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ORDER OF BUSINESS OF THE HONOURABLE JAMAICA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011 PRAYERS CALL OF THE ROLL STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS BILLS BROUGHT FROM THE SENATE PETITIONS PAPERS REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN ORALLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS (For answer on the 5th May, 2011 – Questions No.
1 and 2) MOTIONS THAT MAY BE MADE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS REQUIRING NOTICE MOTIONS RELATING TO SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE MOTIONS FOR LEAVE TO INTRODUCE BILLS PRESENTATION OF BILLS WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE HOUSE FIRST OBTAINED PUBLIC BUSINESS PRESENTATION OF BILLS Page 2 of 15 WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE HOUSE FIRST OBTAINED GOVERNMENT BUSINESS Page 3 of 15 1.

The Leader of the House and Minister of Education – To move – BE IT RESOLVED that Ministry Paper No.
16 of 2011 regarding the National Parenting Support Policy and the National Parenting Policy, attached thereto, which were laid on the Table of the House on the 8th day of March, 2011, be approved.

2.

The Minister of Finance and the Public Service to move that a Bill entitled “AN ACT to Amend the Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act” be now read a second time.

3.
3.

The Minister of Finance and the Public Service to move that a Bill entitled “AN ACT to Amend the Financial Administration and Audit Act” be now read a second time.

4.
4.

The Minister of Education and Leader of the House – To move – BE IT RESOLVED that the Electoral Commission of Jamaica Report to Parliament, dated March 2011, regarding the proposal to amend existing legislation to empower the Electoral Commission to prescribe the publication of a new list of electors between Nomination Day and Election Day, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 5th day of April, 2011, be approved.
Notice given on 8.03.2011 Notice of second reading given on 29.02.2011 Notice of second reading given on 29.02.2011 Notice given on 14.04.2011 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTIONS Page 4 of 15 NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 16TH DECEMBER, 2008 1.

Mr. Bunting –To move – [No.

1] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Sessional Select Committee on Economy and Production on its deliberations on the Bauxite/Alumina Industry in Jamaica, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 16th day of December, 2008, be adopted.
NOTICE GIVEN ON WEDNESDAY, 10TH MARCH, 2010 2.

Mr. Pickersgill – To move – [No.

2] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Sessional Select Committee on Infrastructure and Physical Development, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 10th day of March, 2010, be approved.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 27TH JULY, 2010 3.

Mr. Pickersgill – To move – [No.


3] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Sessional Select Committee on Infrastructure and Physical Development, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 27th day of July 2010, be adopted.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 19TH OCTOBER, 2010 4.

Mr. Mair – To move -- [No.

4] BE IT RESOLVED that the Bill entitled “An Act to Repeal the Crime (Prevention of) Act” be now read a second time.

5.

Mr. Mair – To move – [No.


5] BE IT RESOLVED that the Bill entitled “An Act to Repeal the Flogging Regulations Act” be now read a second time.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 23TH NOVEMBER 2010 6.

Dr. McNeill – To move – [No.


6] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee of the House of Representative and expenditure in respect of the Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of the Financial Sector, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 23rd day of November, 2010, be approved.

7.

Mr. Pickersgill – To move – Page 5 of 15 [No.


7] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Sessional Select Committee on Infrastructure and Physical Development, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 23rd day of November, 2010, be approved.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 18TH JANUARY, 2011 8.

Dr. McNeill – To move – [No.


8] BE IT RESOLOVED that the Report of the Pubic Administration and Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives on our deliberations on the Office of the Prime Minister, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 18th day of January, 2011, be approved.

9.

Dr. McNeill – To move – [No.


9] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives on our deliberations on the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 18th day of January, 2011, be approved.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 2011 10.

Dr. Ferguson – To move – [No.


10] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Sessional Select Committee on Human Resources and Social Development on our deliberations on the socio-economic imperatives for the resuscitation of inner-city communities with specific reference to crime and violence, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 8th day of February, 2011, be approved.

