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SECOND PARLIAMENT OF GUYANA FOURTH SESSION 1972 MINUTES of the Proceedings of the 18th Sitting of the National under the Constitution of Guyana, held in the Assembly Parliament Demerara, Chamber at the Public Buildings, Georgetown, AT 2.

00 P .M.

ON THURSDAY, 1972 21ST DECEMBER, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Speaker His Honour the Speaker, Mr. Sase Narain, J.P. Members of the Government - People's Nation�!

Congress (37) (12) Elected Ministers S.C., Prime P.A.
Reid, Deputy Minister Minister (Absent) and Minister � The Dr.

The The L.F.S.

Burnham, Honourable the Honourable of National Development Honourable Honourable Communications M. Kasim, A.A., Minister H.D.

Hoyte, S.C., Minister Prime and Agriculture of State for Agriculture of Works and tJk.

� l W.G.

Carrington, Minister of Labour and Social The Honourable Security The Honourable Miss S.M.
Field-Ridley, Minister of Information, Culture and Youth (Absent - on leave) B. Ramsaroop, The Honourable �inister without Portfolio and Leader of the House The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable Service The Honourable D.A.

Singh, Minister O.E.


Clarke, Minister C.V. Mingo, Minister of Health (Absent) of Home Affairs of State for the Public W. Haynes, Minister of Co-operatives and Community Development The Honourable A. Salim, Minister of Local Government Appointed Ministers (7) The Honourable S.S. Ramphal, S.C., Minister of Foreign A ffairs and Attorney-General The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable The Honourable Dr. the Honourable K.F .S.

''King, (Absent) H. Green, Minister H.O.

Jack, Minister Miss C.L.


Baird, Minister F.E.

Hope� Minister of Education of rt�ance.and : · Minister· of Ect1nomic · .

:;, .. Tr�de of Public Affairs (Absent) of Mi6es and Forests (Absent) Development The Honourable S.S. Narain, A.A., Minister of Housing and Reconstruction Parliamentary Secretaries (4) 2.

Mr. J.G.
Mr. J.G.

Joaquin, J.P., Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Trade Mr. P. Duncan, J.P., Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of National Development and Agriculture Secretary, Mr. J.R. Thomas, Parliamentary Ministry of Information, Culture and Youth Mr. C.E.

Wrights, J.P., Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Works and Communications Other Members (14) Mr. J.N.

Aaron Miss M.M.

Ackman, Government Whip Mr. K. Bancroft Mr. N.J. Bissember Mr. J. Budhoo, J.P. Mr. L.I.
Chan-A-Sue Mr. E.F • Correia Mr. M. Corrica Mr. E.H.A.

Fowler, Mr. R.J. Jordan Mr. S.M.

Saffee Mr. R.C.

Van Sluytman J.P. Mr. M. Zaheeruddeen, Mrs. L.E.

Willems Members of the Opposition (23) People's Progressive Part¥ U,ll Leader of the Opposition Dr. C.B.

Jagan, Mr. Ram Karran Mr. R. Chandisingh Dr. F.H.W.

Ramsahoye, S.C. Mr. D.C. Jagan, J.P., Deputy Speaker Mr. E.M.G.

Wilson Mr.

A.M. Hamid, J.P., Opposition Whip Mr. G.H.

Lall, J.P. Mr. M.Y.
Lall, J.P. Mr. M.Y.

Ally Persaud, Mr. Reepu Daman Mr. E.M. Stoby, J.P. Mr. R. Ally Mr. Balchand Mr. Bhola Persaud J.P. Mr. I.R.

Remington, Mr. L.A. Durant Mr. V. Teekah J.P. (Absent) Persaud United Force (3) Mr. M.F.

Singh Mrs. E. DaSilva � Mr. J.A.

Sutton (3) Independents Mr. R.E.

Cheeks (Absent) Mr. E.L. Ambrose Mrs. L.M.

Branco OFFICERS Mr. F.A.

Narain, Clerk of the National Mr. M.B.

Henry, Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly Assembly 3.

PRAYERS The Clerk read Prayers.


PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS Newspaper Report Mr. Reepu Daman Persaud referred to a publication in the Daily Chronicle in marriage request was made Officers which stated that he had asked for an increase fees paid to Hindu Priests.

He explained that his but for all Marriage not only for Hindu Priests, including the Registrar General.
PUBLIC BUSINESS MOT ION MOTION TO APPROVE THE ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1973 Assembly resolved itself into Committee consideration year 1973, totalling the 7th of December, �277,712,944.

