Leave of absence was granted to Mrs. Glenda Jennings-Smith, MP for Toco / Sangre Grande, from today’s Sitting of the House.

The Interception of Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was brought from the Senate.

One report was presented.

One paper was laid. See order paper.

Eight questions were posed to the Acting Prime Minister by Members of the Opposition.

Three urgent questions were posed and answered.

One question qualified for oral answer.

The Administration of Justice (Electronic Monitoring) (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in the name of the Minister of National Security.

The Member for Laventille West and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP, moved a motion to adopt the Report of the JSC on the Private Security Industry Bill, 2019. Debate began on the motion.

Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan raised a matter on the adjournment regarding the lack of public education for children of Venezuelan migrants. The Minister of Education responded.

The Sitting concluded at 5:51 p.m. The House adjourned to Friday March 13, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.