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BARBADOS MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF The Honourable the House of Assembly At a meeting of the House of Assembly at the Parliament Buildings on Tuesday the 25th day of October, 2022, at 10.00 o’clock a.m. pursuant to the adjournment.

PRESENT His Honour A. E. Holder, B.Sc.

(Hons.

), MSW, LL.B.

(Hons.

), L.E.C.

(Speaker) Miss C. Y. Forde, J.P., L.C.P.

Hon.

D. D. Marshall, Q.C., LL.B.

(Hons.

), L.E.C.

( Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs) Mr. T. A. Prescod, J.P., B.A.

Hon.
Hon.

K. D. Symmonds, B.A., LL.B.

(Senior Minister) (Minister of Energy and Business Development) Hon.

D. G. Sutherland, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.B.A.

(Dist.)

(Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance) Hon.

Miss S. J. O. Bradshaw, LL.B.

(Hons.

), L.E.C.

(Deputy Prime Minister) (Senior Minister) (Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources) Dr. the Hon.

W. F. Duguid, J.P., B.D.S., F.D.S., F.D.R.C.S., M. Min.

(Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office) Hon.

W. A. Abrahams, LL.B.


(Minister of Home Affairs and Information) Mr. R. A. Thorne, Q.C., LL.B., L.E.C., Dip.

Theology Hon.

I.

A. Weir, M.B.A. (Minister of Agri- culture, Food and Nutritional Security) Hon.

A. R. Forde, RPh.

(Minister of Environment and National Beautification) Hon.

C. McD.

Griffith, B.Sc.

(Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment) Mr. P. R. Phillips, J.P. (Chairman of Committees) Hon.

G. P. I. Gooding-Edghill (Minister of Health and Wellness) Hon.

C. E. Jordan, B.Sc.
C. E. Jordan, B.Sc.

(Hons.)

(Minister of Labour and Social Security and the Third Sector) Dr. the Hon.

S. E. Browne, M.B.B.S.

(Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness) Hon.

K. D. M. Humphrey, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.P.A.

(Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs) Hon.

R. R. Straughn, B.Sc., M.Sc.

(Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs) Ms. M. K-A.

Caddle, B.A., M.Sc.

Hon.


Miss K. S. McConney (Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training) Dr. R. O. Springer, J.P., Ph.D. (Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources) Hon.

D. I. Ishmael, M.B.A., M.Sc.

(Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology) Mr. C. D. L. Gibbs Mr. C. A.

Lane, J.P. (Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs) 2 ABSENT His Honour N. G. H. Rowe, J.P. (Deputy Speaker), Hon.
Miss M. A. Mottley, Q.C., LL.B.

(Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, Culture, Security, Public Service, CARICOM and the Development Commissions), Mr. E. G. Hinkson, LL.B.

(Hons.

), L.E.C., LL.M., Hon.

Ms. C. S. V. Husbands, B.A.

(Hons.

), M.Sc.

(Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Business Development) and Ms. T. N. S-A.

Moore, M.B.A. Prayers were taken by Rev.

Father Mark Harewood.


ANNOUNCEMENTS BY HIS HONOUR THE SPEAKER Mr. Speaker recognised the presence of and welcomed students from St. Martins’ Mangrove Primary School who were accompanied by their teachers Ms. Michelle Cave and Mrs. Stacia Squires-Cave.

The Minutes of the meeting of Tuesday, 11th October, 2022 were taken as read and were confirmed on the motion of Hon.

Miss S. J. O. Bradshaw seconded by Hon.

D. I. Ishmael.

MINUTES PAPERS Hon.


K. D. Symmonds by command laid: The 2020 Annual Report and the Audited Financial Statements of the National Petroleum Corporation for the period ended March 31, 2020.

GOVERNMENT NOTICES Hon.

Miss S. J. O. Bradshaw gave notice of the following: 1.

2.

3.

Civil Aviation Bill, 2022.

Civil Aviation (Air Navigation Services and Investigation of Accidents) Bill, 2022.
Resolution that Parliament accepts the Barbados National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2020 as the guiding national policy document for the management and conservation of Biodiversity in Barbados, and the associated reports.

On the motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.

Miss S. J. O. Bradshaw the following FIRST READINGS OF BILLS Bills were read a first time.

