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Clau Deputat Speaker tte Buttigieg, Data1 D ata '5/to/zDZO , Data l l PARlAMENTTA'MAl.TA 49th BRITISH ISLANDS AND MEDITERRANEAN REGION CONFERENCE Malta, 24- 25 September 2020 Virtual Meeting PROGRAMME (24 September 2020) All timings are based on GMT +2 timings Thursday, 24 September 2020 13:00- 13:30 Official Opening of the Conference • Address by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta, Han.

Angelo Farrugia • Address by the CPA Chairperson, Han.
Emilia Monjowa Lifaka • Address by the CPA SG, Mr Stephen Twigg 13:30- 14:30 Plenary Session 1 The role of parliaments in managing the impact of Covid-19 on small jurisdictions - Moderator: Han.

Angelo Farrugia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta Keynote Speaker: Deputy Kevin Pamplin, States of Jersey - - Debate 1 ~ ~ ,.

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P~ENTTA'MALTA 14:30-15:00 Technical Break 15:00- 16:30 Breakout Session A Have Parliaments been sufficiently flexible to enact urgent Covid-19 related legislation?

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Angelo Farrugia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta 15:00- 16:30 Breakout Session B The economic impact of Covid-19 on small jurisdictions - Hon.
Leona Roberts, Falkland Islands, MLA 16:30- 16:45 Technical Break 116:45- 18:15 CPA AGM J 2 PAAtAMENTTA'MALTA Friday, 25 September 2020 112:00 -13:30 BIMR CWP Steering Group Meeting 13:30-14:00 Technical Break 14:00- 14:30 Report to the Plenary by the Rapporteurs of Session A and Session B 14:30- 15:45 Plenary Session 2 Have governments adequately addressed the different impacts of Covid-19 on women and men in policy-making?

Moderator: Hon.

Justyne Caruana, Maltese CWP Representative Keynote Speaker: Rt.
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Maria Miller, former Minister for Women and Equalities and Chair of the UK Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee Debate 15:45- 16:15 Technical Break 16:15 -17:45 Plenary Session 3 Have the innovations introduced in response to Covid-19 made parliaments more resilient?

Can these innovations contribute towards making Parliaments more open and accessible to Members of Parliament and the public?

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Justyne Caruana Hon.

Claudette Buttigieg HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PARLIAMENT OF MALTA Introduction 1.
Over fifty Parliamentarians from more than thirteen Commonwealth countries and territories have joined a virtual conference to discuss the response of Parliaments in times of crisis with a special focus on the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The 49th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) British Islands and Mediterranean (BIM) Regional Conference, was hosted by the Parliament of Malta and CPA Malta Branch with a virtual meeting from 24 to 25 September 2020 Background of Conference 2.
The regional conference was opened by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Malta Han.

Anglu Farrugia .

He spoke of the need for Parliaments and Parliamentarians to learn from each other in these challenging times for all jurisdictions.

The Speaker highlighted the importance of how Parliaments react to the current crisis and how it presented an opportunity to rethink how Parliaments operate.
The current global crisis had enabled technological innovation to flourish and Parliaments had adapted their procedures to continue to operate.
The Speaker argued that legislators and policy-makers are tasked with finding the very delicate balance between safeguarding the health of the citizens and the economy, noting that in addition to controlling the spread of the virus locally, there is an urgent need for the international community to support vulnerable countries in developing and implementing strategies for restarting their economies in a smart way, noting that this is where the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) can truly deliver value.
Speaker Farrugia concluded that many great ideas and opportunities have emerged from crises and Members of Parliament should seize this opportunity to become more open to change, and more open to discuss and think of the weakest, most vulnerable in our societies.

The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Han.
Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, MP Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Cameroon, addressed the opening of the regional conference and said: "I believe this is the first CPA BIM Regional Conference to be held remotely and its success is testament to the ingenuity of the Parliament of Malta and the wider region.
It follows a very effective and fruitful virtual CPA International Executive Committee Meeting that I chaired in August and I imagine we will be harnessing these new technologies increasingly in the coming months as face to face meetings still remain difficult in many parts of the world.
Regional conferences such as these are an excellent opportunity for Members and staff alike to join together and discuss these values and how best to approach them in what is often a challenging and fast-moving global context."

Keynote Speakers at the regional conference included Deputy Kevin Pamplin from the States of Jersey, Rt.

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Maria Miller, former Minister for Women and Equalities and Chair of the UK Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee and Han.
Rhun ap lorwerth, Chair of Wales CPA Branch.

The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) British Islands and Mediterranean Region held a meeting of the Regional Steering Committee in the margins of the CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference in Guernsey at which Hon.

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods, MP (United Kingdom) was elected as the new CWP Steering Committee BIM Member, before she reported to the delegates on CWP activities for the region.

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Breakdown of Sessions and Workshops Plenary Session 1: The role of parliaments in managing the impact of COVID-19 on small jurisdictions The session started by Speaker Farrugia introducing the session by giving a short overview of the measures taken by Parliament as soon as the pandemic started taking a toll in Malta.

