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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 headings begin with the member's name and are followed by the subjects spoken on by that member or comments made about the 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 specific 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 a member's debate on a topic, see the main subject heading.
The introduction of guests and visitors is not indexed. However, Hansard, as well as the indexes, can be word-searched electronically from the Hansard web site (http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/search). The indexes themselves can be reached from http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard. The page references within the indexes link to the Hansard text.
See directs the user to the subject heading under which entries will be found in this index.
Example:
Drinking and driving See Impaired driving
To refer to a different term under the same main heading, we may use "above/below under this main heading."
Example:
Forest industry
Remanufacturing industry See Value-added sector below under this main heading
See also directs the user to related subjects or definitive headings.
Examples:
Hospitals See also Facilities under Health care
Schools See also Education
Taxation See also particular taxes, e.g., Income tax
House business entries appear under these main headings, as needed:
Address from the Bar of the House
Bills by name
Bills by number
Budget
Citizens' initiatives
Divisions, Recorded
Documents tabled
Ministerial statements
Motions
Oral questions by member
Oral questions by subject
Personal statements by members
Petitions
Points of order
Presentation of new member(s)
Private members' statements
Privilege
Proclamations
Prorogation
Quorum called (under the main heading Legislature)
Public written questions
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
Speech from the Throne (includes Address in Reply)
Statements by members (Standing order 25B)
All bills introduced during the session are listed in alphabetical and then numerical order under the main headings Bills by name and Bills by number, as well as alphabetically in the introductory pages of the printed index.
The list of oral questions appears within the index under the main headings Oral questions by member and Oral questions by subject.
Budget estimates are listed according to the name of the ministry (e.g., Forests, Ministry of), legislative officer (e.g., Auditor general) or agency (e.g., Elections B.C.).
The records of how Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) voted in standing votes are provided in a separate index on the Internet, headed "Voting Records by Member (Standing votes)," and as an appendix to the printed index. These recorded divisions are listed in the index with their page references, under the heading Divisions, Recorded.
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, as needed, in this index are filed as follows:
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AIDS |
Aids |
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B.C. or BC |
British Columbia |
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CN Rail |
CN Rail |
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MLAs |
Members of (the) Legislative Assembly |
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NDP |
New Democratic Party |
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St. |
Saint |
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U.S. |
United States |
Abbreviations used in the procedural entries for bills are the following:
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Amendment(s) |
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sec. |
section (of a bill) |
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1R |
First reading |
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2R |
Second reading |
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C |
Committee stage |
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3R |
Third reading |
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RA |
Royal assent |
Numbers are filed numerically in ascending order and preceding the alpha characters. Examples:
100 Mile House, B.C.
176th Street_See ...
Agriculture industry
B.C. 21 program
British Columbia Assessment
Highway 1
Highway 17
Highway 19
Under MLAs' names as main headings, any entries about the member himself/herself are grouped and filed at the top of the member's subject heading, under the subheading As subject.
If someone is a member of cabinet for any portion of this session, "Hon." (Honourable) will be used before their name in the index and member lists, unless none of their index entries were during the time they were ministers.
If users are interested in matters of legislative procedure, these main headings will be of interest:
Divisions, Recorded
Legislation
Legislature
Motions
Points of order
Privilege
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
Standing order 35 adjournment motions
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