The Parliamentarian Addendum to Volume LXXX Index (1999) Issued under the authority of the SECRETARIAT OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION Suite 700, Westminster House, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, United Kingdom AUTHORS’ NAMES | Persad-Bissessar, Hon. Kamla, MP . .TT1-TT3 | Ramakrishnudu, Hon. Y.,M LA Alderdice of Knock, Lord 145-147 | Ratnayake, Hon. K.B. Anderson, Mr Donald, MP 151-155 | Roberts. Hon. Matthew, MP 395-398 Assam, Hon. Mervyn, MP TT7-TT9 | Salick, Mrs Nalini .............. 263-266 Bakary, Hon. Abubakar Khamis, MHR 345-347 | Spence, Sen. Prof. the Hon. John . TT10-TT13 Barnes, Mr Harry, MP .. . Tiruchelvam, Dr Neelan, MP 148-150 Berry, Cllr Roger ate ; Puget Ue yet . Vijayakrishnan, Shri K. Chapman-Valere, Mrs Nicole oe Werunga, Mr Murumba Chaudhari, Smt. June, MLA ...... . 257-259 Coghill, Dr the Hon. Ken 199-201 Donahoe, Mr Arthur, QC ........ 359-364 | Dwarka.MrSN __. 387-290) PARLIAMENTARY ARCHITECTURE Elder, Mr David 400-402 | Alberta, Legislative Assembly in session Garrison. Mr Gary 284-286 Canada, Parliament building ... . Ganoo. Hon. Alan. MP 356-358 Guernsey, Royal Court House Gibson, Dr Ian, MP ............. 260-262 Himachal Pradesh, Legislative Assembly building Gomez, Mr Raja G. 167-170 April Issue, Cover Hughes, Hon. Hubert, MLA . Himachal Pradesh, House Chamber Jacob, Shri M.M 348-350 Malawi, Parliament building at New State House James, Hon. Edison C., MHA 365-367 Jayawardana, Dr Jayalath, MP 368-369 New Zealand, House of Representatives Chamber Kolane, Dr the Rt Hon. John ...... | 18. 32. 40 ‘ Kotvi, Shri N.S. 210-213 Nigeria, National Assembly building 382-383, 401 Kyprianou, Mr Marcos, MP 156-157 St Lucia, Parliament Building Lodge, Prof. Juliet 171-175 Sri Lanka, Parliament Chamber Mahler, Dr Gregory ...... 403-404 Sri Lanka, parliamentary complex ......... 2 Malhotra, Shri G.C. . . 206, 218-220, 267-270 : Manning, Hon. Patrick, MP ‘T4_TT6 [Trinidad & Tobago, House of Representatives in : session .... July Insert, Inside Front Cover Mayor, Dr Federico 165-166 | McClelland. Mr Ian.MP ......... Irinidad & Tobago, Red House, Parliament Michael, Rt Hon. Alun, JP,M P,AM . . 353-35: July Insert, Covet Mowlam, Dr the Rt Hon. Marjorie, MP 135-138 [rinidad & Tobago, Senate in Senate Msekwa, Hon. Pius, MP . . . 214-215, 351-352 ..» July Insert, TT11 Murray, Hon. John, MP 158-160 Zanzibar, House of Representatives Nagle, Mr Peter, MP ............2/8-280 | October Issue, Cover Newman, Mr Terry 207-209 | Zanzibar, House of Representatives Chamber in Paisley, Dr lan R.K., MP, MEP seman October leeue. Cover ‘The Parliamentarian Index to Volume LXXX (1999) Issued under the authority of the SECRETARIAT OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION Suite 700, Westminster House, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, United Kingdom A People Act (New South Wales) ode Constitution Amendment Act, 1999 (New a o--> Zealand) Acts (see Bills) Control of Market Concentrations Bill ALBERTA (Cyprus) Alberta Legislature conquers thorny Co-operative Society Act, 1998 (Zambia) 81 Members’ pay issue - For now 284-286 Crimes (Home Invasion) Amendment Act, ANDHRA PRADESH 1999 (New Zealand) ..........; 374 A code of ethics for legislators Criminal Law Consolidation Anglo-Indian MPs (Contamination of Goods) Amendment A valuable contribution by a privileged Bill, 1998 (South Australia) group (India) Criminal Law Consolidation (Juries) ANGUILLA Amendment Bill, 1998 (South Australia) 178 No quorum: No sitting: ; Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sentence AUSTRALIA (see also under Parliamentary Guidelines) Act (New South Wales) 176 News) Declaration of Assets Draft Bill Adaptng the doctrine [of ministerial responsibility] Drug Courts Act (New South Wales) to a more complex world Electricity Laws (Amendment) Bill, 1998 (India) : Electricity Regulatory Commission Bill, 1998 (India) Employment Services and Income Support (Integrated Administration) Act, 1998 Bills (names of) (New Zealand) Abolition of the Death Penalty Bill Evidence (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill, (Cyprus) 1998 (South Australia) Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act, Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) 