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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, 22nd March 2016 10:18 AM.

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Pursuant to the Order of the House on the 8th March 2016, the House met on Tuesday, 22nd March 2016, in the National Assembly Chamber, Belmopan, at 10:18 AM.

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Members Present: !

The Hon.

Michael Peyrefitte, Speaker The Right Hon.

Dean O. Barrow (Queen’s Square) Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon.
Gaspar Vega (Orange Walk North), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment and Sustainable Development The Hon.

Erwin R. Contreras (Cayo West), Minister of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce The Hon.

Patrick J. Faber (Collet), Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports The Hon.

John Saldivar (Belmopan), Minister of National Security The Hon.

Michael Finnegan (Mesopotamia), Minister of Housing and Urban Development The Hon.
Manuel Heredia Jr. (Belize Rural South), Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation The Hon.

Anthony Martinez (Port Loyola), Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon.

Rene Montero (Cayo Central), Minister of Works, Transport and NEMO The Hon.

Wilfred P. Elrington (Pickstock), Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon.

Pablo S. Marin (Corozal Bay), Minister of Health The Hon.

Hugo Patt (Corozal North), Minister of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development The Hon.
Edmond G. Castro (Belize Rural North), Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and NEMO; Deputy Speaker The Hon.

Dr. Omar Figueroa (Cayo North), Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development The Hon.

Frank Mena (Dangriga), Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon.

Beverly Castillo (Belize Rural Central), Minister of State in the Ministry of Immigration The Hon.
Tracy Taegar-Panton (Albert), Minister of State in the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Commerce The Hon.

Elodio Aragon Jr. (Orange Walk East), Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports !

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Dr. Angel Campos (Corozal South West), Minister of State in the Ministry of Health The Hon.

John Briceño (Orange Walk Central), Leader of the Opposition The Hon.

Cordel Hyde (Lake Independence) The Hon.

Francis Fonseca (Freetown) The Rt.

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Said Musa (Fort George) The Hon.


Rodwell Ferguson (Stann Creek West) The Hon.

Jose Mai (Orange Walk South) The Hon.

Julius Espat (Cayo South) The Hon.

Kareem Musa (Caribbean Shores) The Hon.

Michael Espat (Toledo East) The Hon.

Oscar Requena (Toledo West) The Hon.

Orlando Habet (Cayo North East) Member Absent: The Hon.

Florencio Marin Jr. (Corozal South East) MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.
PRAYERS by Pastor Alvan Gentle Jr. PAPERS The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved: !

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HR19/1/12 - Customs and Excise Duties (Amendment of First Schedule) Order, 2015.

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HR20/1/12 - !

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HR21/1/12 - No.

HR22/1/12 - Customs and Excise Duties (Amendment of First Schedule) (No.2) Order, 2015.

Customs and Excise Duties (Amendment of First Schedule) Order, 2016.
The Fifteenth Annual Report of the Ombudsman of Belize for the Year ending 2015.

Sessional Papers No.

HR19/1/12 to No.

HR21/1/12 were ordered to lie on the Table; while Sessional Paper No.

HR22/1/12 was referred to the Ombudsman Reports Committee for examination, consideration, and report.

PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES The Honourable Chairman of the Finance and Economic Development !

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HR23/1/12 - Report from the Finance and Economic Development Committee on the Customs and Excise Duties (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

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HR24/1/12 - Report from the Finance and Economic Development Committee on the Brewery (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Reports were ordered to lie on the Table.

The Honourable Chairman of the Finance and Economic Development Committee on behalf of the Chairman of the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee: No.
HR25/1/12 - Report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Belizean Nationality (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

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HR26/1/12 - Report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

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HR27/1/12 - Report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Passport (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

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HR28/1/12 - Report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Refugees (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

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HR29/1/12 - Report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) (Amendment) Bill, 2016. !

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Reports were ordered to lie on the Table.

MOTIONS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS OR SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that at its rising today, the House adjourn to Wednesday, 23rd March 2016, at 9:00 AM.
Question put and agreed to.

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Government Business ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER !

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Mr. Speaker made the following announcement: “Honourable Members, the debate on the second reading of the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016, is about to be resumed.