The Maltese Parliament acknowledged this responsibility from the outset and continued its work uninterrupted, taking the necessary precautions.
The Maltese Parliament has introduced a number of measures to ensure that its precincts remain a safe place for its Members and staff, including temperature check for anyone entering the building, stepping up of cleaning and disinfection procedures, extending telework opportunities to most of its staff, the suspension of visits to Parliament and specia l activities in the Parliament building have been suspended and all official travel for MPs and staff has been suspended.
The work ofthe parliamentary committees was also adjusted, whereby witnesses and experts summoned before the committees may chose to do this via video-conferencing facilities.

Members qualifying as vulnerable in accordance with the relevant subsidiary legislation or w ho were under obligatory quarantine, were also giving this opportunity.
This has enabled committee work to proceed with only minor adjustments and actually helped us to developed our video-conferencing facilities, indeed making today's conference possible, for example.

Deputy Kevin Pamplin from the States of Jersey, keynote speaker for the first session, shared a detailed report of Jersey's journey through the pandemic.

He stated that Jersey had a number of cases and spent a number of weeks under lockdown to keep the situation in control.
Although a small jurisdiction, they still found issues which withheld measures to keep the public safe in such a delicate time.

Breakout Session A: Have Parliaments been sufficiently flexible to enact urgent COVID-19 legislation?

This session was chaired by Speaker Anglu Farrugia.

He kicked off the sessions by outlining the measures adopted by the Maltese Parliament in the first weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was reported.
In order to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, the Ma ltese Parliament needed to pass urgent legislation with respect to the Government's and Health Authority's response to the pandemic.
These included • The Public Health (Amendment) Bill aimed at clarifying the powers of the Superintendent of Health to issue orders for the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases in the context of a health-related emergency; • • The Budget Measures Implementation (Amendment) Act, 2002 aimed to provide additional funds consequential to the measures ordered by the Superintendent of Public Health in order to guard and protect against the spread of Covid-19; Legal and Other Time Periods (Suspension and Interruption) Act aimed at providing the Minister of Justice with specific power to issue regulations relating to the suspension or interruption of legal times when the Superintendent of Public Health issues an order for the closure of certain premises under the Public Health Act; and • A resolution on increasing the amount of government treasury bi lls intended to fund government expenditure related to the Covid-19 pandemic; The session was very active, as members from the Welsh Parliament, Isle of Man, Scotland, UK Parliament all contributed to the discussion by sharing how the pandemic has sped up the process of approving legislation in view of the ever-growing pandemic.
The Parliamentarians show ed unanimous approval of certain health concerns which required immediate action.

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Claudette Buttigieg, Member of Parliament in Malta conceded that the unusual circumstances of the pandemic provided a learning curve for everyone.

Politicians have learnt what humility is all about as there were a lot of lessons to be learnt from each other.

During the proceedings to pass urgent emergency legislation related to the pandemic, Hon.
Buttigieg noticed that some changes brought about by this situation, can be retained in a post-COVID-19 environment.

The pandemic essentially forced the authorities and employers to modernise to survive, and therefore many of the changes should be retained for the benefit of society.

Moreover, COVID-19 has highlighted the gaps in our society and differences have become greater.
For example, addressing domestic abuse has never been more important and tackling mental health in a world of social isolation is criti cal as well.

She called for parliamentarians to act on the lessons learnt during the pandemic.

Breakout Session B: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on small jurisdictions The Hon.

Leona Roberts, M LK, Member of the Legislative Assembly chaired the second Breakout Session.
She introduced the session by describing the economic impact of COVID-19 on small jurisdictions with a limited source of income.

The main source of income for the Falkland Islands is Fish exports, tourism and farming, which has been heavily impacted because of the pandemic, especially tourism.

Generally, small jurisdictions depend on finance and tourism.
In Guernsey and Jersey for example, they have been lucky as their residents have saved up during the year and have resorted to 'staycations' to promote internal tourism.

Wales has experienced tax raising to cope with COVID-19 and the economy has also suffered a number of setbacks and have requ ired the assistance of the UK's treasury department.

Gibraltar has suffered gaming industry setbacks.

All small jurisdictions have had to adapt to a new normal, in particular airport activity and port activity.
Some jurisdictions have shared money from government to citizens to spend in restaurants and hotels to promote economical value and keep people afloat, both from the hotelier point of view and citizens.

Plenary Session 2: Have Governments adequately addressed the different impacts of COVID-19?

Plenary session 2 was moderated by Hon .

Justyne Caruana.

The MPs took part in t he debate following a keynote address by Rt Hon.
Maria Miller, former UK Minister for Women and Equa lities and Chair of the UK Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee, who remarked on the fa ct that the pandemic has had a great impact on women in various aspects of their lives.

It was argued t hat women are more likely to be in precarious employment that could also be terminated due to the pandemic.
Other impacts which affect w omen disproportionately are school and nursery closures requiring home schooling and the demand on women to give greater attention to t heir elderly.

The impact on mothers-to-be and the access to the fathers or other partners during childbirth and during t he ante natal phase were also discussed.
The discussion flowed on the fact that it is a normal assumption that women are the more likely to suffer when hardships are presented and that it is also assumed that they are the primary carers and gender who is given the responsibility if a crisis emerges.