1972).
of the Estimates of Expenditure (See Appendix to Minutes of of Supply for the financial to resume In Cornmittee of Supply HEAD 29 -MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE printed at -LANDS was passed as 811,070 HEAD 30 -MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE was passed as printed at -INTERIOR DEVELOPMENT 507,399 HEAD 31 -MINISTRY • AGRICULTURE passed as printed at -LAND DEVELOPMENT was ... i 1,296,863 OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIVISION XIV -MINISTRY AND AGRICULTURE printed at OF NATIONAL was passed as DEVELOPMENT $H., 814,126 DIVISION XV -MINISTRY OF NATIONAL -IBRD/IDA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND AGRICULTURE LIVESTOCK printed at DEVELOPMENT was passed as $1,578,809 HEAD 33 -MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELuPMENT The following of Economic Development amendments by the Minister were put and carried: (1)Insertion of a new item (19) after item (18) at subhead 1 to read: Economic Adviser iio,320, changes in the numbering with consequential of subsequent items.
/... 4.

(2)Amendment of Total Personal Emoluments in 1973 Estimates to read: $334,133 instead of $323,813.

(3)Amendment of Total Establishment 1973 to read 90 instead of 89.

(4)Amendment of Grand Total: Head 33 in the 1973 Estimates l>l,709,394.

to read $1,719,714 instead of HEAD 33 was passed as amended at � 1,719,714 DIVISION XVII - MINISTRY was passed as printed at ...ZlB,864,000 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Assembly resumed.

SUSPENSION OF SITTING At 4.05 p.m. the sitting was suspended for refreshments.
RESUMPTION OF SITTING At 4.30 p.m. the sitting was resumed.

Assembly resolved itself into Committee consideration of the Estimates of Expenditure of Supply and resumed for 1973.
In Committee of Supply HEAD 40 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION was passed as printed at l 6,016,668 HEAD 41 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION -IN SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING passed as printed at PROGRAMME was 174,093 HEAD 42 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - PRIMARY, MULTI-LATERAL was passed as printed at AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ll7,958,667 with the following correction item (9) of subhead (1): to Substitution of "Secretaries for "Secretaries, for Schools" Secondary Schools".

Assembly resumed.
Assembly resumed.

SUSPENSION OF SITTING At 6.30 p.m. the sitting was suspended.

RESUMPTION OF SITTING At 8.00 p.m. the sitting was resumed.

s. Assembly resolved itself into Committ�e consideration of the Estimates of Expenditure of Supply and resumed for 1973.
In Committee of Supply HEAD 43 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION -PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION printed at CENTRES was passed as 784,402 HEAD 44 -MINISTRY TRAINING TlACHER TRAINING passed as printed at OF EDUCATION COLLEGE -PRE-SERVICE --GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME was 223,517 HEAD 45 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GEORGETOWN �as pas.sed as -TECHNICAL INSTITUTE printed at ... 549,761 HEAD 46 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION -CARNEGIE SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS was passed as printed at ... 111,609 HEAD 47 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - QUEEN'S COLLEGE was passed as printed at 328,934 HEAD 46 -MINISTRY -BISHOPS' OF EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL was passed as printed at ... 265,256 HEAD 49 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION -ANNA REGINA SECONDARY SCHOOL was passed as printed at ... 122,335 HEAD 50 -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SCHOOL was passed as printed at ... -BERBICE HIGH 202,599 HEAD 51 -MINISTRY Of EDUCATION -TECHNICAL -NEW AMSTERDAM wa� passed INSTITUTE as printeC: at DIVISION XXII -MINISTRY OF EDUCATION was passed as printed at s 289,055 ... ... $ 1,912,400 DIVISION XXI II -MINISTRY Of EDUCATION -IBRD/ IDA PROJECTS was passed as printed at ... i5 6,262,950 HEAD 61 -MINISTRY OF CO-OPER�TIVES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT was passed as printed at AND 939,521 DIVISION XXVI -MINISTRY C OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT printed at VES AND was passed as OF CO-OPERATI i 4,441,645 HEAD 62 -MINISTRY OF LABUUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY was passed as printed at •• i 591,277 /... 6.
HEAD 63 -MINISTRY SECURITY SERVICE was passed as printed at OF LABOUR AND S OCIAL -EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE 75,312 HEAD 64 -MINISTRY SECURITY passed as printed at OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL was -SOCIAL ASSISTANCE 1) 3,790,477 DIVISION XXVII -MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND was passed as SOCIAL SECURITY printed at 232,324 Assembly resumed.
ADJOURNMENT At 10.30 p.m., an a motion by the Minister without Portfolio and Leader of the House, the Assembly on Friday, the 22nd of December, 1972. was adjourned to 2.00 p.m. PARLIAMENT OFFICE, Public Buildings, Georgetown.

22nd December, 1972.