Before we begin, I should like to draw Honourable Members’ attention to Standing Order No.
64, ‘Presentation and the second reading of the Appropriation Bill’, especially paragraph 5 which reads: ‘After the Motion for the second reading of the Appropriation Bill has been resumed, under paragraph 4 of this Standing Order, the debate shall be confined to the financial and economic state of the country and the general principles of Government policy and administration as indicated by the Appropriation Bill and the Estimates.’ Please remember I have to listen to thirty-one of you.

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Members are therefore asked to confine their debate within the prescribed limits of the Standing Order.

I would like to remind Honourable Members of other parts of Standing Orders, specifically Standing Order No.

42 (b), which states that an Honourable Member shall maintain silence while another Member is speaking, and shall not interrupt, except in accordance with these Standing Orders.

Honourable Members are fully aware of the need for the Chair to voice this at this moment in time.
I would also like to remind visitors in the Galleries that they must preserve silence and must conduct themselves in a fit and proper manner during a Sitting.

We now have the resumption of the debate on the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.” !

(Resumption of the debate on the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.)

(Suspension of the debate on the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.)
In accordance with Standing Order 12 (8), the Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the proceedings on the matter on the Order Paper be entered upon and proceeded with at the Sitting at any hour though opposed.

Question put and agreed to.

(Resumption of the debate on the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.)

Meeting suspended at 6:09 P.M. to Wednesday, 23rd March 2016, at 9:00 AM.

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Members Present: The Hon.

Michael Peyrefitte, Speaker The Hon.

Dean O. Barrow (Queen’s Square) Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon.

Gaspar Vega (Orange Walk North), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment and Sustainable Development The Hon.

Patrick J. Faber (Collet), Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports The Hon.
John Saldivar (Belmopan), Minister of National Security The Hon.

Michael Finnegan (Mesopotamia), Minister of Housing and Urban Development The Hon.

Manuel Heredia Jr. (Belize Rural South), Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation The Hon.

Anthony Martinez (Port Loyola), Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation The Hon.

Wilfred P. Elrington (Pickstock), Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon.

Pablo S. Marin (Corozal Bay), Minister of Health The Hon.
Hugo Patt (Corozal North), Minister of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development The Hon.

Edmond G. Castro (Belize Rural North), Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and NEMO; Deputy Speaker The Hon.

Dr. Omar Figueroa (Cayo North), Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development The Hon.

Frank Mena (Dangriga), Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities The Hon.
Beverly Castillo (Belize Rural Central), Minister of State in the Ministry of Immigration The Hon.

Tracy Taegar-Panton (Albert), Minister of State in the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Commerce The Hon.

Elodio Aragon Jr. (Orange Walk East), Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports The Hon.

Dr. Angel Campos (Corozal South West), Minister of State in the Ministry of Health The Hon.

John Briceño (Orange Walk Central), Leader of the Opposition The Hon.
Cordel Hyde (Lake Independence) The Rt.

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Said Musa (Fort George) The Hon.

Rodwell Ferguson (Stann Creek West) The Hon.

Jose Mai (Orange Walk South) The Hon.

Julius Espat (Cayo South) The Hon.

Kareem Musa (Caribbean Shores) The Hon.

Michael Espat (Toledo East) The Hon.

Florencio Marin Jr. (Corozal South East) The Hon.

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Erwin R. Contreras (Cayo West), Minister of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce The Hon.

Rene Montero (Cayo Central), Minister of Works, Transport and NEMO The Hon.

Francis Fonseca (Freetown) MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.

PRAYERS by Pastor Alvan Gentle Jr. (Resumption of the debate on the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.)

(Suspension of the debate on the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.)
In accordance with Standing Order 12 (8), the Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the proceedings on the matter on the Order Paper be entered upon and proceeded with at the Sitting at any hour though opposed.

Question put and agreed to.

(Resumption of the debate on the General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.)

After the debate thereon, question put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time and pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of Supply.

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I COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY Pursuant to Standing Orders, the House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply and the Speaker ordered the withdrawal of visitors from the galleries.

MR. SPEAKER left the Chair.

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The Right Honourable Dean Barrow (Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities) in the Chair.

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General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.
Schedule agreed to as follows: HEAD OF EXPENDITURE !