It was also discussed that during such uncertain times, domestic abuse also comes about since both parties would be at home and the rise of conflict increases.
It is very important that during troubling times such as these, the mental health of all persons is safeguarded as crises an take a toll on the most vulnerable.

Plenary Session 3: Have the innovations introduced in response to Covid -19 made parliaments more resilient?

Can these innovations contribute towards making Parliaments more open and accessible to Members of Parliament and the public?

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Rhun ap lorwerth, Chair of the Wales CPA Branch addressed the t hird and final plenary session led by Han.
Claudette Buttigieg on whether the innovations introduced in response to Covid-19 made parliaments more resilient and whether these can make parliaments more open and accessible.

In his keynote speech Han.

ap lorwerth described how the Welsh Assembly had adopted its ru les and procedures to be able to meet virtually, initially available to a number of deput ies and eventually to all deputies.
He remarked that this development was well-received and t he deputies themselves have adapted well to this new reality.

He concluded that whilst these innovations were making parliaments more efficient, an online setting could be a lonely business and attention needs to be given to the social and mental well-being of MPs and staff.
A number of issues were raised during t he discussions, including the access to the right technologies and technical know-how of the legis lators, as well as the impact on the contact between deputies and their constituents.

The debate followed with a discussion of some constituents being victims of the pandemic itself, and some family members speaking with MPs present, stating that, even if the patients al ready had underlying health issues, it shouldn't be COVID-19 which takes the lives of our citizens.
It is a sad reality; however, it is one of the issues which nobody has control over.

British Isles and Mediterranean Region Annual General Meeting The first session was the CPA BIMR Annual General Meeting, w here a number of pending issues were brought up.

The session was chaired by Honourable lan Liddel Grainger, who is a Senior Regional Representative.
The regional conference also incorpo ra ted the CPA BIM Region's Annual General Meeting where an update of the Region's Strategy was given; an update on CPA International was also given, with updates for the upcoming CPC which is still not clear; a CWP and a Small Branches update was also shared.

The AGM came to a close when Northern Ireland have confirmed that their Branch will be hosting BIMR 2021.
It is still not confirmed whether the conference will be held in Belfast, or whether it will be held online.

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The conference drew to a close following a rapporteur session from Speaker Anglu Farrugia.
The Conference attended by the CPA Branches of Alderney, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland, St Helena the UK and Wales, Speaker Farrugia thanked all the participants for making this first fully virtual inter-parliamentary conference hosted by the Maltese Parliament a success saying that the discussions held during the sessions will surely serve as a basis for future discussions on how parliaments can become more resilient when faced with unforeseen circumstances which can materially impact on their ability to function effectively. '
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l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ' ' PARLAMENT Til: MALTA 49th BRITISH ISLANDS AND MEDITERRANEAN REGION CONFERENCE Malta, 24 - 25 September 2020 Virtual Meeting BIOGRAPHIES OF PARTICIPANTS ALDERNEY Mr James David DENT, SM ' ' j ' I , I I I I .

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250 words) BSc, MSc, CMILT, MCIHT For forty years a professional transport economist working on development projects, mainly in the developing world- often small islands in the Pacific and Caribbean.

Began my career as a VSO in the British Virgin Islands.

For the majority of my career I worked freelance and largely on World Bank, Asian Development Bank and EU funded projects.
Since elected, I have been Chairman of the Policy and Finance Committee and for just over a year Vice-President List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended CPA- Induction for new Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, November 2017 Interests CPA- Course for Election Observers, UK, 2019 Development economics particularly in small island economies.
Practical governance options for micro states CYPRUS MISS ELENI MAVROU, MP Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Year first elected to Parliament Career Summary (max.

250 words) I ' I , r r l r List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests Chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs.

- Member of the House Standing Committee on Defence Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Human Rights and on Equal Opportunities and Women.
- Leader of the delegation of the House to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

2001 Men for General Secretary· of the United Democratic Youth Organisation (EDON) (1992-1996).

-Observer to the European Parliament (2003-2004) (member of the Confederal Group of the European United Left I Nordic Green Left).

- Mayor of Nicosia (2007-2011).

-Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus during Demetris Christofias' presidency (2012-2013).
-Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL).

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250 words) I I CYPRUS CYPRUS MR ANDREAS KYPRIANOU, MP and Trade, Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Energy, Tourism.

Industry - Member of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance.
- Member of the delegation of the House to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) since 2020.

February * Member of the House Standing Committee on Development Plans and Public Expenditure Control 2009 51 June 2016- 22 June Civil Engineering with specialisation in Structural Design (University ofTexas at Austin, United States of America).

Member of the Limassol Municipal Council (2001- 2009) and leader of the DISY municipal group {2006-2009).
- Member of the board of the Limassoi-Amathus (2001-2009}.

Sewage -Member of the board of the Limassol Chamber of Industry and Commerce (1999-2009}.

- Member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber 1987.

- DISY Commissioner for Town Planning and 2010.

Development the DISY Political Bureau.

the DISY Executive Bureau Member of Member of (SALA) (ETEK) (EVEL) Board since since Interests Limassol.

