Statement
May 13, 1986
Government response, request respecting a part of a report
Hon. John Bosley
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
By precedent a committee may present a separate report containing that part of the main report to which it wishes a response. Where a committee requests instead a response to a particular part of a report, the Government may comment on the entire report, although it is under no procedural obligation to respond to more than that part to which the committee has requested a reply..
Sources cited Standing Order 99(2).
References Debates, April 30, 1986, pp. 12791-2; May 1, 1986, p. 12817; May 5, 1986, pp. 12920-1,
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Holding
"The government is only required to respond to the specific parts of a committee report for which a response was explicitly requested, not necessarily the entire report."
AI Summary
This ruling clarifies that the government is only obligated to respond to the specific parts of a committee report for which a response has been requested.
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