7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. It is scheduled to meet in the Legislative Council Complex, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025, overlapping the six months of Carrie Lam as the fifth term of the Chief Executive and the sixth term of Chief Executive. The membership of the Legislative Council will be determined in the December 2021 election.

7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Council
JurisdictionHong Kong
Meeting placeLegislative Council Complex
Term1 January 2022 –
Election2021 election
GovernmentLam Administration
Members90 members
PresidentTBD
Party controlPro-Beijing camp

Originally scheduled for 6 September 2020, Chief Executive Carrie Lam postponed the election for a whole year on 31 July 2020.[1] On 11 March 2021, the National People's Congress (NPC) passed a decision to drastically overhaul Hong Kong electoral system, which was followed by the Carrie Lam administration promulgated the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance 2021, which changed the general election of the seventh term of the Legislative Council from 5 September to 19 December 2021.[2] Under the Ordinance, the membership of the Legislative Council increased from 70 to 90 and the members were elected by the Election Committee with 40 seats, functional constituencies with 30 seats, and geographical constituencies with 20 seats respectively.[3]

Major events
  • 1 January 2022: Council scheduled to convene.

Leadership

Committees
  • House Committee
    • Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
  • Finance Committee
    • Establishment Subcommittee
    • Public Works Subcommittee
  • Public Accounts Committee
  • Committee on Members' Interests
  • Committee on Rules of Procedure

Panels
  • Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services
  • Panel on Commerce and Industry
  • Panel on Constitutional Affairs
  • Panel on Development
  • Panel on Economic Development
  • Panel on Education
  • Panel on Environmental Affairs
  • Panel on Financial Affairs
  • Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene
  • Panel on Health Services
  • Panel on Home Affairs
  • Panel on Housing
  • Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting
  • Panel on Manpower
  • Panel on Security
  • Panel on Transport
  • Panel on Welfare Services

Secretariat

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation" (PDF). Legislative Council.
    2. "Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance 2021". Legislative Council.
    3. "Composition of the Legislative Council". Legislative Council.
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