1998 (Australia) Bill, 1999 (India) Beedi Workers Cess (Amendment) Bill, Forestry and National Park Estate Act (New 1998 (India) South Wales) Benefits of Former Presidents Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Zambia) ..8 Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Privileges) Amendment Bill, 1998 Act (New South Wales) (India) Civil Debt Imprisonment Bill (Cyprus) 181 High Court and Supreme Court Judges Commission for Children and Young (Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 1998 (India) High Court and Supreme Court Judges Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members Salaries and Conditions of Service) of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 1998 Amendment Bill, 1998 (India) .... 183 (India) Home Invasion (Occupants Protection) Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Act (New South Wales) Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 1998 Immigration and Emigrants (Amendment) (India aoe Act - No. 42 of 1998 (Sri Lanka) .. . 82 Security Intelligence Service Amendment Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Act, 1999 (New Zealand) Scale and Ancillary Industrial Social Security Amendment Act (No. 5), Undertakings (Amendment) Bill, 1998 1998 (New Zealand) ... .. 88 (India) Social Security (Work Test) Amendment Interpretation Act, 1999 (New Zealand) 3 Act, 1998 (New Zealand) ... 88 Judges (Conditions of Service) Space Activities Act, 1998 (Australia) . . 184 (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Zambia) . . 87 Statutes Amendment (Sentencing) Labour Relations Amendment Act (British (Miscellaneous) Bill, 1998 (South Columbia) Australia) Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognized Summary Offences (Offensive and Other Parties and Groups in Parliament Weapons) Amendment Act, 1998 (South (Facilities) Bill, 1998 (India) Australia) Local Government Statutes Amendment Suppression of Terrorist Bombings Act - Act (British Columbia) No. 11 of 1999 (Sri Lanka) Local Self-Government Bill (Cyprus) Tax and Foreign Exchange Act - No. 47 of Lotteries (Regulations) Bill, 1998 (India) . Q oO Maintenance Claims (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act no.54 of 1998 (Sri Lanka) ae Lanka) furnoveTra x (Amendment) Act - No. 46 Maritime and Aviation Crimes Bill (New of 1998 (Sri Lanka) Zealand) Books for Parliamentary Libraries Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act (British Columbia) 315-316, 404-405 National Aquaculture Development Book Reviews Authority of Sri Lanka Act, no. 53 of British Decolonization 1998 (Sri Lanka) Constitution, Constitutional Law and National Transmission Network Sale Act, Politics: Bangladesh Perspective - A 1998 (Australia) Comparative Study of Problems of Natural Environment Protection Measures Constitutionalism in Bangladesh . . 218-220 (Implementation) Act, 1998 (Australia) 181 The ¢ sontemporary Congress 403-404 Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act, 1998 Democracy and Development: Allies or (New Zealand) Adversaries? teen oak Ree 214-215 Nuclear Test Ban Bill (New Zealand) . . 291 Term Limits and Legislative Oilfields (Regulation and Development) I epresentanon Amendment Bill, 1998 (India) .... 182 Ombudsman Amendment (Child Protection and Community Services) Act (New South Wales) . 178 Patents (Amendment) Bill, 1999 (India) 291 President’s Emoluments and Pension (Amendment) Bill, 1998 (India) ... . 86 CANADA (see also under Parliamentary News) Privacy and Personal Information The changing role of parties and leadership Protection Act (New South Wales) . . 182 in today’s political discourse . . 255-256 Private Health Insurance Incentives Act, Chairman’s View 1998 (Australia) Children’s Rights Conflict Resolution Campaigning for the rights of children (Sri Applying democratic principles to a Lanka) 368-369 peaceful and just society in Northern Committees Ircland Advancing democratic principles in Sierra Blueprint for peace or recipe for chaos? Leone and Westminste1 151-155 (Northern Ireland) 139-143 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conflict cessation by democratic means A Commonwealth of Parliaments . 