1996 5th Session 35th Parliament

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Guide for Users of the Hansard Index

The Hansard index provides page references to the official record of debates of the Legislative Assembly. Entries fall into one of three categories: subject, speaker or House business. Subject headings reflect the topics discussed by members; speaker entries begin with the member’s name and are followed by the subjects spoken on by that member; and House business headings represent the routine and other business of the Legislative Assembly (see list below). Main headings may be followed by one or two subheadings. The introduction of guests and visitors is not indexed.

 
CROSS REFERENCES

See directs the user to the main heading under which entries will be found.
EXAMPLE:

Commuter Rail service. See Transit

or to the term used in this index.

EXAMPLE:

Drunk driving. See Impaired driving

 

See also directs the user to related subjects.
EXAMPLE:

Education

Essential service designation. See also Education as an Essential Service Act

 

Cross references to a particular subheading are shown as follows:

Day care See Child care under Children

 
HOUSE BUSINESS

House business entries include:

Bills, Legislative

Budget

Chair and Deputy Chair, rulings and statements

Divisions

Ministerial statements

Motions

Oral questions

Petitions

Private members’ statements

Privilege

Speaker and Deputy Speaker, rulings and statements

Speech from the Throne (includes Address in Reply)

All bills introduced during the session are listed in numerical order under “Bills, Legislative” as well as in a separate alphabetical list near the front of the index.

 
FILING SEQUENCE

The basic filing sequence used in this index is alphabetical, word by word. Punctuation is ignored in filing.

 

Abbreviations and acronyms used in this index are filed as follows:

MLAs	Members of the Legislative Assembly
NDP	New Democratic Party
GAIN	as a main heading, Guaranteed Available Income for Need program; as a sub-heading, Gain
B.C.	British Columbia

 

Numbers are filed numerically in ascending order when they denote highway or school district numbers, and as if written out when they are part of a name.

EXAMPLE:

British Columbia Hydro International Ltd.

B.C. 21 program

Budget

 

Abbreviations used in House business entries are the following:

Amdt	Amendment
Sec	Section
1R	First reading
2R	Second reading
C	Committee stage
3R	Third reading
RA	Royal assent

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