Bills
3rd Session of the 11th Republican Parliament
The Appropriation (Financial Year – 2018) Bill, 2017
AN ACT to provide for the service of Trinidad and Tobago for the financial year ending on the 30th day of September, 2018

Introduced By:
Colm Imbert
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 17 of 2017
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
02-Oct-2017
Published In Gazette On
02-Oct-2017, Vol.56 No.106
Status
President of the Republic - Assent
Progress
2 Oct 2017
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Minister of Finance]
2 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Minister of Finance]
6 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

7 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Leader of the Opposition]
2.Hon. Stuart Young, SC, MP [Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West] [Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister]
3.Ms. Ramona Ramdial, MP [Couva North] [Opposition Member]
4.Hon. Dr. Lovell Francis, MP [Moruga/Tableland] [Minister of State in the Ministry of Education]
5. Dr. Lackram Bodoe, MP [Fyzabad] [Opposition Member]
6.Hon. Darryl Smith, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs]
7.Hon. Anthony Garcia, MP [Arima] [Minister of Education]
9 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Cherrie-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn, MP [Lopinot/Bon Air West] [Minister of Social Development and Family Services]
2. Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, MP [Tabaquite] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Randall Mitchell, MP [San Fernando East] [Minister of Housing and Urban Development]
4.Mr. Barry Padarath, MP [Princes Town] [Opposition Member]
5. Brig. Gen. Ancil Antoine, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Government Member]
6.Mrs. Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh, MP [Oropouche West] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, MP [St. Ann’s East] [Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts]
8.Mrs. Christine Newallo-Hosein, MP [Cumuto/Manzanilla] [Opposition Member]
9.Mrs. Glenda Jennings-Smith, MP [Toco/Sangre Grande] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security]
10 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Maj. Gen. Edmund Dillon, MP [Point Fortin] [Minister of National Security]
2.Mr. Rodney Charles, MP [Naparima] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille West] [Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs]
4. Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, MP [Caroni Central] [Opposition Member]
5.Ms. Nicole Olivierre, MP [La Brea] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries]
6.Mr. David Lee, MP [Pointe-a-Pierre] [Opposition Member]
7.Mr. Esmond Forde, MP [Tunapuna] [Deputy Speaker]
8.Mr. Rushton Paray, MP [Mayaro] [Opposition Member]
9.Ms. Marlene McDonald, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Government Member]
11 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

8 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Terrence Deyalsingh, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Health]
2. Dr. Fuad Khan, MP [Barataria/San Juan] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Ayanna Webster-Roy, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister]
4. Dr. Tim Gopeesingh, MP [Caroni East] [Opposition Member]
5.Mr. Adrian Leonce, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] [Government Member]
6.Mr. Fazal Karim, MP [Chaguanas East] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis, MP [Tobago West] [Minister of Tourism]
8.Mr. Prakash Ramadhar, MP [St. Augustine] [Opposition Member]
12 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

Hansard for this date incorporates Standing Finance Committee for October 16, 17, 19, 20 and 23.
7 speakersShow Speakers
1.Mr. Rudranath Indarsingh, MP [Couva South] [Opposition Member]
2.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
3. Dr. Roodal Moonilal, MP [Oropouche East] [Opposition Member]
4.Hon. Camille Robinson-Regis, MP [Arouca/Maloney] [Minister of Planning and Development]
5.Mr. Ganga Singh, MP [Chaguanas West] [Opposition Member]
6.Hon. Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] [Prime Minister]
7.Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Minister of Finance]
12 Oct 2017
Finance Committee Hansard

16 Oct 2017
Finance Committee
17 Oct 2017
Finance Committee
19 Oct 2017
Finance Committee
20 Oct 2017
Finance Committee
23 Oct 2017
Finance Committee
23 Oct 2017
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
Division: 21 for, none against, eight abstentions
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Minister of Finance]
24 Oct 2017
Senate
1st Reading of the Bill Hansard

1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Allyson West [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
24 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

12 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Allyson West [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
2.Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Taurel Shrikissoon [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. the Hon. Clarence Rambharat [Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries]
5.Sen. Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. the Hon. Franklin Khan [Minister of Energy and Energy Industries]
7.Sen. Anita Haynes-Alleyne [Opposition Senator]
8.Sen. Stephen Creese [Independent Senator]
9.Sen. Nigel de Freitas [Vice-President of the Senate]
10.Sen. Dr. Paul Richards [Independent Senator]
11.Sen. Daniel Dookie [Government Senator]
12.Sen. Dr. Lester Henry [Government Senator]
25 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

13 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. Saddam Hosein [Opposition Senator]
2.Sen. David Small [Independent Senator]
3.Sen. the Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon [Minister of Trade and Industry]
4.Sen. the Hon. Dennis Moses [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs and Minister in the Ministry of National Security]
5.Sen. Melissa Ramkissoon [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. the Hon. Rohan Sinanan [Minister of Works and Transport]
7.Sen. Gerald Ramdeen [Opposition Senator]
8.Sen. Sophia Chote, SC [Independent Senator]
9.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
10.Sen. Allyson Baksh [Government Senator]
11.Sen. Taharqa Obika [Opposition Senator]
12.Sen. Foster Cummings [Government Senator]
13.Sen. Avinash Singh [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries]
26 Oct 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. H.R. Ian Roach [Independent Senator]
2.Sen. Jwala Rambarran [Opposition Senator (Temporary)]
3.Sen. the Hon. Robert Le Hunte [Minister of Public Utilities]
4.Sen. Jabez Johnson [Opposition Senator (Temporary)]
5.Sen. the Hon. Jennifer Baptiste-Primus [Minister of Labour and Small Enterprise Development]
6.Sen. Jennifer Raffoul [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. Khadijah Ameen [Opposition Senator]
8.Sen. the Hon. Kazim Hosein [Minister of Rural Development and Local Government]
9.Sen. the Hon. Allyson West [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
26 Oct 2017
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard

1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Allyson West [Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
31 Oct 2017