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QUESTION NOTICE PAPER OF THE HONOURABLE JAMAICA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TUESDAY, SEPTEMER 20, 2011 NOTICE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011 6.

* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Prime Minister on the 26th day of May, 2011: Will the Prime Minister state which public bodies’ annual reports are outstanding 1. beyond four months of the end of their financial year?

What is the sanction for Boards of Directors, Chief Executive Officers and 2.

Financial Officers who are responsible for timely reporting?
On which basis will any further public resources be made available to any public 3. body which is in breach of the Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act?

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011 12.

* Dr. Davies to ask the Minister of Transport and Works on the 21st day of June, 2011: Will the Minister provide a full listing of projects, by parish, executed during fiscal 1. year 2010/2011 under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP)?
Will the Minister provide information on the amounts expended on each of the 2. projects listed in the answer to Part 1?

Will the Minister provide the names of the contracting firms employed in 3. execution of the projects listed in the answer to Part 1?

Will the Minister provide a similar listing for the projects scheduled for 4. implementation under the JDIP for fiscal year 2010/2011 providing data on expected expenditure on each project as well as the contractors who will implement these projects?
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* Mr. Clarke to ask the Minister of Agriculture on the 28th day of June, 2011: Is the Minister in a position to provide a timetable for bringing closure to the 1. divestment of the Government-owned sugar estates?

If the answer to Part 1 is in the affirmative, can the Minister provide this 2. timetable?

Will the Minister provide information/data on the financial operations of Jamaica 3.

Sugar Holdings since its inception?


Will the Minister indicate how Jamaica Sugar Holdings’ deficit, if there was one, 4. was covered?

Will the Minister indicate the level of expenditure, capital and recurrent, on the 5.

Monymusk and Frome sugar factories over the past three years?

Will the Minister provide data on the production cost per pound of sugar for the 6. past three years?

How do these production costs compare with the prices negotiated over the 7. various contracts?

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* Dr. Davies to ask the Minister of Transport and Works on the 28th day of June, 2011: Will the Minister provide data on the ridership of the Jamaica Urban Transit 1.

Company (JUTC) for the last three years (fiscal and calendar), disaggregated by: (i) regular passengers; (ii) disabled; (iii) elderly; (iv) children?

Will the Minister provide data, over the same three-year period, on the average 2. daily bus turn-out?
Will the Minister provide data on the operating expenses of the JUTC for the 3. same three-year period, disaggregated by the main expenditure categories?

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Will the Minister provide data on the revenues over the same three-year period?

Will the Minister provide data on the level of direct cash transfers from the Ministry 5. of Finance to the JUTC over the same period?
Will the Minister provide data on the annual value of indirect financial support 6. from the Ministry of Finance for the same period, disaggregated by source of support?

Will the Minister provide projections for the fiscal year 2011/2012 on the same 7. variables for which information have been provided for the last three years?

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* Mr. Jackson to ask the Minister of Energy and Mining on the 5th day of July, 2011: Is the Prime Minister aware that the high cost of electricity is heaping great 1. hardship on electricity consumers across all segments of the Jamaican society?

Does the Prime Minister agree that substantial increases in production in most 2. sectors are critical to Jamaica’s economic development that will provide for higher levels of employment, per capita earnings, and improved quality of life for all Jamaicans?

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Is the Prime Minister aware that manufacturers have repeatedly indicated that the high cost of electricity have made their products less competitive to producers in many other countries?

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In light of the spiralling increases in electricity, and the urgent need to stimulate widespread economic activities, is the Prime Minister giving serious priority consideration to re-negotiate the existing licence to the Jamaica Public Service Company with a view to terminating the provision that provides a monopoly in the distribution of electricity?
Notwithstanding the response to Part 4, would the Prime Minister consider a 5. limited monopoly, if any, or a provision otherwise that will allow for private investments in power generation and distribution in prescribed production areas that will attract investments requiring less expensive energy and providing high production outputs?

If the answer to Parts 4 and 5 are in the affirmative, can the Prime Minister 6. provide an indicative timeframe for accomplishing the objectives?
NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2011 21.

* Dr. Phillips to ask the Minister of Finance on the 9th day of August, 2011: 1.

Will the Minister advise as to the status of December 2010 and March 2011 Reviews of the Performance Targets undertaken by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its Standby Agreement?

If the Government failed to meet any of the performance targets, will the 2.

Minister indicate which targets and the extent of the variation from those targets?
Will the Minister advise if the recent public sector wage settlements were 3. provided for in the original target scheduled for review in the 2011-2012 fiscal year?

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If the answer to Part 3 is in the negative, why not?

What elements of the Budget will be cut to meet the Government’s obligations?