11.

Dr. Ferguson – To move – [No.


11] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Sessional Select Committee on Human Resources and Social Development on our deliberations on the impact of music with violent and explicit content on the youth, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 8th day of February, 2011, be approved.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 29TH MARCH, 2011 12.

Mrs. Dalrymple-Philibert – To move – [No.


12] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Private Bills Committee set up to consider and report on the Bill shortly entitled “The Mustard Seed Missionaries (Incorporation and Vesting) Act”, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 29th day of March, 2011, be approved.

NOTICE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, 14TH APRIL, 2011 Page 6 of 15 13.

Mr. Mair – To move – [No.
13] WHEREAS the duties of the Members of the House of Representatives preclude them from, in many instances, attending their private business appropriately; AND WHEREAS in order to adequately represent and serve their constituents, many Members inevitably abandon their private endeavours; AND WHEREAS Members of Parliament, not having security of tenure, in many instances find themselves in challenging financial circumstances upon retiring from representational politics: BE IT RESOLVED by this Honourable House that a review be done of the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) Act in order to ensure that retired Members of Parliament receive a pension that, at all times, is adequate and commensurate with the level of service they gave to our country.
14.

Mr. Mair – To move – [No.
14] WHEREAS under section 69 of the Constitution, Cabinet, led by the Prime Minister, is charged with the general direction and control of the Government of Jamaica and is collectively responsible to Parliament; AND WHEREAS a Member of the Cabinet has a duty and responsibility to seek the approval and endorsement of Cabinet on any matter of policy, especially if it is of critical importance and consequence to the lives of the people of Jamaica; AND WHEREAS one of the primary duties of the Government is to uphold the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people of Jamaica, as declared in our Constitution; AND WHEREAS it has been brought to the attention of our nation that the Member for East Central St. Andrew in his then capacity as Minister of National Security did not seek the endorsement or approval of the Prime Minister and/or the Cabinet to commit the Government to an agreement with a foreign state that was of great consequence to our people and infringed their constitutional rights as citizens of Jamaica: BE IT RESOLVED that the Member from East Central St. Andrew be censured by this Honourable House; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Honourable House agrees that all Members of the Cabinet upon demitting office as a consequence of a change of administration or otherwise, give, under oath, a statement on all matters of critical importance to our nation concerning their office to the incoming Minister and by extension to the Prime Minister.
15.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – Page 7 of 15 [No.

15] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House debate the desirability and modalities of an extension of the National Insurance Scheme to provide a national health insurance scheme.

16.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

16] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House review the implementation of the Education Transformation Plan and determine the financing needed to advance its objectives.

17.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.
17] WHEREAS there are thousands of workers losing their jobs in Jamaica adding to the already high levels of the under-employed and the unemployed; AND WHEREAS given the fragility of traditional sources of foreign exchange earnings due largely to external conditions; AND WHEREAS the stimulation of local production for import substitution, local consumption and also export are essential to stimulate the Jamaican economy from recession to growth so as to provide employment to many; AND WHEREAS the productive use of land is the most practical and economical resource available to the nation; AND WHEREAS Government has indicated that an inventory of publicly-owned lands is being prepared; AND WHEREAS there are large tracts of unused arable land in private hands; AND WHEREAS rapid agricultural development especially of food supplies will ease the urban and inner-city crises: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House urgently debate strategies for: 1.
Making unused land available to redundant workers.

2.

Encouraging the return to productive use of idle lands.

3.

4.

Setting production targets for all agricultural commodities and developing plans for inputs of technology, infrastructure and credit to support these targets.

Using all available channels to persuade Jamaicans that it is by the productive use of land and labour that our nation will prosper and the social fabric restored.

