2nd Session, 36th Parliament -- Guide for Users

1997
2nd Session
36th Parliament

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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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). Entries under speakers' names may be less detailed than entries under subject headings. We may group similar topics under a general heading using words like "issues" or "operations." For a more extensive breakdown of members’ debate on a topic, see the main subject headings.

The introduction of guests and visitors is not indexed. However, Hansard for the 35th and 36th Parliaments, as well as the indexes, are searchable on-line with a search engine on the Hansard web site (http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/hansard/search). The indexes themselves can be viewed at http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/hansard, where the page references are linked to the Hansard text.

CROSS REFERENCES

See directs the user to the subject heading under which entries will be found in this index. EXAMPLE:: Drinking and driving See Impaired driving
See also directs the user to related subjects or definitive headings. EXAMPLES:: Schools See also Education
Taxation See also particular taxes, e.g., Income tax
Universities, colleges and institutes See also Post-secondary education under Education

HOUSE BUSINESS

House business entries include:: Address from the Bar of the House; Bills, Legislative; Budget; Chair and Deputy Chair, Rulings and statements; Divisions; Ministerial statements; Motions; Oral questions; Petitions; Proclamations; 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 the main heading “Bills, Legislative” as well as in a separate alphabetical list near the front of the index.

Budget estimates are listed according to the name of the ministry, legislative officer (e.g., Auditor General) or agency (e.g., Elections, B.C.).

FILING SEQUENCE

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

Mc is filed as if it were spelled Mac. Abbreviations and acronyms used in this index are filed as follows:

AIDS	aids
B.C. or BC	British Columbia
MLAs	Members of the Legislative Assembly
NDP	New Democratic Party
St.	Saint

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

EXAMPLES:

Highway 1

Highway 17

Highway 19

British Columbia Treaty Commission

B.C. 21 program

British Columbia Utilities Commission

NDP government

911 emergency telephone system

North Okanagan regional health board

Abbreviations used in the procedural entries for bills 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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