The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined and approved the budget presented to it by the Chair of the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003 for the purpose of its Special Study on implementation of statutory review provisions, as authorized by the Senate on Monday, March 25, 2002.

2. Where urgency of the situation is established or where the nature, small scale or particular characteristics of certain works or supplies so warrant, Syria may, in agreement with the Commission, authorize, as an exception, the placing of contracts after restricted invitations to tender, the conclusion of contracts by direct agreement and the performance of contracts through public works departments.

The tertiary network and the work involved in connecting households up to the water distribution and sewage systems will be carried out by direct labour or in partnership with the beneficiaries.

2. where urgency of the situation is established or where the nature, small scale or particular characteristics of certain works or supplies so warrant, Syria may, in agreement with the Commission, authorize, as an exception, the placing of contracts after restricted invitations to tender, the conclusion of contracts by direct agreement and the performance of contracts through public works departments.

In order to increase the public's understanding of the committee budgets and expenditures, your subcommittee recommends the following: that starting at the 41-2 parliamentary session, post-activity expenditure reports be tabled with the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration by the subcommittee responsible for committee budgets at least annually, and that these reports be tabled in the Senate as reports of the Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration — and see the appendix for the template of the post-expenditure report; and that in the event that journalists request information with respect ...[+++]to committee travel expenses earlier than the next projected posting time, Senate Communications be authorized to provide the information that would be normally included in the post-activity expenditure report but only after the appropriate consultation with the Committees Directorate and the Finance and Procurement Directorate to confirm that the actual expenditures for a given activity have been finalized and after approval by the appropriate subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration.

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined and approved the budget presented to it by the Chair of the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003 for the purpose of its Special Study on implementation of statutory review provisions, as authorized by the Senate on Monday, March 25, 2002.