18.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – Page 8 of 15 [No.
18] WHEREAS the Environmental Levy was intended for specific programmatic alleviation of the scourge of non-biodegradable materials; AND WHEREAS the Environmental Levy has been used as a subsidy for solid waste disposal; BE IT RESOLVED by this Honourable House that the subsidy obtained from the Environmental Levy be allocated solely for the original purpose, namely, for programmes which will reduce non-biodegradable material; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that adequate separate budgetary allocations be made for solid waste disposal.
19.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

19] BE IT RESOLVED that as a matter of urgency this Honourable House debate the recommendations of the Strategic Review Study of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and consider the implementation of its conclusion.

20.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

20] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House debate the modalities by which a contributory pension scheme for all public sector workers can be instituted to replace the non-contributory scheme which currently applies.
21.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

21] BE IT RESOLVED that the Government instruct the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica to supply petroleum products directly to retailers without the intermediation of the petroleum marketing companies; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the margins of the petroleum marketing companies be allocated to a special dedicated fund for the maintenance of the nation’s roads.

22.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


22] WHEREAS the fisher-folk of Rae Town in Central Kingston and the remainder of the more than 40,000 fisher-folk in Jamaica have been experiencing reduced cash intake and poor earnings due to the depletion of their catch: BE IT RESOLVED that the Government seek funding and itself invest in a scientific study and implementation programme for increasing the stock of fish, lobster and conch in Jamaica’s coastal and territorial waters 23.
Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

23] BE IT RESOLVED that, in light of the Armadale Report, the findings of the United Nations Rapporteur on Torture and the events at the Horizon Remand Centre, this Honourable House debate the state of the island’s custodial institutions and practices with special attention to children in custody.

Page 9 of 15 24.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.
24] WHEREAS it is desirable to ensure accountability for the maintenance of public infrastructure: BE IT RESOLVED that the National Works Agency delineate clearly what roads and civil works fall under its jurisdiction; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the National Works Agency, in respect of such roads and works, and the local authorities, in respect of all secondary, parochial and farm roads, be the only agencies entitled to carry out maintenance, improvements, additions and repair works and, more specifically; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED sewage, telecommunications and other utilities have no authority to interfere with roads and works and are obliged to pay for the right to locate equipment on, in or under the public roadways.
the electricity, water, that 25.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

25] BE IT RESOLVED that the Government of Jamaica abolish the popularly described “Act Policy” for motor vehicle insurance, having regard to the jeopardy to public safety that this implies.

26.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


26] BE IT RESOLVED that the Government urgently bring forward for debate a comprehensive reform policy for metropolitan transport such as to reduce financial haemorrhage by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company and to ensure proper capitalization of the corporation’s self-insurance scheme.

27.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


27] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House review the policies governing the relationship between the Churches in Jamaica and the State with respect to the sponsoring and support of education with a view to advancing the involvement and in expanding educational opportunity and influence of improving quality.

religious organizations 28.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


28] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House debate the adequacy of affordability of loan financing for students in the Jamaican tertiary education system.

29.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

29] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House debate the cost of remediation in the public education system and treat with ways in which this can be reduced.

30.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – Page 10 of 15 [No.


30] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House consider changes to the law and practice of probate and administration of estates with a view to simplifying the procedures, reducing costs and expediting the settlement of the estates of deceased persons in Jamaica.

31.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


31] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House debate the need and, if acknowledged, the modality of election campaign finance reform in Jamaica with a view to recommending legislation and regulation to effect same.

32.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.
32] BE IT RESOLVED that the appointments of all of Jamaica’s Ambassadors and High Commissioners be subject to the approval of the House of Representatives and further that all public offices equivalent in rank or salary to that of a Permanent Secretary, the appointment to which are not provided for by any other legislation, be also subject to Parliamentary confirmation; and that the same process of confirmation should apply to the appointment of chairpersons of all public companies, statutory bodies and executive agencies.
33.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

33] WHEREAS the Chairman of the National Housing Trust recently told a Parliamentary Committee that his estimate of the nation’s housing deficit is in the region of 250,000 units; BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House debate the policies, the institution’s finances and methodology required to eliminate this shortfall.

