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ORDER OF BUSINESS OF THE HONOURABLE JAMAICA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010 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 17th August, 2010 – Question No.

9) (For answer on the 5th October, 2010 – Question No.
14) 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 WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE HOUSE FIRST OBTAINED Page 2 of 21 Notice given on 12.10.2010 Notice given on 12.10.2010 Notice given on 12.10.2010 1.
The Prime Minister to introduce and have read a first time a Bill shortly entitled “The Constitution (Amendment) (No.

2) Act, 2010”.

2.

The Prime Minister to introduce and have read a first time a Bill shortly entitled “The Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiations and Agreements) (Amendment) Act, 2010”.

3.

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture to introduce and have read a first time a Bill shortly entitled “The National Library of Jamaica Act, 2010”.

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS Page 3 of 21 1.


The House to continue debate on the motion: BE IT RESOLVED, with reference to Ministry Paper No.

124/09, dated November 5, 2009, which was laid on the Table of the House of Representatives on the 8th day of December, 2009, and Jamaica’s National Energy Policy 2009-2030 annexed thereto, that this Honourable House of Representatives approve Jamaica’s National Energy Policy 2009-2030.

2.
2.

The House to continue debate on the motion – BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House of Representatives approve the plans and programmes being pursued in the areas of production, commerce and infrastructure and further approve the policy projections as announced for the Financial Year 2010/2011.

3.
3.

The Prime Minister – To move – BE IT RESOLVED that the Bill entitled “AN ACT to Amend the Constitution of Jamaica to provide for a Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms and for connected matters” be now read a second time.

4.

The Prime Minister – To move – BE IT RESOLVED that the Bill entitled “AN ACT to Amend the Constitution of Jamaica” be now read a second time.

5.
5.

The Minister of Finance and the Public Service – To move – BE IT RESOLVED that the Bill entitled “AN ACT to Make provision for the protection of systematically important clearing and settlement systems from disruptions that may lead to risks to the stability of financial systems, cause loss of confidence in the public payment regime in general, and for connected matters” be now read a second time.

6.
The Minister of Finance and the Public Service – To move – THE CREDIT REPORTING ACT The Credit Reporting Regulations Resolution, 2010 WHEREAS by virtue of section 19(1) of the Credit Reporting Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the Minister may make regulations generally for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the Act; AND WHEREAS on the 17th day of September, 2010, the Minister made the Credit Reporting Regulations, 2010; Notice given on 15.12.2009 Notice given on 21.4.2010 Notice of second reading given on 21.9.2010 Notice of second reading given on 21.9.2010 Notice of second reading given on 21.9.2010 Notice given on 5.10.2010 AND WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (2) of section 19 of the Act that regulations made under subsection (1) of that section shall be subject to affirmative resolution: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Honourable House as follows: Page 4 of 21 1.
This Resolution may be cited as the Credit Reporting Regulations Resolution, 2010.

2.

The Credit Reporting Regulations, 2010, which were laid on the Table of the House on the 5th day of October, 2010, are hereby affirmed.

Notice given on 5.10.2010 7.
The Minister of Finance and the Public Service – To move – THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND ACT The Road Maintenance Fund (Special Consumption Tax on Petroleum Products) Order, 2010, Resolution WHEREAS section 3(2)(d) of the Road Maintenance Fund Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act’) provides that there shall be paid into the Fund such other amount as the Minister responsible for finance may, from time to time, specify by order subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Representatives; AND WHEREAS section 9 of the General Consumption Tax Act imposes a tax known as Special Consumption Tax on the manufacture in or importation into Jamaica of prescribed goods; AND WHEREAS certain petroleum products are prescribed goods under the Second Schedule to the General Consumption Tax Act; in the Road responsible AND WHEREAS the Minister Maintenance Fund (Special Consumption Tax on Petroleum Products) Order, 2010, ordered that twenty per cent of the Special Consumption Tax on certain products shall be paid into the Road Maintenance Act; finance has, for AND WHEREAS it is desirable that the Road Maintenance Fund (Special Consumption Tax on Petroleum Products) Order, 2010, be affirmed: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Honourable House as follows: 1.
This Resolution may be cited as the Road Maintenance Fund (Special Consumption Tax on Petroleum Products) Order, 2010, Resolution.