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I I I, I CYPRUS Ms Christiana SOLOMINDOU Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office SENIOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICER (SECRETARY TO THE CYPRUS BRANCH-CPA DELEGATION) Year first elected to Parliament N/A Career Summary (max.

250 words) • Employed in the International Relations the Cyprus House of Service of Representatives since 2000.

• Areas of interest include the CPA, the Asian Parliamentary Assembly and bilateral relations with Commonwealth, Asian and African countries.
(APA) • Working visits/seminars/meetings- conferences in Cyprus, as well as, bilateral exchanges of the President of the House international and/or participation parliamentary the President and Members of the House.

• Deputy Correspondent for the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD).

conferences for in List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits All CPC's & BIM Regional Conferences since 2001 or Workshops attended (includ.

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Dr Barry ELSBY, MLA I I I. i ' I .

I I I : I I I I Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office PORTFOLIO RESPONSIBILITY: DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPUTISING RESPONSIBILITY: PUBLIC WORKS Year first elected to Parliament NOV 2011 Career Summary (max.

250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2011- PRESENT QUALIFIED AS DOCTOR UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 1981, TRAINED AS GP.
WORKED IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1987-1990.

MOVED TO THE FALKLANDS TO WORK AS A DOCTOR IN 1990 WESTMINSTER SEMINAR 2012 CPA BIMR FALKLAND ISLANDS 2013 CPA PLENARY JOHANNESBURG 2013 CPA BIMR WALES 2014 CPA PLENARY CAMEROON 2014 CPA BIMR CYPRUS 2015 CPA BIMR JERSEY 2016 GUERNSEY- MAY 2019 UGANDA PLENARY- SEPTEMBER 2019 Interests GARDENING SAILING FALKLAND ISLANDS Hon.
Leona ROBERTS, MLA Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION CPA REGIONAL EXECUTIVE MEMBER Year first elected to Parliament 2017 Career Summary (max.
250 words) MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY MANAGER, MUSUEM AND NATIONAL TRUST List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended CPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES MAURITUS- MARCH 2018 LONDON- NOVEMBER 2018 OTTAWA- APRIL2019 REGIONAL AND PLENARIES GUERNSEY- MAY 2019 JERSEY CWP- SEPTEMBER 2019 UGANDA PLENARY- SEPTEMBER 2019 SCOTLAND CWP- DECEMBER 2019 FALKLAND ISLANDS CWP- FEBRUARY 2020 Interests CULTURE, HERITAGE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELLBEING I I I ' : ' : I I ' ' ' I , ' I ' I ' I .
I ' I I I FALKLAND ISLANDS Mrs Cherie CLIFFORD, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Year first elected to Parliament Career Summary (max.
250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended CLERK OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY NOV 2017- PRESENT- CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY 2006-2017- PA/DEPUTY CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY 2001-2006- ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, LEGISLATURE DEPARTMENT 2000-2005- CLERICAL AND YOUNG PERSONS UNIT, FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT 1999-2000- NAAFI, FALKLAND ISLANDS 1998-1999- PA TO PUBLIC SOLICITOR, ST. HELENA 1988-1998- TEACHER, ST. HELENA CPA BIMR FALKLAND ISLANDS 2004 CPA BIMR FALKLAND ISLANDS 2013 CPA BIMR JERSEY 2016 GUERNSEY- MAY 2019 JERSEY CWP- SEPTEMBER 2019 UGANDA PLENARY- SEPTEMBER 2019 SCOTLAND CWP- DECEMBER 2019 FALKLAND ISLANDS CWP- FEBRUARY 2020 Interests YOUTH ACTIVITIES- GIRL GUIDE COMMISSIONER READING EXPLORING THE COUNTRYSIDE GIBRALTAR Mr Roy Mark CLINTON, MP Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Year first elected to Parliament Career Summary (max.
2SO words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests Public Finance, Public Sector Efficiency & Procurement, Gibraltar Savings Bank, Taxation, Inward Investment, Small Business, Postal Services & Telecoms & e-Government.

2015 Roy Clinton is currently the Shadow Minister of Public Finance and is also a member of the Select Committees for Parliamentary Reform and Members' Interests.
Before entering politics, Roy spent 18 years in Private Banking before retiring as CEO of Bank J. Safra Sarasin (Gibraltar) Ltd in September 2015.
Prior to this, Roy worked at KPMG Gibraltar in audit after qualifying with Price Waterhouse 2016 BIMR CPA Jersey 2016 2017 BIMR CPA Gibraltar 2017 2017 Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice & Procedure 2019 UK Overseas Territories Project- Oversight of Public Finances Forum 2019 2019 BIMR CPA G Economic history of Gibraltar and collection of books and manuscripts in relation to Gibraltar's as a Chartered Accountant ..

