legislative Assembly. The news was not released until late on October 30, 2002, and Regular Members learned about this at the same time as the public through a press release.

Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight looks forward to finding out where this money is being allocated and for what purposes. Committee members question if this amount of money will be sufficient to address in a meaningful way the recommendations made by the Social Agenda Working Group. We need to know if there are plans for any more money allocated in this fiscal year.

Mr. Speaker, the committee expects to be involved in the development of any government-wide social policy principles and spending as recommended by the Social Agenda Working Group, with the expectation that the government will present a progress report to the Legislative Assembly in February 2003.

Mr. Speaker, that concludes the preliminary report of the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight on Doing Our Part, the Government of the Northwest Territories' Response to the Social Agenda.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Committee Report 2-14(6) be received and adopted by the Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker,

Thank you, Mr. Dent. We have a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour, please signify. Thank you. All those opposed? The motion is carried. Committee Report 2-14(6) has been read, received and adopted by the Assembly. Item 9, reports of standing and special committees. Item 10, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Thebacha, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document entitled the NWT Health and Social Services System Action Plan, 2002-2005 Status Report, February-September 2002. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 10, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Item 10, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table a letter from the Norman Wells and District Chamber of Commerce directing me to table the letter they sent to me as the MLA for Sahtu. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Item 10, tabling of documents. Tabling of documents. Item 11, notices of motion. Notices of motion. The chair recognizes the honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Delorey.