2.

The Road Maintenance Fund (Special Consumption Tax on Petroleum Products) Order, 2010, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 5th day of October, 2010, is hereby affirmed.

Page 5 of 21 8.

The Minister of Finance and the Public Service – To move – BE IT RESOLVED, with reference to Ministry Paper No.
82 dated September 30, 2010, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 12th day of October, 2010, that this Honourable House of Representatives approve the granting of a Government Guarantee, under the provisions of the Approved Organizations and Authorities Loans (Government Guarantee) Act, of a loan of US$20 million to the Students’ Loan Bureau by the Caribbean Development Bank.
This will facilitate the provision of affordable and adequate financing to students from poor and vulnerable households to complete tertiary level programmes in approved institutions in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

9.

The Minister of Education – To move – BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica on Political Party Registration and Financing dated July, 2010, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 12th day of October, 2010, be adopted.
Notice given on 12.10.2010 Notice given on 12.10.2010 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTIONS Page 6 of 21 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 TUESDAY, 15TH DECEMBER, 2009 2.

Dr. Ferguson – To move – [No.


2] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Human Resources and Social Development Committee on the System of National Honours and Awards, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 15th day of December, 2009, be approved.

NOTICE GIVEN ON WEDNESDAY, 10TH MARCH, 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 10th day of March, 2010, be approved.

NOTICE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, 25TH MARCH, 2010 4.

Mr. Mair – To move – [No.
4] WHEREAS the Universal Declaration of Human Rights state that “The Family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State”; AND WHEREAS the Jamaican family is presently struggling in an unfriendly and aggressive environment that is consistently weakening its standard and values: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House urgently debate and agree on the reasons for the decay of our morals, values and family life and further propose remedial action, through legislation and/or institutional action, so as to reaffirm and consolidate the Jamaican family as a critical institution and strengthen the same so as to ensure that our children live in an environment that is conducive to forming citizens of good character, empowered with knowledge and who are consequently able to play a critical role in nation-building.
NOTICE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, 8TH APRIL, 2010 Page 7 of 21 5.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

5] 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.

6.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

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

7.
7.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.
7] 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.

8.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – Page 8 of 21 [No.
8] 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.
9.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

9] 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.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 13TH APRIL, 2010 10.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


11] 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.

11.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


12] 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.

12.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


13] 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 RRESOLVED 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.

13.
13.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – Page 9 of 21 [No.

14] 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.

NOTICE GIVEN ON WEDNESDAY, 14TH APRIL, 2010 14.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


15] BE IT RRESOLVED that every member of this Honourable House declare in this Chamber his or her citizenship or permanent residency in any country other than Jamaica; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, as a matter of urgency, the Honourable House debate under what, if any, circumstances citizens with dual nationality ought to be excluded from parliamentary membership.

15.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.
16] 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 16.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

17] BE IT RESOLVED that the Government of Jamaica abolish the popularly described “Act Policy” for motor vehicle insurance.

17.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


18] 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.

NOTICE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, 15TH APRIL, 2010 Page 10 of 21 18.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


19] WHEREAS hundreds of Jamaicans are killed or suffer injury and economic loss each year as a result of road accidents; AND WHEREAS a heavy and unnecessary burden is placed on public expenditure; AND WHEREAS driver incompetence, indiscipline and incapacity and defective vehicles have been identified as major contributory causes to road accidents: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House recommend to the Government: 1.
The need for a revised code and appropriate enforcing authority for driver education and testing.

2.

To improve the integrity of the prevailing system of vehicle inspection.

3.

Consider amendments to the Road Traffic Act which: (a) would prescribe mandatory driver re-education for traffic offenders at the discretion of the court; (b) provides for the obligatory recertification of all holders of drivers’ licences at intervals of fifteen years after issue.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all of these measures be undertaken at the expense of applicants.

19.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

20] 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 influence of in expanding educational opportunity and improving quality.

religious organizations 20.


Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

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

21.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

22] 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.

Page 11 of 21 NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2010 22.
Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

23] 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 person in Jamaica.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 1ST JUNE, 2010 23.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


24] 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.