• • Civil Aviation Bill, 2022; and Civil Aviation (Air Navigation Services and Investigation of Accidents) Bill, 2022.
ORDERS OF THE DAY SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS On the motion of Hon.

Miss S. J. O. Bradshaw seconded by Hon.

K. D. M. Humphrey Standing Orders 6, 16, 18, 20, 42(5), 43 and 44 were suspended for the remainder of the Sitting.

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS ORDER NO.

6 CIVIL AVIATION BILL, 2022 On the Order being called for Hon.
K. D. Symmonds to move the second reading of the Bill entitled an Act to make better provision for civil aviation and to revise the law relating to Civil Aviation to accord with the Chicago Convention and to provide for related matters, the Hon.

Member sought and obtained leave to introduce the Bill and the Civil Aviation (Air Navigation Services and Investigation of Accidents) Bill, 2022 in a cognate debate, the Hon Member spoke and moved, seconded by Hon.
W. A. Abrahams that the Bill be read a second time.

Hon.

I.

A. Weir spoke.

SUSPENSION On the motion of Hon.

Miss S. J. O. Bradshaw seconded by Mr. C. A.

Lane the Sitting was suspended at 2.05 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. On resumption Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

RESUMPTION ORDER NO.

6 (resumed) Hon.

C. E. Jordan spoke.

Hon.

R. R. Straughn spoke.

Hon.

G. P. I. Gooding-Edghill spoke.

3 Hon.

K. D. Symmonds spoke in reply.

The Bill was read a second time.

On the motion of Hon.


K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.

W. A. Abrahams the House went into Committee, Mr. P. R. Phillips in the Chair.

Clause 1 was called and passed on the motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Dr. the Hon.

W. F. Duguid.
Part 1 (Clauses 2 to 3); Part 2 (Clauses 4 to 7); Part 3 (Clauses 8 to 13); Part 4 (Clauses 14 to 17); Part 5 (Clauses 18 to 24); Part 6 (Clauses 25 to 33); Part 7 (Clauses 34 to 39); Part 8 (Clauses 40 to 65); Part 9 (Clauses 66 to 71); Part 10 (Clauses 72 to 77); Part 11 (Clauses 78 to 86); Part 12 (Clauses 87 to 100); Part 13 (Clauses 101 to 103); Part 14 (Clauses 104 to 110); Part 15 (Clauses 111 to 129); Part 16 (Clauses 130 to 153) and the First to the Sixth Schedules were called and passed on separate motions without debate or amendment.
On the motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.

W. A. Abrahams the Chairman reported the passing of the Bill in Committee to Mr. Speaker who resumed the Chair and reported accordingly.

On the separate motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.

W. A. Abrahams the Bill was read a third time and passed and the title read and agreed to.

ORDER NO.

7 CIVIL AVIATION (AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES AND INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS) BILL, 2022 On the Order being called for Hon.
K. D. Symmonds to move the second reading of the Bill entitled an Act to make better provision for the management and oversight of air navigation services and the investigation of aircraft accidents and serious incidents in accordance with the Chicago Convention and to provide for related matters, the Hon.

Member moved, seconded by Hon.

D. I. Ishmael that the Bill be read a second time.

The motion was passed.

On the motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.


W. A. Abrahams the House went into Committee, Mr. P. R. Phillips in the Chair.

Clause 1 was called and passed on the motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.

W. A. Abrahams.

Part 1 (Clause 2); Part 2 (Clauses 3 to 8); Part 3 (Clauses 9 to 13); Part 4 (Clauses 14 to 46) and Part 5 (Clauses 47 to 57) were called and passed on the separate motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.

W. A. Abrahams.

On the motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.


W. A. Abrahams the Chairman reported the passing of the Bill in Committee to Mr. Speaker who resumed the Chair and reported accordingly.

On the separate motion of Hon.

K. D. Symmonds seconded by Hon.

W. A. Abrahams the Bill was read a third time and passed and the title read and agreed to.

4 ADJOURNMENT On the motion of Hon.

Miss S. J. O. Bradshaw seconded by Hon.


K. D. M. Humphrey the House was adjourned to Friday, 28th October, 2022 at 10.00 a.m. At 4.12 p.m. Mr. Speaker adjourned the Sitting.

N. R. JONES, Q.C.

Deputy Clerk of Parliament.

The Minutes were certified correct and confirmed the day of , 2022.

Speaker.

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