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Motions

1st Session of the 9th Republican Parliament

Private Motion: Implementation of Equal Opportunity Legislation

WHEREAS Section 4 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago provides for all citizens the right to equality of treatment from any public authority in the exercise of any function and the right to equality before the law and the protection of the law;

AND WHEREAS both Houses of Parliament have already passed into law the Equal Opportunities Act;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Government takes immediate steps to have the Equal Opportunity Legislation proclaimed and fully effected in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

(By Senator Wade Mark)

The Motion was approved with a division of 10 for, 1 against, 12 abstentions.

First Debated:

23-Jun-2008

Approved on:

5-Nov-2008

Speakers in the:

Senate
23-Jun-2008	Senate Debate - Day 1 \| Hansard (218.2 kb) Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator] Sen. Dana Seetahal, SC [Independent Senator] Sen. the Hon. Bridgid Annisette-George [Attorney General] Sen. Ryan Spicer [Opposition Senator (Temporary)] Sen. June Melville [Government Senator] Sen. Mohammed Faisal Rahman [Opposition Senator]
22-Jul-2008	Senate Debate - Day 2 \| Hansard (246.1 kb) Sen. Basharat Ali [Independent Senator] Sen. the Hon. Dr. Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde [Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment] Sen. Cindy Devika Sharma [Opposition Senator] Sen. Dr. Rolph Balgobin [Independent Senator (Temporary)] Sen. Afifah Mohammed [Opposition Senator (Temporary)] Sen. Laurel Lezama [Government Senator] Sen. Dr. Jennifer Kernahan [Opposition Senator]
05-Nov-2008	Senate Debate - Day 3 \| Hansard (313.8 kb) Sen. Helen Drayton [Independent Senator] Sen. the Hon. Tina Gronlund-Nunez [Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment] Sen. Dr. Adesh Nanan [Opposition Senator] Sen. Prof. Ramesh Deosaran [Independent Senator] Sen. the Hon. Jerry Narace [Minister of Health] Sen. Dr. Carson Charles [Opposition Senator] Sen. Michael Annisette [Independent Senator] Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator] Sen. the Hon. Bridgid Annisette-George [Attorney General]