34.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


34] BE IT RESOLVED that universal literacy ought to be defined by this Honourable House as the priority goal of the Jamaican education system and that the measures and resources required to achieve this ought to be a permanent item on the agenda of the Committee on Human Resources with quarterly progress reports provided to the House of Representatives.

35.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


35] BE IT RESOLVED that since the National Insurance Scheme could perform at a much higher level, that it would be reformed and extended to provide a more adequate social security system for all Jamaican workers.

36.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

36] BE IT RESOLVED that Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) be banned from Jamaica’s foods.

37.

Mr. Hylton – To move – Page 11 of 15 [No.
37] BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House direct an investigation into the manner and method of the implementation of the Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Programme, and examine alternative approaches to ensure access to reliable, safe and affordable electricity for the working poor, pensioners, and the unemployed throughout Jamaica, and, in particular, the inner-city communities: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, given the increasing unaffordability of electricity by the persons so affected, of the increased security and health risk, that the matter be debated as a matter of urgency, and that the Committee on Economy and Production be mandated to investigate the matter forthwith.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE Page 12 of 15 15.01.2008 (i) 1.
(ii) (iii) (iv) Annual Report of the Political Ombudsman of Jamaica; Report of Investigation by the Office of the Contractor General into the procurement practices of the Jamaica Tourist Board; Report of Investigation by the Office of the Contractor General into the procurement practices of the University Hospital of the West Indies; Report of Investigation by the Office of the Contractor General into the procurement of fire-fighting vehicles and equipment for the Jamaica Fire Brigade; (v) Report of Investigation by the Office of the Contractor General into the Highway 2000 Concession and Administration Agreement; referred to Joint Select Committee for consideration and report.
22.01.2008 2.

Recommendations of the Final Report of the Ministry of Health, Jamaica Abortion Policy Review Advisory Group, referred to Joint Select Committee for consideration and report.

26.2.2008 3.

Committee appointed to sit jointly with a similar committee from the Senate to consider and report on the operation of the Access to Information Act, 2002, relative to the review of the legislation, as provided for in the Act.

4.

Private Members’ Motion No.


11 regarding the need for a national nutrition policy and a review of the existing public school nutrition programme brought by the Member of Parliament for Kingston Central and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 26th February, 2008, referred to the Human Resources and Social Development Committee for consideration and report.

4.3.2008 5.

Private Members’ Motion No.


3 regarding the addition of the names of fathers on children’s birth certificates brought by the Member of Parliament for Central Kingston and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 4th March, 2008, referred to the Human Resources and Social Development Committee for consideration and report.

30.9.2008 6.

Private Members’ Motion No.


6 regarding the number of Jamaicans being killed or suffer injury and economic loss each year as a result of road accidents brought by the Member for Central Kingston and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 30th September, 2008, referred to the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee for consideration and report.

7.

Private Members’ Motion No.


1 of 2008, regarding whole scale depreciation of the housing stock in Central Kingston and similar locations of urban decay in many constituencies, brought by the Member of Parliament for Central Kingston and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 9th December, 2008, referred to the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee for consideration and report.

Page 13 of 15 23.6.2009 8.


Committee appointed to sit jointly with a similar committee from the Senate to consider and report on the “Special Report of Investigation conducted by the Office of the Contractor General into the Sale/Divestment of Air Jamaica Limited London Heathrow Slots to Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited; Addendum to the Special Report; Letters from the Office of the Contractor General dated April 6, 9 and 16, 2009, in support of the Special Report”.

22.9.2009 9.
22.9.2009 9.

Private Members’ Motion No.
37 of 2009, regarding a comprehensive review of the Trafficking in Persons Act, the Undesirable Publications (Prohibition and Importation) Act, the Obscene Publications (Suppression of) Act and the Child Care and Protection Act and any other legislation governing the subject in order to ensure that adequate enforcement mechanisms are in place to protect our society in general and our children in particular from easy access to all forms of production and distribution of pornography and sexual exploitation referred to the Human Resources and Social Development Committee for consideration and report.
20.10.2009 10.