24.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.
25] 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.
NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 8TH JUNE, 2010 25.

Mr. Mair – To move – [No.
26] WHEREAS in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court in April 2008, upheld by the Court of Appeal in February 2009, ruled that the then Member of Parliament for West Portland, who by his positive act of renewing, as an adult, his United States of America Passport, was in contravention of section 40 subsection 2 of the Constitution; AND WHEREAS, as a consequence of the same ruling, it was held that the said Member was disqualified to be elected to the House of Representatives and hence his nomination for the General Elections held on the 3rd of September, 2007, was declared null and void and of no legal effect; AND WHEREAS the Member of Parliament for South Central St. Catherine has publicly declared that she was born in the United States of America and holds a United States of America Passport; AND WHEREAS this Member publicly acknowledged in August 2009 that she still hold a United States of America Passport: Page 12 of 21 BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House invite the Member of Parliament for South Central St. Catherine to renounce immediately her position as a Member of this Honourable House in accordance with the principle of law upheld by the ruling of the Court of Appeal.
NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 29TH JUNE, 2010 26.

Mrs. Hay-Webster – To move – [No.
27] WHEREAS the crime rate in Jamaica is acknowledged at an unacceptably high level, with an average murder rate of some 30 persons per week, resulting in a high of 1,500 murders in some years since 2005; AND WHEREAS there have been some 35 reports on crime published since 1975, one of which, the Special Task Force on Crime, has stated that Jamaica has a “culture of crime and violence”; AND WHEREAS, based on these reports, inter-generational poverty, social inequality, high unemployment, and rural/urban drift have been acknowledged as possible causes of crime; AND WHEREAS social research, both locally and internationally, has indicated that harsh crime-fighting sanctions and harsh legislation do not reduce the incidence of crime; AND WHEREAS the Police High Command, the Army and several civic organizations, locally and in the Diaspora, have called for the formulation and implementation of a national plan of action to address the problem of crime from the perspective of social interventions; AND WHEREAS there has been an expressed and acknowledged reality, by Parliamentarians and civil society alike, that an advanced and extended state of emergency can only yield temporary results, albeit providing very necessary temporary relief: BE IT RESOLVED that the Government call a special sitting of the House to engage in a comprehensive debate on all relevant crime-fighting measures, and in particular social intervention measures before the end of the current state of emergency; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at this special sitting the Government give a full outline of its plans and proposals to foster social change and community development; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all members of Parliament be facilitated in this debate so that each constituency, represented by its Member of Parliament, may make appropriate suggestions for social change and propose timeframes for their implementation, so that future generations may note that their representatives in this Parliament played a meaningful role in the drafting and implementation of a comprehensive long-term action plan for lifting the country out of its present “culture of crime and violence”.
NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 27TH JULY, 2010 Page 13 of 21 27.

Mr. Mair – To move – [No.

29] BE IT RESOLVED that the Report of the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Representatives on its deliberations on the review of the Standing Orders, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 27th day of July, 2010, be adopted.

28.

Mr. Pickersgill – To move – [No.


30] 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 WEDNESDAY, 28TH JULY, 2010 29.

Dr. Phillips – To move – [No.
31] WHEREAS many unresolved questions of public interest remain in relation to the request of the United States for the extradition of Mr. Christopher Coke that was received in August 2009; AND WHEREAS a United States firm Manatt Phelps and Phillips was engaged, purportedly by the Government of Jamaica, to lobby the United States Government with regard to the said extradition request; AND WHEREAS there are many unresolved questions of general public importance concerning the circumstances, terms and conditions of engagement and the role of the aforesaid firm with respect to the handling of the extradition matter; AND WHEREAS the apprehension and extradition of Mr. Coke necessitated the declaration of a State of Public Emergency and resulted in loss of life of at least 70 persons and extensive damage to the public property including armed attacks on Police facilities: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House call upon the Government to immediately establish an Independent Commission of Enquiry to enquire into all the circumstances surrounding the extradition request and subsequent issues including the engagement of the lobby firm Manatt Phelps and Phillips and the deaths of Jamaican citizens that occurred as a consequence of the effort to arrest Mr. Coke.
NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2010 30.

