Sittings
23rd Sitting of the House of Representatives
3rd Session - 12th Republican Parliament
Nine papers were laid. See Order Paper for details.
One report was presented. See Order Paper.
Nine urgent questions were posed. Eight questions were answered.
Four questions qualified for oral answer. All questions were answered.
The Attorney General, Sen. the Hon. Reginald Armour, S.C., made a statement regarding civil action on the matter of Brent Thomas and Specialist Shooters Training Centre Limited against the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions and the judgement delivered by Justice Davindra Rampersad in April 2023.
The Member for Barataria / San Juan, Mr. Saddam Hosein, MP, raised a privilege matter against Attorney General, Senator the Hon. Reginald Armour, S.C., regarding the deliberate misleading of the Standing Finance Committee on 5th May, 2023 during the Standing Finance Committee meeting.
The Deputy Speaker, Mr. Esmond Forde, MP, reserved his ruling for a subsequent Sitting.
The Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was introduced in the name of the Attorney General.
The Finance (Supplementation and Variation of Appropriation) (Financial Year 2023) Bill, 2023 was introduced in the name of the Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, who moved that the next stage of the Bill be taken later in the proceedings. The motion was approved.
The Trinidad and Tobago National Council on Alcoholism (Incorporation) (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was read a first time by the Deputy Speaker of the House.
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, moved a motion that the House adopt the Second Report of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives for the Third Session (2022/2023), Twelfth Parliament on the consideration of proposals for the Supplementation and Variation of Appropriation for the fiscal year 2023. Debate began on the motion. Eight members contributed before the wind up by the Minister of Finance. The motion was approved.
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, moved the second reading of The Finance (Supplementation and Variation of Appropriation) (Financial Year 2023) Bill, 2023. Two members contributed to the debate before the wind up by the Minister of Finance. With 36 votes for, no votes against and no abstentions, the bill was read a third time and passed.
The Sitting concluded at 10:54 p.m.