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I I I I I ' I • [ I GIBRALTAR Mr Steven Ernest LINARES, MP Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Minister for Housing, Youth and Sport Year first elected to Parliament 2000 Career Summary (max.
2SO words) Schoolteacher (prior to becoming an MP); Minister for Culture, Media, Youth and Sport List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests 2000: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Isle of Man; 2000: CPC London and Edinburgh Plenary Conference; 2000: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Jersey; 2001: CPC Australia Plenary Conference; CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Edinburgh; 2002: CPC Namibia Plenary Conference; 2003: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Jersey; 2004: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Falkland Island; 2009: CPC Tanzania Plenary Conference; 2010: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Isle of Man; Kenya Small Branches Conference; 2014: Cardiff Regional Conference; 2015: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Cyprus 2019: CPA Outdoor pursuits, hiking and reading Conference BIM Gue I I I i .
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Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Shadow Minister for: Education, Sports & Leisure, Culture, Public Sector (including Civil Service Year first elected to Parliament 2007 & MOD Industrial Relations Career Summary (max.
2SO words) I List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended School teacher by profession; Training Adviser at Ministry for Education and Training; Past President of the Gibraltar Teachers' Association and past Chairman of the Gibraltar Trades Council; 1991: Commissioned in the RAF Volunteer Reserve and served with No 2 Overseas (Gibraltar) Squadron of the Air Training Corps; 2000: Promoted to Flight Lieutenant and appointed Commanding Officer of the Gibraltar Squadron until retirement from Volunteer Service in September 2003; October 2007: Stood for election to the Gibraltar Parliament and held the portfolio of Minister for Culture, Heritage, Sports and Leisure until December 2011; Currently the Shadow Minister for Education, Sports & Leisure, Culture, Public Sector (including Civil Service 2010: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Isle of Man; 2012: CPC Sri Lanka; 2014: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Wales; 2014: CPC Cameroon; 2015: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Cyprus; 2016: CPC London 2017: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Gibraltar; 2017:CPC & MOD Industrial Relations 2019: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Interests Photography and sports I I I I I , ! '
I I 1 I I i I , I , I I I GIBRALTAR Ms Samantha Jane Sacramento, MP I I I '.

I I , i I Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Minister the Health Authority, Justice, Multiculturalism, Equality and Community Affairs for Year first elected to Parliament 2011 Career Summary (max.
ZSO words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Oct 2001 to Dec 2003: Legal Affairs Officer Commission for Racial Equality, Cardiff; May 2004 to Dec 2011 Barrister; Gibraltar Dec 2011 to present Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar Minister for Justice, Multi-culturalism, Equality and Community Affairs CWP committee member 2012: CPA REGIONAL CONFERENCE (BIMR) FALKLANDS; 2013: CPC JOHANNESBURG; 2014: CWP CONFERENCE EDINBURGH; 2014: CPA REGIONAL CONFERENCE {BIMR) CARDIFF; 2014: CPC CAMEROON; 2015: CWP CONFERENCE GIBRALTAR; 2015: CPA REGIONAL CONFERENCE {BIMR) CYPRUS; 2016: CPA REGIONAl CONFERENCE (BIMR) JERSEY; 2016: CPC LONDON; 2017: CWP CONFERENCE CARDIFF; 2017: CPA REGIONAL CONFERENCE {BIMR) GIBRAlTAR; 2017: CPC BANGLADESH 2017; 2018 WESTMINSTER SEMINAR ON EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENTS; 2019: CPA REGIONAL CONFERENCE (BIMR) GUUERNSEY; Interests CURRENT AFFAIRS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL GIBRALTAR Mr Paul Edward MARTINEZ Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Clerk to the Parliament Year first elected to Parliament N/A i . '
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250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests in various departments 1977: Joined the Civil Service; 1977: Commissioned in the Royal Naval Reserve; 1993: retired as Lieutenant Commander; 1998 - 2001: Served including Housing Manager; 2001-2012: Transport Officer; 2012- 2014: Head of Procurement; Clerk to the Gibraltar Parliament 2014- 2004: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Falklands; 2014: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Cardiff; 2014: CPC Cameroon; 2015: CWP Gibraltar; 2015: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Cyprus; 2016: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Jersey; 2016: CPC LONDON 2016; 2017: CPA Regional Conference (BIMR) Gibraltar; 2017: CPC Bangladesh.
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I I I GUERNSEY Deputy Jeremy C. S. F. SMITHIES Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Vice-President States' Trading Supervisory Board; Member Committee for Home Affairs Chartered Engineer, Commercial Manager, Administrator.

Senior managerial experience through Rolls Royce pic.

Resident Overseas Executive in overall charge of the Company office in South West France.
Undertook international contract negotiations for the UK supply of engine accessories and worked to develop existing business relationships.

Managed domestic and overseas offices and staff and established professional and working relationships with many European manufacturers in Germany, Italy, France and Spain, through full involvement in all aspects of engineering, manufacturing, and commercial business.

Responsible for detailed procedural discussions with European Community agencies.
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GUERNSEY Deputy Dawn Angela Tindall Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Development & Planning Authority (President) (D&PA) Committee for Health & Social Care (Member) (HSC) Review Panel the Covid crisis, tourism representative.

I am a solicitor (E&W) elected in 2016 and have been on four committees during the four and half year term.
The additional committee to the above list was Economic Development (ED) of which I was a member from the beginning of 2018 to mid- 2019 as I became President of the D&PA in June 2019 and so resigned from ED due to the increased workload.