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7 R E C U R R E N T 2016/2017 ( P A R T PROPOSED ESTIMATES 1 ) BZ e g o f t h e G o v e r n o r - G e n e r a l 11017-11021 11 O f f i c e 442,569 12017-12138 12 Judiciary 9,851,008 e i 13017-13048 13 L 2,671,213 15017-15021 15 D i r e c t o r 2,294,836 16017-16028 16 A u d i t o r 2,506,783 17017- 17078, 25021, 31048 17 Office of the Prime Minister 5,592,146 o f H e a l t h and Sports 14017-14148, 18 Ministries of Finance, Public Service, Energy 18017-18465, and Public Utilities 283,697,964 36028, 36017 19017-19298, 19 M i n i s t r y 123,597,917 30241 20017-20199 20 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18,815,708 14058-21017- 21 M i n i s t r y o f E d u c a t i o n , C u l t u r e , Y o u t h , 258,004,099 21776, 25028, 25051-25071, 36038 22017-22158, 22 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Forestry, the 28017, 22131, 18,691,064 23178-23338 23017-23166, 23 Ministry of Natural Resources and 15,231,717 23348- 23378 26711, 30258 30446 25017, 25041 25 2,151,040 25081, 27017- 27 Ministries of Human Development, Social 16,865,958 27161, 27181- Transformation and Poverty Alleviation 27241, 30451 17028, 26031, 29 Ministry of Works, Transport and 32,004,124 29017-29198, National Emergency Management 33091-33146, 33157-33228 30021-30498, 30 Ministry of Nationality Security 139,502,100 33021 31017-31031 31 Attorney General’s
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PROPOSED ESTIMATES CAPITAL II (PART 11) 2016/2017 BZ 11 O f f i c e o f t h e G o v e r n o r - G e n e r a l 40,000 12 J u d i c i a r y 52,760 15 Legislature 13,000 13 Director of Public Prosecutions 40,000 16 G e n e r a l A u d i t o r 40,000 Office of the Prime Minister 67,000 17 18 Ministry of Finance, Public Service, Energy and 32,146,556 Public Utilities 19.

Ministry of Health 2,652,957 77,000 20.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs 21 Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports 4,764,860 22 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the 2,378,483 Environment and Sustainable Development 23 Minister of Natural Resources and Immigration 11,718,659 1,254,000 25 Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation 8,130,107 27 Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation 29 Ministry of Works, Transport and National 22,562,532 30 Ministry of National Security 2,372,945 31 32 Ministry of Economic Development, Social Transportation and Poverty Alleviation Attorney General’s Ministry 652,410 3,279,042 33 Ministry of Housing and Urban Development 356,000 35 Ministry of Labour, Local Government and Rural 833,465 Development TOTAL CAPITAL II (PART II) 93,431,776 !
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9 PROPOSED ESTIMATES CAPITAL III (PART 111) 2016/2017 BZ Judiciary 12 150,000 18 Ministry of Finance, Public Service, Energy and 7,040,500 Public Utilities 19.

Ministry of Health 175,468 20 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2,800,000 Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports 12,900,000 21 22 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and 17,500,000 Sustainable Development 23.
Minister of Natural Resources and Immigration 25 Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation 5,200.000 27 M i n i s t r y o f H u m a n D e v e l o p m e n t , S o c i a l 588,861 4,283,000 Transformation and Poverty Alleviation 29 M i n i s t r y o f W o r k s , T r a n s p o r t a n d N a t i o n a l 28,000,000 32 M i n i s t r y o f E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t , P e t r o l e u m , 17,334,800 Investment, Trade and Commerce TOTAL CAPITAL III (PART 111) 95,972,929 !
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TOTAL CAPITAL TRANSFER AND NET LENDING (PART IV) 2,506,747 __________________________________________________________________ _ AMORTIZATION (PART V) 18 M i n i s t r y o f F i n a n c e 86,854,688 TOTAL AMORTIZATION (PART V) 86,854,688 GRAND TOTAL 1,237,959,036 __________________________________________________________________ !
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Official Charities Fund Motion, 2016.

The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved: !

BE IT RESOLVED THAT this House approves the expenditure of $2,352,589 from the Official Charities Fund as detailed in Appendix A of the Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ending 31st March 2017. !

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The Chairman left the Chair.

MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.

REPORT AND THIRD READING OF GENERAL REVENUE APPROPRIATION (2016/2017) BILL, 2016 1.

General Revenue Appropriation (2016/2017) Bill, 2016.

The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities reported that the Committee of Supply had gone through the Bill clause by clause, and directed him to report same without amendment.
Whereupon, the Prime Minister moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Question put and agreed to.