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* Ms. Hanna to ask the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture on the 9th day of August, 2011: 1.
Is the Minister aware that the 2011 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival Song compilation compact disc bears her name as Executive Producer?

Can the Minister advise the Parliament as to what changes in policy led to the 2. replacement of the JCDC as Executive Producer, as previously obtained?

Will the Minister outline what steps were taken to arrive at her selection as 3.

Executive Producer?

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Can the Minister advise this House if her specific commercial interests in this matter had been declared and disclosed to the relevant parliamentary and other bodies a priori?

Will the Minister therefore outline what, if any, steps/measures did she take to so 5. declare her commercial interests?

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* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Minister of Finance on the 9th day of August, 2011: How does the Government plan to deal with the pending public sector wage 1. claims for the period 2010-2012?

How does Government propose to cope with the unfunded portions of the non- 2. contributory public sector pension obligations?

NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011 24.

* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Minister of Justice on the 20th day of September, 2011: 1.
Will the Minister of Justice table the opinion of the Solicitor General which he told Parliament, provided the basis of his assertion that the Constabulary Force (Interim Provisions for Arrest and Detention) Act, 2010, and the Constabulary Force (Interim Provision for Arrest and Detention) Act, and (Extension of Duration) Resolution 2011 are consistent with the Constitution?

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Page 5 of 7 * Reverend Thwaites to ask the Minister of Finance on the 20th day of September, 2011: Why not use Jamaica Stock Exchange as a vehicle for divestment of public 1. enterprises?

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* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries on the 20th day of September, 2011: Has the Minister received reports that lion fish are being discovered in fish 1. sanctuaries and that human predators are decimating many sanctuaries as well?

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What is the volume and dollar cost of fish imported annually?

What is the plan to reduce this level of imports?

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* Mr. Bunting to ask the Minister of Energy and Mining on the 20th day of September, 2011: Is the Minister aware of the extraordinary delays in the issuing of land titles to 1. residents of Manchester who have been relocated by bauxite/alumina companies?

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If the answer to Part 1 is in the affirmative, and given the importance of land titles for business, will the Minister please indicate how many individuals in Manchester are still awaiting titles for the lands they were relocated to, by year of purchase/relocation and relevant bauxite/alumina company?

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* Mr. Bunting to as the Minister of Energy and Mining on the 20th day of September, 2011: Will the Minister please provide this Honourable House with the rehabilitation 1. status of mined-out lands, by community, year of completion of mining and the number of hectares of land in arrears?

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* Mr. Warmington to ask the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries on the 20th day of September, 2011: 1.
Will the Minister state the amount of money invested by the Government in the sugar industry over the past ten years, through, but not limited to loans, grants, subsidies, lines of credit, and loan guarantees?

Will the Minister state how much of the above-stated funds have been 2. recovered by the Government to date?

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If all of the funds have not been recovered, now that the Government-owned factories have been divested, will the Minister state how the outstanding balance will be recovered?
Will the Minister state how many tons of sugar has been produced by the 4.

Government-owned sugar factories over the past two seasons?

Will the Minister state the cost per ton to produce the sugar given in answer to 5.

Part 4 above, by the Government-owned factories over the past two seasons?

Will the Minister state how much of the sugar produced in these factories over 6. the past two seasons has been exported?

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Will the Minister state the countries to which the sugar was exported?
Will the Minister state at what cost per ton was the sugar sold to these countries?

Will the Minister state how much sugar has been imported for domestic use and 9. the cost per ton over the past two years?

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Now that the Government has divested it’s sugar holdings to a Chinese company, how much of the sugar produced by this company will now be exported to the countries stated by the Minister in answer to Part 7 above?

NOTICE GIVEN ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 30.


* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Prime Minister on the 29th day of September, 2011: 1.

What is the nature of proposed amendments to the Urban Development Corporation Act (UDC) which were recently attributed to the Prime Minister by the General Manager of the UDC?

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* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Minister of Health on the 29th day of September, 2011: Does the Minister acknowledge the Registrar General’s Department estimates 1. that there may be as many as 500,000 Jamaicans who have no birth certificates?

Why does a person need a birth certificate to be issued a tax registration 2. number?

Why does a person need a birth certificate to qualify for the PATH programme or 3. the National Health Fund?

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Is there a recognition of the urgent need for all Jamaicans to be identified by a registration number and, if so, should this not be achieved by issuing a birth certificate for all those who presently lack one?

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What would be that cost of such provision?

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* Reverend Thwaites to ask the Minister of Education on the 29th day of September, 2011: 1.

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What is the basis for cutting the budget of Nutrition Products Limited?

How far has the plan to divest the company progressed?
What evidence is there that a divested school feeding programme will provide 3. affordable and nutritious diet, using local produce, to school children?

What is the per capita grant for school-based nutrition for pre-primary, primary 4. and high school students?

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