During the Guernsey Civil Contingencies Authority delegated the majority of the decision making to the Medical Officer of Health and HSC and so I was one of 5 making the difficult decisions to limit civil liberties.
My involvement in the scrutiny of legislation began in 2012 when I joined the previous iteration of the LRP as a Non-States Member and continued after I was elected.

I have also taken a keen interest in as women's the CPA and was elected for the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) in 2018 but again did not stand for re-election in 2019 due to the extra responsibilities I took on becoming President of the D&PA.
Westminster- induction and seminar on women in politics Falkland Islands- parliamentary training Isle of Man inaugural meeting Jersey conferences Constitutional Politics History Art Cricket (x2) CWP meetings and women's - Crown Dependency Network List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests !

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Throughout the political term, Emilie has had a portfolio including health, welfare and international development, and sponsored the introduction of the Island's non-discrimination laws, as a member of the Committee for Employment & Social Security.
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GUERNSEY Ms Rhian Tooley Vice President- Committee for Health & Social Care.
Member- Committee for Education, Sport & Culture CWP for G Born in Manchester, Rhian grew up in Conwy, North Wales and graduated from Birmingham University in 1993.

She worked as a teacher for several years, teaching across the primary and secondary phases and in both State and Private Schools.

Rhian later spent 3 years working in the 3rd Sector as a Youth and Children's Worker and Advisor, managing large teams of staff and volunteers.
A geographical move led to a career change into the Retail Sector where Rhian worked for several years as a Human Resources Manager.

After a career break to raise a family and a move to Guernsey in 2010, Rhian entered politics and was elected to the States of Deliberation in 2016; she sits as Vice President of the Committee for Health and Social Care and as an ordinary member of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture and she is Guernsey's representative on the BIMR CWP steering group.
Rhian was instrumental in the development and introduction of Guernsey's "Partnership of Purpose" which brings together the third sector, public and private resources to improve health and care in the Bailiwick of Guernsey and leads on the work to strengthen Guernsey's indigenous language, Guernesiais and on Early Years Education.

Rhian represents Guernsey on both Early Years Education and Indigenous Languages at the British Irish Council.
Rhian lives with her husband, five sons aged 14 -7 years old and her crazy 11 month old puppy in St Peter Port, Guernsey, she enjoys baking, writing, swimming and sailing when time allows.

Guernsey CPA- Visit to Westminster BIMR CWP Conference in Cardiff BIMR CPA Conference Guernsey BIMR CWP Conference in Jersey BIMR CWP Steering Group in Edinburgh BIMR CWP Conference in The Falklands Rhian enjoys sailing, swimming, and travelling - though has precious little time to indulge these interests!
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Ray Harmer, MHK Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office • Member of House of Keys.

• Minister for Policy and Reform.

• Member of the Standing Committee of the House of Keys.

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Marketing product manager (Rational Group), senior business analyst (Zurich, First Names and Nedgroup), networks manager (Royal Life), communications consulting engineer (Ove Arup, London).

2009-15 Public Service: Peel Commissioner (Chairman 2015); Treasurer of Peel Heritage Trust 2014-date; Chairman of Peel Heritage Trust 2016-date.

2010-11, May 2013-Sept Minister for Infrastructure 2016-2020.

Member: Department of Health and Social Care 2015-16; Department of Infrastructure 2015-16.
Chair: Isle of Man Post Office 2016.

Vice-Chair: Public Services Commission 2016.

Committees of Tynwald: Select Committee of Tynwald on the First-Time Buyer Scheme (Petition for Redress) 2015-16; Tynwald Ceremony Arrangements Committee 2016- 2020.

Study visit Westminster 2017 List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests A member of Peel Golf Club and Western Athletics.

I enjoy running and have completed the London and Paris marathons for charity.
I play saxophone with the Manx Saxophone Ensemble.

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: I. I I l I ISLE OF MAN Mr Martyn Perkins, MHK Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office • Member of the House of Keys.

• Chair of the Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading.

• Member of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture.

• Deputy Chair of Social Affairs Policy Review Committee.
• Alternate member of the Environment • and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee (for the purpose and duration of the Committee's consideration of the Douglas Promenade Scheme}.

Isle of Man representative on the Board of Trustees of the International Space University.

Member of the Telecommunications Committee.

• Chair of the Planning Committee 2020- date.


Director of an aerospace engineering company that supplied precision machined components and assemblies to Aerospace, Medical and Optical industries.

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Regional Conferences: Guernsey 2019.

Other: Election observance mission, Monserrat 2019.

Interests Sailing, rugby, music, jazz, folk band and the environment.

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I I ISLE OF MAN Mr Rob Callister MHK Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office • Member of the House of Keys.

• Member of the Department for Enterprise.

• Member of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture.

• Member of the Department for Infrastructure.


• Member of the Select Committee ofTynwald on the Fireworks Act 2004 (Public Petition).

• Trustee of Manx National Heritage.

Children's ion 2020-date.

I have worked within the Island's finance industry for over 20 years, and have considerable experience in business operations, compliance, corporate corporate management at a Board level.
governance and Public Service: Onchan District Commissioners (May 2012 to Sept 2016); Chairman of Onchan District Commissioners (2013-2014); Vice Chairman of the Isle of Man Municipal Association (2016).

