senate

Sittings

26th Sitting of the Senate

1st Session - 11th Republican Parliament

Tuesday 13 September, 2016
1:30 PM
Announcements By The President/Vice-President
Tribute to Angus Albert Khan

The Senate paid tribute to former Senator, Angus Khan, who passed away on September 4, 2016. A minute silence was observed.

Papers
29 Papers

Twenty-nine (29) papers were laid in the names of the Minister of Finance, Minister of Tourism, Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, Senator Allyson Baksh, Leader of Government Business and Senator David Small. See Order Paper and Supplemental Order Paper for details.

Questions To Ministers: Oral Answer
Two Urgent Questions

Two urgent questions were posed and answered. See Order Paper for details.

Questions To Ministers: Oral Answer
Four questions

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

Government Business: Bills Second Reading
The Remedies of Creditors (Amendment) Bill, 2016

The Minister of Finance moved the 2nd reading of the Remedies of Creditors (Amendment) Bill 2016. Senator Wade Mark is first to enter the debate. The Bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole for consideration clause by clause. The Bill was amended in the Committee Stage. The Bill was then read a third time and passed (with amendment).

Adjournment
The Senate adjourned to a date to be fixed

The Sitting concluded at 7:14 p.m. The Senate adjourned to a date to be fixed.