Month: January 2015

JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE – PARLIAMENTARY AUTONOMY   EXTENSION OF INVITATION FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS On Friday January 23, 2015 the Joint Select Committee appointed to consider and report on the Legislative Proposal entitled, "The Draft Houses of Parliament Service Authority Bill, 2014" agreed that the deadline for written comments/suggestions on a pre-policy paper entitled "Towards an …

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The Adoption of Children (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the House of Representatives on November 19, 2014 in the name of the Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development, and is expected to be debated on Wednesday January 21, 2015. To learn more about this piece of legislation, read the document below, prepared by …

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Several of the new Joint Standing Committees, established in accordance with the Revised Standing Orders of the House of Representatives, will meet for the first time in private next week, to elect a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and also to determine their quorum and work schedule. The meetings of each Committee are scheduled as follows: Tuesday January …

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