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The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the above-mentioned Bill be read a second time: Bill for an Act to amend the Customs and Excise Duties Act, Chapter 48 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000; to provide for the removal of revenue replacement duty on Caricom goods; to increase the scope of goods subject to excise duty; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Question put and agreed to.

Bill accordingly, read a second time and, pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of the whole House.

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Brewery (Amendment) Bill, 2016.


The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the above-mentioned Bill be read a second time: Bill for an Act to amend the Brewery Act, Chapter 286 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000; to provide for the duty payable on local beer to be the same as that of other Caricom countries; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
After the debate thereon, question put and agreed to.

Bill accordingly, read a second time and, pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of the whole House.

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Belizean Nationality (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the above-mentioned Bill be read a second time: Bill for an Act to amend the Belizean Nationality Act, Chapter 161 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make provision, in the interest of administrative and operational efficiency, for the responsible Minister to delegate certain functions to any Minister of State appointed to assist the Minister; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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Bill accordingly, read a second time and, pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of the whole House.

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Immigration Nationality (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the above-mentioned Bill be read a second time: Bill for an Act to amend the Immigration Act, Chapter 156 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make provision in the interest of administrative and operational efficiency, for the responsible Minister to delegate certain functions to any Minister of State appointed to assist the Minister; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Question put and agreed to.

Bill accordingly, read a second time and, pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of the whole House.

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Passports (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the above-mentioned Bill be read a second time: Bill for an Act to amend the Passports Act, Chapter 164 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make provision in the interest of administrative and operational efficiency, for the responsible Minister to delegate certain functions to any Minister of State appointed to assist the Minister; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Question put and agreed to.

Bill accordingly, read a second time and, pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of the whole House.

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Refugees (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the above-mentioned Bill be read a second time: !

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Bill accordingly, read a second time and, pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of the whole House.

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Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the above-mentioned Bill be read a second time: Bill for an Act to amend the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, Chapter 17:02 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make provision in the interest of administrative and operational efficiency, for the responsible Minister to delegate certain functions to any Minister of State appointed to assist the Minister; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Question put and agreed to.

Bill accordingly, read a second time and, pursuant to Standing Orders, committed to a Committee of the whole House.

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Pursuant to Standing Orders, the House, without question put, resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House to consider the Bills that were read a second time and Mr. Speaker left the chair.

[In the Committee] The Deputy Speaker in the Chair.

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Customs and Excise Duties (Amendment) Bill, 2016.


Clauses 1 to 5 agreed to.

The Schedule agreed to.

Bill to be reported back to the House without amendment.

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Brewery (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.

Bill to be reported back to the House without amendment.

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Belizean Nationality (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.


Bill to be reported back to the House without amendment.

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Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.

Bill to be reported back to the House without amendment.

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Passports (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.

Bill to be reported back to the House without amendment.

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Refugees (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.

Bill to be reported back to the House without amendment.

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Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.

Bill to be reported back to the House without amendment.

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Customs and Excise Duties (Amendment) Bill, 2016.


The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities reported that the Committee of the whole House has gone through the Bill, clause by clause, and directed him to report same without amendment.

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Brewery (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities reported that the Committee of the whole House has gone through the Bill, clause by clause, and directed him to report same without amendment.

Whereupon the Right Honourable Prime Minister moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Question put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

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Belizean Nationality (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities reported that the Committee of the whole House has gone through the Bill, clause by clause, and directed him to report same without amendment.

Whereupon the Right Honourable Prime Minister moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Question put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

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Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2016.


The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities reported that the Committee of the whole House has gone through the Bill, clause by clause, and directed him to report same without amendment.

Whereupon the Right Honourable Prime Minister moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Question put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

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Passports (Amendment) Bill, 2016.


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Whereupon the Right Honourable Prime Minister moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Question put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

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Refugees (Amendment) Bill, 2016.


The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities reported that the Committee of the whole House has gone through the Bill, clause by clause, and directed him to report same without amendment.

Whereupon the Right Honourable Prime Minister moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Question put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

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Caribbean Community (Free Movement off Skilled Persons (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities reported that the Committee of the whole House has gone through the Bill, clause by clause, and directed him to report same without amendment.

Whereupon the Right Honourable Prime Minister moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Question put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.


ADJOURNMENT The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities moved that the House be adjourned.

Question put and agreed to.

The House adjourned at 8:36 PM.

to a date to be fixed by the Speaker.

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