Budget for fiscal 2009
Bills
1st Session of the 9th Republican Parliament
The Appropriation Bill, 2009
An Act to provide for the Service of Trinidad and Tobago for the financial year ending on the 30th day of September, 2008

Introduced By:
Karen Nunez-Tesheira
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 23 of 2008
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
22-Sep-2008
Status
President of the Republic - Assent
Progress
22 Sep 2008
House of Representatives
1st Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
22 Sep 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

Budget Presentation by the Minister of Finance for fiscal 2009
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1.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
26 Sep 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Opposition Member]
2.Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Minister of Works and Transport]
3.Mr. Chandresh Sharma, MP [Fyzabad] [Opposition Member]
4.Hon. Esther Le Gendre, MP [Tunapuna] [Minister of Education]
5.Mr. Winston Peters, MP [Mayaro] [Opposition Member]
6.Sen. the Hon. Martin Joseph [Minister of National Security]
7.Mr. Subhas Panday, MP [Princes Town North] [Opposition Member]
8.Hon. Fitzgerald Jeffrey, MP [La Brea] [Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education]
9.Mr. Nizam Baksh, MP [Naparima] [Opposition Member]
29 Sep 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1. Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] [Government Member]
2.Mr. Kelvin Ramnath, MP [Couva South] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Dr. Amery Browne, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Minister of Social Development]
4.Mr. Jack Warner, MP [Chaguanas West] [Opposition Member]
5.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde [Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment]
6. Dr. Tim Gopeesingh, MP [Caroni East] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Marlene McDonald, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Minister of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs]
8.Ms. Mickela Panday, MP [Oropouche West] [Opposition Member]
9.Hon. Peter Taylor, MP [Princes Town South/Tableland] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
10. Dr. Hamza Rafeeq, MP [Caroni Central] [Opposition Member]
11.Mr. Junia Regrello, MP [San Fernando West] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs]
12.Mr. Harry Partap, MP [Cumuto/Manzanilla] [Opposition Member]
30 Sep 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Hon. Christine Kangaloo, MP [Pointe-a-Pierre] [Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education]
2.Mr. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Tabaquite] [Opposition Chief Whip]
3.Hon. Rennie Dumas, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of Labour and Small and Micro-Enterprise Development]
4.Mr. Vasant Bharath, MP [St. Augustine] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Joseph Ross, MP [Barataria/San Juan] [Minister of Tourism]
6. Dr. Roodal Moonilal, MP [Oropouche East] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Roger Joseph, MP [La Horquetta/Talparo] [Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Transport]
8.Hon. Stanford Callender, MP [Tobago West] [Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister]
9.Hon. Patrick Manning, MP [San Fernando East] [Prime Minister]
2 Oct 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Hon. Neil Parsanlal, MP [Lopinot/Bon Air West] [Minister of Information]
2.Hon. Kennedy Swaratsingh, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Public Administration]
3.Sen. the Hon. Jerry Narace [Minister of Health]
4.Hon. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, MP [Chaguanas East] [Minister of Public Utilities]
5.Hon. Gary Hunt, MP [Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West] [Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs]
6.Hon. Donna Cox, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] [Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security]
7.Mr. NiLeung Hypolite, MP [Laventille West] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport]
8.Mrs. Indra Sinanan Ojah-Maharaj, MP [Toco/Sangre Grande] [Government Member]
9.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
2 Oct 2008
Finance Committee Hansard 

The Proceedings of Finance Committee are closed to the public
2 Oct 2008
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard 

1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Minister of Finance]
6 Oct 2008
Senate
1st Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Sen. the Hon. Mariano Browne [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
6 Oct 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Sen. the Hon. Mariano Browne [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
2.Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Subhas Ramkhelawan [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde [Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment]
5.Sen. Cindy Devika Sharma [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Dana Seetahal, SC [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. the Hon. Arnold Piggott [Minister of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources]
8.Sen. Helen Drayton [Independent Senator]
9.Sen. the Hon. Conrad Enill [Minister of Energy and Energy Industries]
7 Oct 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Sen. the Hon. Hazel Manning [Minister of Local Government]
2.Sen. Dr. Ramesh Deosaran [Independent Senator]
3.Sen. the Hon. Bridgid Annisette-George [Attorney General]
4.Sen. Mohammed Faisal Rahman [Opposition Senator]
5.Sen. Corinne Baptiste-McKnight [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. the Hon. Jerry Narace [Minister of Health]
7.Sen. Dr. Carson Charles [Opposition Senator]
8.Sen. Annette Nicholson-Alfred [Independent Senator]
9.Sen. Laurel Lezama-Lee Sing [Government Senator]
8 Oct 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Sen. the Hon. Tina Gronlund-Nunez [Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment]
2.Sen. Gail Merhair [Independent Senator]
3.Sen. Linus Rogers [Government Senator]
4.Sen. Basharat Ali [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Lenny Saith [Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister]
6.Sen. Dr. Jennifer Kernahan [Opposition Senator]
7.Sen. Michael Annisette [Independent Senator]
8.Sen. June Melville [Government Senator]
9 Oct 2008
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Sen. Wesley George [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health]
2.Sen. Dr. Adesh Nanan [Opposition Senator]
3.Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon, MP [Point Fortin] [Minister of Foreign Affairs]
4.Sen. the Hon. Mariano Browne [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
9 Oct 2008
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard 

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1.Sen. the Hon. Mariano Browne [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
10 Oct 2008