Departmental Membership: Department of Health and Social Care 2016-2017; Member of the Department for Home Affairs March 2020-2020.
Committees of Tynwald: Member of the Select Committee on Free Train and Tram Travel (Petition for Redress) 2016-2017; Member of the Select Committee on Accommodation for Vulnerable Young People 2018-19; Chairman of the Environment and Infrastructure Policy Review Committee 2016-20; member of the Public Accounts Committee 2016-20.

Study visits: Montreal, Canada 2017, Jersey 2018.

Regional Conferences: Guernsey 2019.

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250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended • Member of the House of Keys .

Member of the Department of Education, Sport and Culture.
• Member of the Department of Health and Social Care.

• Member of the CPA Isle of Man Branch Executive Committee.

• Member of Tynwald Management Committee.

• Alternate member of the Public Accounts Committee (for the purpose and duration of the Committee's consideration of the Media Development Fund).

• Member of the House of Keys Committee on the Education Bill 2020.

Mrs Corlett served as a Councillor forSt George's Ward on Douglas Borough Council from 2013 to 2016.
She was elected as a Member of the House of Education Programmes: CPA Fundamentals on Parliamemtary Practice and Procedure 2017.

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250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended 2008 to date: Clerk of Tynwald, Secretary to the House of Keys, Counsel to the Speaker, Registrar of Members' Interests, N/A House of Commons Clerk 1981 to 2008: Assistant Clerk 1981, Senior Clerk 1984, Deputy Principal Clerk 1991.

Joint Secretary of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliament 2001 to 2007.
Clerk of Tynwald, Secretary of the House of Keys, Counsel to the Speaker, Registrar of Members' Interests 2008 to date.

Isle of Man Branch Secretary 2008 to date.

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Jersey Deputy Louise DOUBLET Deputy of St Saviour No.
2, States of Jersey Assembly Not a member of the Government of Jersey Committee I panel membership • Assembh§e Parlementaire de Ia Francophonie • Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive Committee • States Trustee for Jersey Community Relations Trust • Children, Education & Home Affairs Panel • Care of Children in Jersey Review Panel • Gender Pay Gap Review Panel Year first elected to Parliament 2014 Career Summary (max.
250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended BA Hans Psychology & Sociology, University of Exeter PGCE Primary with Early Years specialisation, University of Exeter 2008-2014- Early Years & Primary Teacher 2013-2014- Secretary for Jersey branch of National Union of Teachers 2014- Elected to States of Jersey as Deputy forSt Saviour Sous II 2015- British Islands & Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference, Gibraltar 2016- 461h British Isles & Mediterrannean Region Conference, Jersey 2016 ~ British Islands & Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference, Guernsey 2019- 61h British Islands & Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Annual Conference, Jersey Equality, Education, Children, Families, Early Years, Psychology, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Humanism, Feminism, Equal Parental Rights, Women in Business, Innovation, literature Interests i .
I I I Jersey Senator Sarah FERGUSON Senator (Island-wide mandate), States of Jersey Assembly Not a member of the Government of Jersey Role • Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Committee / panel membership • Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive Committee • Bailiff's Consultative Panel • Public Accounts Committee • Chairmen's Committee • Brexit Review Panel • Future Hospital Review Panel • OneGov Review Panel • Government Plan Review Panel • Scrutiny Liaison Committee Record of service to the States • first elected to the States as Deputy of St. Brelade No.
1 and sworn to office on 12th December 2002 re-elected as Deputy of St. Brelade No.

1 in 2005 • • elected as a Senator and sworn to office on 8th December 2008 lost her seat in October 2014 re-elected as a Senator in the Senatorial by election in September 2016 re-elected as a Senator in 2018 • • • • Undergrad degree in Electrical Engineering.

Chairman of student section of the Institution.

• Undertook apprenticeship at AEI and gained Chartership status.
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250 words) • Member of the Women's Engineering society and won a Caroline Haslett Scholarship to attend the first International Conference of Women's Engineers in New York.
• Undertook the organisation of cultural visits- a half day and a full day, guided tours of Cambridge and assorted tours for those of the 400 attendees who wanted to take a few days touring- in South East England as the conference was being held in Cambridge.

• Accepted employment as an investment analyst in Jersey.

• Gained a place at Columbia Graduate school of business and gained an MBA.

