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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 29TH SITTING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE THIRD SESSION (1983-1984) OF THE FOURTH PARLIAMENT OF GUYJ,NA HELD AT 14:00 hrs ON FRIDAY 1984-06-22 IN THE PARLIAMENT CHAMBER.

PUBLIC BUII,DINGS.

GEORGETOWN MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASS"Ell!BLY (70) Speaker (1) *Cde.

Sase Narain, Members of the Government -People's National Congress O.R., J.P., M.P., Speaker of the National Assembly (57) Prime Minister (1) Cde.

Dr. P,A.
Dr. P,A.

Reid, O.E., M.P., Prime Minister (Absent -on leave) (4) Other Vice-Presidents Cde.

H.D.

Hoyte, s.c., M.P., Vice-President, Cde.

H. Cde.

B. Ramsaroop, (Absent ent, Social Infrastructure and State Matters M.P., Vice-President, Party Green, M.P., Vice-Presid Production -on leave) (Absent -on leave) *Cde.

Dr. M. Shahabuddeen, General (Absent) Attorney O.R., S.C., M.P., Vice-President and Senior Ministers (6) Cde.
R. Chandisingh, Developnent and Culture (Absent M.P., Minister of Education, Social Cde.

R.H.O.

Corbin, M.P., Minister Cde.

H. Rashid, M.P., Minister -on leave) of National of Energy and Mines Mobilisation *Cde.

R.E.

Jackson, *Cde.

J.R. Thomas, *Cde.

C.B.


Greenidge, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs (Absent) M.P., Minister of Home Affairs M.Po, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Ministers (7) in the Office of the Prime Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture A.A., M.P., Minister of Youth and Sport within Social Developnent of Transport and Culture within the Vice-Presidency Cde.

Cde.

Cde.

Cde.

of Education, M.P., Minister M.P., Minister U.E.

Johnson, Sallahuddin, R.C.


Fredericks, the Ministry S.Prashad, M.P., Minister of Social Infrastructure Y.V.

Harewood-Benn, Service (Absent Dr. R.A. Van West-Charles, Public Welfare -on leave) Cde.

*Cde.

M.P., Minister of Information and Public M.P., Minister of Health and *Cde.

K.W.E.

Denny, M.P., Minister of Manpower and Co-operatives Ministers of State (2) Cde.

M. Corrica, M.P., Minister of State within the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Cde.

H.L.B.
H.L.B.

Singh, M.S., M.P., Minister of Developnent of Regional State within the Ministry *Non elected Member I •.• 2.

Parliamentary Secretaries (3) Cde.

A.W.

Bend-Kirton-Holder, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary, Housing, with the Ministry of Health and Public Welfare M.P., Parliamentary Cde.

D.A.N.

Ainsworth, Secretary, within the Ministry of Education, Cde.
B. Bhaggan, M.P., Parliamentary Social Development Secretary, and Culture in the Office of the Prime Minister (Absent -on leave) Other Members (23) M.P.

M.P.

Chin, M.P.

Cde.

M. Ally, M.P.

(Absent) Cde.

M. Armogan, M.S., J.P., M.P.

M.P.

Cde.

B. Beniprashad, Cde.

J.B. Caldeira, M.P.

Cde.

A.A. J.P., M.P.

Cde.

J.P. Chowritmootoo, Cde.

O.E.

Clarke, Cde.

E.B.

Davidson, M.P.

Cde.

H. Doobay, Cde.

A.B.

Felix, M.P.

Cde.

E.H.A.

Fowler, Cde.

P. Fredericks, Cde.

E.F. Gilbert, M.P.

Cde.


J. Gill-Mingo, Cde.

A. McRae� M.P.

Cde.

E. Melville, M.P.

Cde.

J.M.

Munroe, J.P., M.P.

Cde.

R.N.

Primo, M.P.

Cde.

P.A.

Rayman, Cde.

C.G.

Sharma, Cde.

B. Tiwari, M.P., Government Chief Cde.

C. Vandenburg, Cde.

R.E.

Williams, M.P.

M.P.

(Absent) M.P.

(Absent J.P., M.P.

M.P.

M.F.

-on leave) M.P.

Whip Members from the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs (2} Cde.

R. Bishop, Cde.

B. Latchminarayan, M.S., M.P.

M.P.


Members from the Regional Democratic Councils (9) No.

1 -Barima/Waini) No.

2 -Pomeroon/Supenaam) Cde.

K.N.

Jones, M.P.

(Region Cde.

K.V.

Jairam, M.P.

(Region Cde.

C.A.

Singh, M.P.

(Region No.

3 -Essequib..., Cde.

W. Bipat, J.P., M.P.

Cda.

H.I.

London, Cde.

I. Chowritmooto0, Cde.

N.R.

Charles, Cde.

D. Abraham, Cde.

D. Hinds, M.P.

(Region M.S., M.P.

(Region M.P.

(Region M.P.

(Region M.P.

(Region (Region No.

7 -Cuyuni/Mazaruni) No.


8 -Potaro/Siparuni) No.

10 -Upper Demerara/Berbice) (Absent) No.