A Bill entitled “AN ACT for the Incorporation of the Church of Haile Selassie1 and the Vesting of certain Property in the Body so Incorporated” referred to the Private Bills Committee for consideration and report.

11.

Private Members’ Motion No.


4, regarding training facilities for and certification of legal and medical students, brought by the Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, for referred consideration and report.

the Human Resources and Social Development Committee to 1.12.2009 12.

Private Members’ Motion No.


2 regarding measures to be taken to reduce the levels of murder in Jamaica brought by the Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South Eastern and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 1st December, 2009, referred to the Human and Social Development Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

16.2.2010 A Bill entitled “AN ACT to Amend the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World of 13.
Jamaica (Incorporation and Vesting) Law” referred to the Private Bills Committee for consideration and report.

24.2.2010 14.

Private Members’ Motion No.

8 of 2010 regarding the pollution of the Kingston Harbour by plastic and other waste disposals referred to the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

15.

Private Members’ Motion No.


40 of 2010 regarding the adverse environmental impact of the city’s dump at Riverton City on city dwellers referred to the Infrastructure for and Physical Development Committee of consideration and report.

the House of Representatives Page 14 of 15 9.3.2010 16.

Private Members’ Motion No.


24 of 2010 regarding the community of Caribbean Terrace brought by Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South Central, as amended, referred to the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

17.

Private Members’ Motion No.


17 of 2010 regarding the impact of natural disasters on the eastern parishes of Portland and St. Thomas brought by Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern referred to the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

Private Members’ Motion No.


10.3.2010 18. regarding widespread commercialization which is taking place in sections of the corporate area zoned as residential communities brought by the Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Central referred to the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

46 of 2010 21.4.2010 The Special Audit Report, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica and the Petroleum 19.
Corporation of Jamaica initiative to increase audit capacity for the internal auditors of the Ministry of Energy and Mining and auditors from the Auditor General Department of Jamaica, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 21st day of April, 2010, referred to the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

7.12.2010 20. the vesting of property in the body so incorporated.
A Bill entitled “AN ACT for the Incorporation of the Lord’s Chapel of Jamaica and 21.12.2010 21.

Green Paper No.

2 entitled the Establishment of an Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA), which was laid on the Table of the House on the 21st day of December, 2010, referred to the Public Administration and Administrations Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

25.1.2011 22.
25.1.2011 22.

A Bill entitled “AN ACT for the Incorporation of the Mustard Seed Missionaries and the vesting of property in the body so incorporated” referred to the Private Bills Committee for consideration and report.

Private Members’ Motion No.

13 of 2010, as amended, brought by the 23.


Member of Parliament for Kingston Central, which called on Members of the House of Representatives to declare in the Chamber his or her citizenship or permanent residency in any country other than Jamaica, and approved by the House on the 19th day of January, 2011, referred to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament for consideration and report.

Page 15 of 15 9.2.2011 24.

Private Members’ Motion No.


3 of 2010, brought by the Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North Eastern, regarding the family being the natural and fundamental group unit of society, and approved by the House of Representatives on the 26th day of January, 2011, referred to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament for consideration and report.

25.

Private Members’ Motion No.


17 of 2010, as amended, brought by the Member of Parliament for Kingston Central, regarding hundreds of Jamaicans who are killed or suffer injury and economic loss each year as a result of road accidents, and approved by the House of Representatives on the 9th day of February, 2011, referred to the Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee for consideration and report in accordance with Standing Order No.

26A.

5.4.2011 26.
26A.

5.4.2011 26.

Urban Development Corporation (Belmont, Roaring River and Malvern Park) (Designation) Order, 2011, under the Urban Development Corporation Act, referred to the Regulations Committee for consideration and report.

14.4.2011 27. referred to the Regulations Committee for consideration and report.
Insurance (Actuaries) (General Insurance Companies) (Amendment) Act Insurance (Amendment) Regulations, 2011, under the Insurance Act, referred to 28. the Regulations Committee for consideration and report.

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