Sittings
22nd Sitting of the House of Representatives
1st Session - 11th Republican Parliament
Leave of Absence was granted to
- Mr. Ganga Singh, MP for Chaguanas West for the period April 22-30
- Hon. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, MP for St Ann’s East
- Hon. Shamfa Cudjoe, MP for Tobago West
- Mr. Fazal Karim, MP for Chaguanas East and
- Mrs. Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh, MP for Oropouche West
from today’s Sitting.
Five Papers were laid in the name of the Minister of Finance. The Minister of Finance moved that the five reports be referred to the Public Accounts Committee. See Order Paper for details.
Two Urgent Questions were posed. See Order Paper for details.
Four questions qualified for oral answer. An answer to Question #84 was deferred for one (1) week. See Order Paper for details.
Debate continued on the motion: Initiation of a Programme in schools to meet the needs of children with ADD/ADHD. This motion was first raised in the House of Representatives on February 26, 2016 by Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, MP. The motion was approved.
Mr. David Lee, MP, raised a matter on the adjournment the plight of residents of Claxton Bay who are affected by the excessive smoke from the Forrest Park Landfill. He recommended that measures be put in place to alleviate the situation by preventing fires and relocating the landfill. The Minister of Public Utilities responded.
Dr. Tim Gopeesingh, MP, raised a concern on vacancies in the Health Sector in light of 150 trained doctors who are unemployed. The Minister of Health responded.
The Sitting concluded at 5:40 p.m. The House adjourned to Monday April 25, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.