Mr. Buchanan – To move – [No.
32] WHEREAS over the next five years approximately Thirty-six Billion Jamaican Dollars is proposed to be spent on roads, drains and bridges across Jamaica through the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme: BE IT RESOLVED that detailed information be provided as it pertains to the amount of monies to be spent on each project as per parish and how each project and contractor was selected or will be selected; Page 14 of 21 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, for the protection of our tax dollars, transparency and equity, that a full disclosure be laid before Parliament for approval of: 1.
The procedure for how sub-contracts are awarded; 2.

The names of the sub-contractors for each road for the next two years; 3.

How much money will be spent on each road; and 4.

The basis of project prioritization before the implementing of the programme.

31.

Mr. Jackson – To move – [No.
33] WHEREAS Jamaica imports hundreds of thousands of new and used motor vehicles annually to satisfy the transportation needs of the country; AND WHEREAS there have been reports of millions of motor vehicles being recalled because of manufacturers’ defects in the components and the assemblies; AND WHEREAS many of the reported defective models of motor vehicles may be supplied into Jamaica; AND WHEREAS there have been reports of some motor vehicles in Jamaica having manufacturers’ defects; AND WHEREAS reports from many jurisdictions have confirmed that the identified components and assemblies have caused deaths and serious injuries; AND WHEREAS many identified manufacturers’ defects have also resulted in significant repair costs to owners of these vehicles; AND WHEREAS the manufacturers’ defects have also caused unreasonable increased and undue operating expenses and inconveniences to motor vehicle owners and operators; AND WHEREAS such increased operating costs and inconveniences may be causing enormous economic toll on individuals and the country in increased purchases of expensive imported fuels and spare parts; AND WHEREAS no motor vehicles have been reported recalled in Jamaica by any of the manufacturers: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House require that the Government immediately take steps to determine the extent to which Jamaica has received motor vehicles with reported manufacturers’ defects within the last ten (10) years; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Government take the necessary steps to ensure that no model motor vehicles be permitted for importation into Jamaica where the unavoidable supplies for their satisfactory operation is not available unless with the written approval of the first purchaser in the case of new vehicles and importers in the case of pre-owned vehicles; Page 15 of 21 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Government take steps to require all affected owners to be reasonably compensated and corrective repairs effected by the manufacturers through their designated agents in Jamaica.
32.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

34] 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.

33.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.


35] 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.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2010 34.

Mr. Fagan – To move – [No.
36] WHEREAS it is proposed to spend in excess of Thirty-six Billion Dollars ($36B) over the next five years for road repairs, drains and bridges across the country through a Chinese loan facility; AND WHEREAS the Parish Councils, to include the Portmore Municipal Council, have been asked to partner in the arrangement by way of resolutions to give fifty percent (50%) of their monthly Parochial Revenue Fund over a three-month period; AND WHEREAS the Councils were asked to submit names of roads to be repaired to the Department of Local Government; AND WHEREAS the announcements made by the Ministry of Transport and Works have so far not included those that were submitted by the Councillors; AND WHEREAS the Councils have no say in the prioritization of the roads submitted by the Ministry of Transport and Works for repairs: Page 16 of 21 BE IT RESOLVED that: 1.
The schedule of the roads to be repaired be submitted to the Councils.

2.

The name of the contractors for the roads be included on the schedule.

3.

The allocation for each road be stated.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a mechanism be found to include the Councils in the decision-making process as it relates to the roads, drains and bridges affected by the Parochial Revenue Fund and the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme.

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 5TH OCTOBER, 2010 35.


