Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures tabled Committee Report 2-16(3) on October 24, 2008. The report was read into the record and a motion was passed that moved the report into Committee of the Whole. Members may recall that the report dealt with two matters both referred to the committee by Speaker Delorey.

The first matter concerned the former response by government to a motion in the House. After careful review, the committee is recommending that an amendment to Rule 49 be adopted requiring the government if a motion is adopted by the House requesting response, to table the response within 120 days.

The second matter was a request to clarify the form and content of a written question. The committee provided a recommendation to amend Rule 39 to have the Clerk ensure that written questions conform to the rules of the House, setting out the number of written questions a Member may have on the Order Paper any one time at five, and allowing a written question to contain one initial question and, if required clarification, up to four supplementary questions.

Mr. Chairman, I am prepared to make two motions amending the rules of the Legislative Assembly as recommended by the Standing Committee on Rules

and Procedures. I will wait just in case Members have any comments they want to provide or any questions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.