4 -Demerara/M Islands/West ahaica) Demerara) No.

5 -Mahaica/Berbice) No.

6 -East Berbice/Corentyne) /... Members of the Minority (12) (i) People's Progressive Party (10) Minority Leader (1) Cde.

Dr. C. Jagan, M.P., Minority Leader (Absent -on leave) Deputy Speaker (1) Cde.

Rrun Karren, M.P., Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Other Members (8) J.P., M.P., Minority Chief Whip M.P.

Cde.
Cde.

J. Jagan, M.P.

Cde.

Reepu Daman Persaud, Cde.

N. Persaud, Cde.

c.c.

Collymore, M.P.

Cde.

S.F.

Mohamed, M.P.

(Absent) Cde.

I. Basir, M.P.

Cde.

c.c.

Belgrave, M.P.

(Absent Cde.

H. Nokta, M.P.

-on leave) (ii)United Force (2) Mr. M.F.

Singh, C.C.H., J.P., M.P.

Mr. M.A.

Abraham, M.P.

(Absent) OFFICERS Clerk of the National Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Cde.

F.A.

Narain, A.A. Cde.

M.B.

Henry Assembly, PRA,YERS The Clerk read Prayers.


ANNOUNC:EMENTS BY THE SPEAKER Leave The Speaker Hoyte, Green, Chandisingh, sitting; announced that leave had been granted to Cdes.

DrL Heid, Bhaggan, Rayman, and Belgrave for that day's (b)Cde.

Harewood -Benn until 5th July, and (c)Cde.

Dr. C. Jagan for five June.

weeks from 2Jth INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Presentation and First Reading GENERAL LOCAL WAN (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 -Bill No.
10/1984 The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, on behalf of the Government, time:- presented the following Bill which was read the first A Bill intituled Local Loan Act.

An Act to amend the General I ••• 4.

PUBLIC BUS INESS MOTION ITEM l -APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL PAPER No.

1/1984 Assembly resolved itself into Committee of Supply.
In Committee of Supply In accordance and Economic Planning signified of Finance moved the following motion: with article 171(2) of the Constitution, the Minister Cabinet's recommendation and BE IT RESOLVED: That this National Assembly approves of set out in Financial of Supplementary proposals Schedule and Capital Estimates period ended 1983-12-31 Contingencies Fund in 1983).

totalling Provision on the Current for the $21,403.260, (Advances made from the Paper No.
1/1984 - After consideration of the Schedule the motion was put and carried.

Assembly resumed.

On a motion by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning the Assembly adopted the following Resolution: of Supply in the following RESOLVED, That this National Resolution: Assembly agree with the Committee "RESOLVED, That this National set out in Financial Assembly Paper No.
1/1984 - on the Current and of Supplementary Provision approves totalling $21,403,260, for the period (Advances made fr0m the Contingencies of the proposals Schedule Capital Estimates ended 1983-12-31.

Fund in 1983)."

BILL -Second and Third Readings ITEM 2 - GUYANA NATIONAL BlffiEAU OF STANDARDS BIIJ, 1984 -Bill No.
7/1984 published 1984-05-i9 The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning moved the second reading of the following Bill: of standards and promotion by the establishment An Act to provide for the in to commodities, services, A Bill intituled preparation relation and practices of a Bureau of Standards, Guyana National National management define the objects powers and functions of the Council and for thereto.
matters incidental of the Bureau in the Council, to Bureau of Standards of the Bureau and the Standards Council, to vest the processes and operation to establish the and the /... 5.

Cde.

N. Persaud and Mr. M.F.

Singh spoke to the motion.

Thereafter the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning replied.

The motion was then put and carried.

The Bill was read a second time.

Assembly resolved itself into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause.
In Committee Clauses 1 to 18 were passed as printed.

Clause 19 was passed with the following corrections: Insertion subsection (2)(b):- of the following which was omitted after "(c) makes, in connection any commodity, or indirectly, in a manner or with the sale of any reference, to a standardization under circumstances".

directly m�rk Clauses 20 to 27 were passed as printed.

Clause 28 was passed with the following correction:­ Insertion between (19).
line of subsection of the words "that person concerning" and "any" in the third the words "question" Clauses 29 to 42 were passed as printed.

Assembly resumed On a motion by the Minister of Finance and Economic the Bill was read the third time and passed as corrected Planning in Committee.

MQrION l1fil1 3 ... AFFIRMATION OF THE PUBLIC LOAN ORDER 1984 (No.
21) following The Minister motion:- of Finance and Economic Planning moved the BE IT RESOLVED: That this National Assembly in terms of the Public Loan Act 1973 (No.

11), section 2(2) of affirms the Public Loan Order 1984 (No.

21), which was made on 9th March, 1984, and published in the Gazette on 17th March, 1984.

I ... 6.

Cde.

N. Persaud spoke to the motion.

Thereafter the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning replied.

The motion was then put and c arried.


ADJOUTINMENT At 15:25 hrs, on a motion by the Vice-President, Party and ,, State Matters, the Assembly was adjourned to a date to be fixed.

PARLIAMENT OFFICE, Public Buildings, Georgetown.

1984-06-27