Leave of Absence was granted to Mr. Lackram Bodoe, MP for Fyzabad, Hon. Anthony Garcia, MP for Arima, Mr. Rushton Paray, MP for Mayaro and Mr. Prakash Ramadhar, MP for St. Augustine from today’s Sitting. Additionally, Mrs. Christine Newallo-Hosein, MP for Cumuto/Manzanilla was also granted leave from Sittings of the House during the period December 7-9, 2016.

Two Papers were laid in the names of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Planning and Development. Paper 1 was referred to the Public Accounts (Enterprises) Committee. See Order Paper for details.

Two Reports were presented. See Order Paper for details.

Prime Minister’s Question Time is a feature of the second Sitting of the House each month. As such, members of the Opposition posed questions to the Prime Minister today. See Order Paper for details.

Three urgent questions will be posed. See Order Paper for details.

Two questions qualified for oral answer. See Order Paper for details.

The Minister of Rural Development and Local Government moved the motion to approve the Draft EBC (Local Government and THA) Order 2016. View the Progress of the Motion here. The motion was approved.

The Sitting concluded at 2:43 p.m. The House adjourned to Friday December 9, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.