House of Representatives

Sittings

22nd Sitting of the House of Representatives

1st Session - 11th Republican Parliament

Friday 22 April, 2016
1:30 PM
Announcements By The Speaker/Deputy Speaker
Leave of Absence

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.

Papers
Five Papers

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.

Questions To Ministers: Oral Answer
Two Urgent Questions

Two Urgent Questions were posed. See Order Paper for details.

Questions To Ministers: Oral Answer
Four Questions

Four questions qualified for oral answer. An answer to Question #84 was deferred for one (1) week. See Order Paper for details.

Private Business: Motions
Initiation of a Programme in schools to meet the needs of children with ADD/ADHD

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.

Matter On The Adjournment
Two Matters

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.

Adjournment
The House adjourned to Monday April 25, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.

The Sitting concluded at 5:40 p.m. The House adjourned to Monday April 25, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.