Sittings
6th Sitting of the Senate
2nd Session - 13th Republican Parliament
The President of the Senate read the contents of a letter from the Deputy Speaker informing the Senate of changes in House membership of several Joint Select Committees.
One Paper was laid. See the Order Paper.
Five Questions on Notice qualify for oral answer. See the Order Paper.
One Bill, the Protection of New Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was introduced in the name of the Minister of Land and Legal Affairs, who moved that the next stage of the Bill be taken later in the proceedings.
The Minister of Land and Legal Affairs moved the second reading of the Protection of New Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2026. Debate then began on the bill. Ten Senators made contributions before the Minister rose to wind up. The Bill was then referred to a Committee of the Whole Senate to be considered clause by clause. The Bill was approved without amendment, then read a third time and passed.
Senator Anthony Vieira raised as a matter on the motion for the adjournment of the Senate, “the need to reform the constitutional procedure governing temporary acting appointments to the office of Commissioner of Police.” The Leader of Government Business and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister responded.
Before adjourning, the Leader of Government Business advised that the Senate would consider private business on Tuesday and on Wednesday consider the Special Operations Bill, 2026, pending its passage in the House of Representatives. The sitting ended at 7:45 p.m.