359-364 (Northern Ireland) The CPA and professional development Conflict resolution by peaceful means (Zanzibar) Hostility and exclusion: The menaces facing CYPRUS small states .... - 271-274 A case for proportional representation .. 156-157 Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Summary Report Ist Plenary: Globalization - Its Impact on Commonwealth Governments and Democracy Advancing democratic principles in Sierra Leone and Westminster How parliamentary democracy has evolved (Ghana) 287-290 Iraditional values dictate democratic practice in Meghalaya Panel E: Comparing Electoral Systems Discipline Taking opposition too far (India) Panel F: Fighting Poverty DOMINICA Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Dominica takes on the WTO: Can the 36-40 Commonwealth help? 365-367 CWP Senior Steering Committee Members’ Report Final Plenary: Globalization - Its impact on Commonwealth Governments and Parliaments Opening Ceremony Speech by the Governor-General of New Electoral systems Zealand, Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie A case for proportional representation Boys, GNZM, GCMG (Cyprus) 156-157 Speech by Rt Hon. Jenny Shipley, MP, Seeking an end to unrepresentative election Prime Minister of New Zealand . 48-50 victories 1n Mauritius . 356-358 Speech by the President of the CPA, Hon. Electronic Links to Commonwealth Douglas Kidd, MP, Speaker of the House of Parliaments and Legislatures Representatives of New Zealand . . . 50-53 Ethics Speech by the Vice-President of the CPA, Adopting a Code of Conduct for Members Hon-Hector McClean, MP, Speaker of of Parliament (N.S.W.) ...... 278-280 the House of Representatives of A code of ethics for legislators (Andhra Trinidad and Tobago ......... Pradesh) Address by the Commonwealth Secretary- European Union General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku: The Guernsey on the edge of Europe . . 161-164 Commonwealth and the Global Village Why the euro makes Parliaments matter 55-60 «> --- > Federal-State Relations Law Ministers Meeting Representation that bridges political Working together to fight crime divisions (Wales) LESOTHO Will Regional Councils help preserve Lesotho's recent political crisis national unity? (Sri Lanka) . . . 249-251 G J Soe a «=> eS JAMAICA (see under Parliamentary News) GHANA How parliamentary democracy has evolved 287-290 GUERNSEY Guernsey on the edge of Europe . . 161-164 Good Friday Agreement Applying democratic principles to a KENYA (see under Parliamentary News) peaceful and just society in Northern Ireland 135-138 Blueprint for peace or recipe for chaos? M Conflict cessation by democratic means oe oa 145-147 MALAWI (see under Parliamentary News) MAURITIUS Seeking an end to unrepresentative «>> + election victories in Mauritius . 356-358 Members Pay and Allowances INDIA (see also under Parliamentary News) Alberta Legislature conquers thorny The collapse of a coalition ...... 267-27 Members’ pay issue - For now 284-286 faking opposition too far Members Write A valuable contribution by a privileged Dr Glenister Sheil (Queensland) . . . 133 group Media Information Technology Democracy, elections and the media Bringing Parliament up to speed in science 275- and tec hnology 260-262 Information technology enhances Saint Traditional values dictate democratic Lucia's budget address 395-398 Inside Issues practice in Meghalaya Ministerial Responsibility Ireland Adapting the doctrine to a more Che right time to rejoin? complex world (Australia) Parliamentary Staff Nigerian parliamentary staff prepare for Members the Commonwealth way 400-402 NAURU (see under Parliamentary News) Political Parties NEW ZEALAND (see also under Parliamentary The changing role of parties and leadership News) in today's political discourse (Canada) NEW SOUTH WALES 5 sa a AS seek hh ee Adopting a Code of Conduct for Members The collapse of a coalition (India) 267-270 of Parliament... . 278-280 A demonstration of the proper functioning A Black Parliament for New South Wales of a multiparty Parliament (Tanzania) 158-160 RNR hag Sra aS Re Re 351-352 NIGERIA Nigerian parliamentary staff prepare for Members the Commonwealth way 400-402 Quorum No quorum: No sitting? (Anguilla) 393-394 Online Focus 19-320, 407-408 Scrutiny How small state Legislatures can influence central government (Sri Lanka) 210-213 ST LUCIA Oo ee Information technology enhances Saint Lucia's budget address 395-398 Parliamentary News SIERRA LEONE Australia . . 