Mr. Hylton – To move – [No.
37] WHEREAS last year this Honourable House unanimously passed a motion in support of Cuba’s resolution submitted in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”; AND WHEREAS last year some 187 member states of the UN, including Jamaica, voted in favour of the said resolution; AND WHEREAS on September 14, 2009, the United States of America (US) administration, by Presidential Order, decided to extend the application against Cuba of the Trading With the Enemy Act, thus keeping in place the legal framework in which the policy of blockade of 1962 against Cuba are based; AND WHEREAS despite the expectations by the international community that the accession to the presidency of Barack Obama would bring about fundamental change in the implementation of the blockade policy against Cuba; AND WHEREAS the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US against Cuba continues to be the main obstacle to the economic and social development of Cuba and to its recovery from the effects of the global recession and natural disasters resulting from intensified hurricanes; AND WHEREAS the blockade is a violation of international law and is contrary to the purpose and principles of the UN Charter and to the norms governing international trade and freedom of navigation, as well as constituting a transgression of the right to peace, development and security of a sovereign state; and which in its essence and its aims, continues to be an act of unilateral aggression and a permanent threat against the stability of a member country of the UN; AND WHEREAS Jamaica’s national interests are being compromised by the continuation of the blockade and the extra-territorial application of US laws regulating transactions between Jamaica and Cuba, directly or indirectly: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House express itself on the morality, legality and desirability of this decades-old blockade against Cuba and give support to the ongoing dialogue between the US and Cuba and to the Government of Jamaica in putting forward Jamaica’s position on Tuesday the 26th day of October, 2010, in support of the anticipated draft resolution.
Page 17 of 21 NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, 12TH OCTOBER, 2010 36.

Reverend Thwaites – To move – [No.

38] BE IT RESOLVED that the National Insurance Scheme is underperforming and should be reformed and extended to provide a more adequate social security system for Jamaican workers.

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE Page 18 of 21 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.

1.7.2008 6. consider and report on the Report on the Review of Jamaica’s Defamation Law.
Committee appointed to sit jointly with a similar committee from the Senate to 9.7.2008 7.
Committee appointed to sit jointly with a similar committee from the Senate to consider and report on the Bill entitled “AN ACT to Promote and Strengthen Measures to Prevent and Combat Corrupt Conduct More Efficiently and Effectively; to provide for the offence of corrupt conduct and offences relating to corrupt conduct; to provide for the establishment of a commission of Parliament to be known as the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Corruption with special responsibility for the investigation and prosecution of corrupt conduct; to repeal the Corruption (Prevention) Act and the Parliament (Integrity of Members) Act; and for connected matters.” Page 19 of 21 30.9.2008 8.
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.

9.12.2008 9.

Jamaica Energy Policy 2006-2020 (Green Paper No.


1), which was laid on the Table of the House on the 28th day of February, 2008, referred to the Economy and Production Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

10.

Energy Conservation and Efficiency Policy 2008-2022 – An Addendum to the Energy Green Paper – Ministry Paper No.
61 of 2008, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 22nd day of July, 2008, referred to the Economy and Production Committee of the House of Representatives for consideration and report.

11.

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.

23.6.2009 12.
23.6.2009 12.

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 13.

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 14.

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.

15.

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, referred for consideration and report.

the Human Resources and Social Development Committee to Page 20 of 21 1.12.2009 16.

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 17.
16.2.2010 17.

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

24.2.2010 18.

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.

19.

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 9.3.2010 Private Members’ Motion No.

24 of 2010 regarding the community of Caribbean 20.
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.

21.

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 regarding widespread 22. 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 23.


The Special Audit Report, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica and the Petroleum 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.

Page 21 of 21 22.6.2010 24.
Committee appointed to sit jointly with a similar committee from the Senate to consider and report on the Bill entitled “AN ACT to Encourage and Facilitate the Making by employees of specified disclosures of improper conduct in the public interest; to regulate the receiving, investigating or otherwise dealing with disclosures of improper conduct; to protect employees who make specified disclosures from being subjected to occupational detriment; and for related matters” and to conclude its deliberations by July 15, 2010.
On the 16th July, 2010, by resolution of the Senate (the House in which the Bill was tabled) an extension of time was granted to allow the Committee to continue its deliberations for report on September 30, 2010.

28.7.2010 25.

Green Paper No.

1 of 2010 regarding the recommendations of the Public Sector Transformation Unit for the restructuring of Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, referred to the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee for consideration and report.
21.9.2010 26. the Ethics Committee for consideration and report.

Exemption Motion on behalf of the Member for Manchester Central referred to PRINTED BY THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, 81 DUKE STREET, KINGSTON