89-90, 185, 295, Advancing democratic principles in Sierra Canada . 90-91, 186-187, 295-296, 375-376 Leone and Westminster India . 91-99, 187-190, 296-302, 376-378 SINGAPORE Jamaica . 99-100, 191, 302-303, 378-379 Special Supplement ............. $1-34 Kenya 191-192, 303-305, 379-381 An overview of the history and structure of representative government in Singapore S3-7 Malawi 384 Escaping from Asia’s economic crisis S9-11 Nauru . 100-101 Singapore’s foreign policy priorities $12-14 New Zealand Addressing the gender imbalance in 101-103, 193-194, 305-307, 384-386 Singapore politics $15-16 Tanzania A new House by the Singapore river . . S17 .. 103-104, 195-196, 307 , 386-38 Multiple representation in a multiracial Trinidad & Tobago . 196-197, 309, 388-2 society United Kingdom The Nominated Member of Parliament .. 105-108, 197-198, 310-: Scheme: an assessment ~ Zambia The role of Government Parliamentary Parliaments Committees in Singapore’s legislative Downsizing Tasmania's Parliament process Is an effective reform of Parliament The Backbencher’s challenge in developin possible? ee, a err Small Countries Conference Tourism and industrial development in Summary report Trinidad and Tobago Ist session: Parliamentary Reform .. . 62 The Trinidad and Tobago constitutional 2nd session: Climate Change and Sea Level provision for independent Senators Rise 66-69 3rd session: Marine Resources 70-75 Irinidad and Tobago women politicians in 4th session: Potable Water 76-80 the global context Small States Hostility and exclusionT:h e menaces facing small states U Speaker «> Electing a new Speaker in mid-Parliament in Zambia 202-205 UNITED KINGDOM (see also under SRI LANKA Parliamentary News) Campaigning for the rights of children Advancing democratic principles in Sierra 368-369 Leone and Westminster How small state Legislatures can infiuence Bringing Parliament up to speed in science central government ......... 210-213 and technology Will Regional Councils help preserve UNESCO national unity? Parliamentarians and UNESCO in partnership 165-166W Se WALES Representation that bridges political TANZANIA (see also under Parliamentary News) divisions A demonstration of the proper functioning of a multiparty Parliament . 351-352 TASMANIA Downsizing Tasmania's Parliament . 207-209 Trade «>. 2--t Dominica takes on the WTO: Can the Commonwealth help? 365-367 ZAMBIA (see also under Parliamentary News) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (see also under Electing a new Speaker in mid-Parliament in arliamentary News) Zambia . 202-205 Special Supplement Taking Parliament to the people . . 281-283 The presidency, the service commissions and | ZANZIBAR constitutional reform Conflict resolution by peaceful means AUTHORS' NAMES Alderdice of Knock, Lord Anderson, Mr Donald, MP Assam, Hon. Mervyn, MP .. PT7-TT9 Bakary, Hon. Abubakar Khamis, MHR 345-347 Barnes, Mr Harry, MP Berry, Cllr Roger Chapman-Valere, Mrs Nicole Chaudhari, Smt. June, MLA ...... . . 257-259 Chibesakunda, Mr N.M. .. . 202-205, 281-283 Chin, Assoc. ProTeft Y.un g, MP. .... . .S21-24 Coghill, Dr the Hon. Ken 199-201 Donahoe, Mr Arthur,QC .........: 359-364 Dwarka,MrS.N. . 287-290 Elder, Mr David 400-402 Garrison, Mr Gary Ganoo, Hon. Alan, MP Gibson, Dr Ian, MP 260-262 Gomez, Mr Raja G. 167-170 Heng, Mr Chiang Meng, MP. Hughes, Hon. Hubert, MLA Jacob, Shri M.M 348-350 James, Hon. Edison C., MHA 365-367 Jayawardana, Dr Jayalath, MP 368-369 Kolane, Dr the Rt Hon. John ..... . 252-254 Kotvi, Shri N.S. 210-213 Kyprianou, Mr Marcos, MP 156-157 Lee, Dr Taso Yoon, INMEP . wons es $25-27 Lee, Mir Voce Saami MP kw kece een S9-11 Lodge, Prof. Juliet 171-175 Mahler, Dr Gregory 313-314, 403-404 Malhotra, Shri G.C. . . . 206, 218-220, 267-270 Manning, Hon. Patrick, MP TT4-TT6 Mayor, Dr Federico 165-166 McClelland, Mr Ian, MP Michael, Rt Hon. Alun, JP,M P,AM_ . . 353-355 Mowlam, Dr the Rt Hon. Marjorie, MP 135-138 Msekwa, Hon. Pius, MP .. . 214-215, 351-352 Murray, Hon. John, MP 158-160 Nagle, Mr Peter, MP | Ng, Ms Sheau Jiuan so 207-209 Paisley, Dr lan R.K., MP, MEP