Worked within the Financial Services Industry in various auditing, compliance and regulatory roles.
2006 ~ 181h CPA Annual Parliamentary Seminar, Turks and Caicos Islands 2007- CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, Belfast 2012- 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Sri lanka 2014- Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Pan-Commonwealth Conference, london 2014- British Islands & Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Inaugural Conference, Edinburgh Scotland 2017- 47th British Isles & Mediterranean Region Conference, Gibraltar • Reading • Music • Gardening • Assisting with Age Concern Jersey- we are building a new building as our existing building needs maintenance Sea Cadets Management Committee- our existing building needs maintenance whilst we find a temporary shelter List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests I I I I I I .
I ' I l I , I Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Deputy Kirsten MOREL Deputy of St Lawrence, States of Jersey Assembly Not a member of the Government of Jersey Role(s) • Chair of the Economic Affairs Scrutiny Panel Committee I panel membership • Assemblee Parlementaire de Ia Francophonie • Planning Committee • Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive Committee • Economic and International Affairs Panel • Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Panel • The Scrutiny Liaison Committee • The Chairmen's Committee • Brexit Review Panel (Chair) • Future Hospital Review Panel • Gender Pay Gap Review Panel • OneGov Review Panel • Government Plan Review Panel Year first elected to Parliament 1 June 2018 Career Summary (max.
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I I II I I I I I I i I I I : Jersey Deputy Kevin PAMPLIN Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Deputy of St Saviour No.
1, States of Jersey Assembly Not a member of the Government of Jersey Committee I panel membership • Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive Committee • Bailiff's Consultative Panel • Economic and International Affairs Panel • Health and Social Security Panel • Care of Children in Jersey Review Panel • OneGov Review Panel • The Transfer of the Ambulance Service to CAMHS Review Panel • Safer Travel Guidelines Review Panel Year first elected to Parliament 1 June 2018 Career Summary (max.
250 words) I became an elected member of the States of Jersey Assembly in 2018 and holds the position of Deputy of St Saviour (District 1) This is a diverse district in terms of ages and the cross over between urban or rual.

Previous to the election I worked in the Charity sector including being the first Business Manager of the Jersey Brain Tumour Charity and a similar role at the Brain Injury Charity Headway Jersey.
Through all of this work and interaction with other charities I became involved in the area of Mental Health.

This has been brought with me into my new role and as an active ca r for the 1 Interests improved service for all islanders in all regards of Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Further back 1 was a presenter at the BBC on local radio as a host of weekday drivetime program as well as a former professional actor.

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Social and Diversity rights.


Community work including charity and well-being projects.

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250 words) Government Whip Member of: Foreign and European Affairs Committee House Business Committee Parliamentary Group on the European Capital of Culture Public Accounts Committee Public 2017 Committee List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Observation Election CPA Fundamentals Programme Missions Interests I I I I I , I I .
I [I I I I MALTA Hon Claudette BUTTIGIEG Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Deputy Speaker Member of the parliamentary Health Committee and the inter-parliamentary group on diabetes Year first elected to Parliament 2013 Career Summary (max.

250 words) Claudette Buttigieg is a Theatre graduate from the University of Malta.

She furthered her studies at the University of Bologna where she specialised in Media and the performing Arts at the prestigious DAMS (Discipline dell' Arte, Musica e Spettacolo).
She is a TV presenter, producer and singer by profession with a career spanning for over 20 years.

Claudette Buttigieg first entered the political arena in September 2012 and was immediately elected to Parliament in the General Elections of March 2013.

Through Social Dialogue she managed to work closely with NGOs, Associations and Unions which focus on the more vulnerable members of society.

She was a member of the parliamentary social affairs and immigration committees.
In January 2015 Claudette Buttigieg was appointed Shadow Minister for Health and became a member of the parliamentary Health Committee and the inter-parliamentary group on diabetes.

In June 2017 Claudette Buttigieg was re-elected to the Parliament of Malta and she was unanimously appointed Deputy Speaker.

She cu Shadows Citizen Civil Liberties and Equality and is a member of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Diabetes.
Claudette Buttigieg is also a part-time lecturer at the Institute ofTravel, Tourism and Culture at the University of Malta.

Her specialisation is "The Marketing and Management of Culture."

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Dr Justyne Caruana B.A LL.D, ATEM, is a lawyer by profession, specialising in family law, canonical litigation and civil litigation, and member of the Board of Examiners, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta.

She contested the general elections for the first time in 2003 within the Labour Party (Malta) and was elected from the Gozo district, being the first female Labour Party candidate from Gozo to serve in Parliament.

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Caruana was consequently nominated as Opposition Spokesperson for Youth, Culture and Sports, and was re-elected to Parliament in 2008 and appointed as Spokesperson for Family and Equality.

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Caruana was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing.
She was Minister for Gozo for three years since 2017 and is now the Chairperson of the Consideration of Bills Committee, and internationally, she headed the Parliamentary delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), member of the PAM task force on gender equality, and also Rapporteur of the PAM first committee on political affairs.

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I I I I I I MALTA Hon Angelo FARRUGIA Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Speaker of the House Year first elected to Parliament 1993 Career Summary (max.

250 words) Prior to entering politics, Dr Farrugia moved up the ranks within the Malta Police Force from 1977 to 1996, leaving the Force in the rank of Police Superintendent.

During this period, he graduated from the University of Malta and served as a lawyer for a number of years.
List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests Commonwealth Various Parliamentary Conferences, Regional Conferences, Election Observation Missions Maltese Diaspora NORTHERN IRELAND Dr Steve Aiken, OBE MLA Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office LEADER OF ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR FINANCE Year first elected to Parliament 2016 Career Summary (max.
250 words) Steve is Ulster Unionist Party Leader and was elected to the Assembly in 2016 to represent South Antrim.

Prior to entering Politics Steve had served as a Royal Navy Commander, as well as the Chief Executive of the British-Irish Chamber of Commerce and held a senior leadership role at a major university.

Steve is the Party spokesperson on the Economy.

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2SO words) MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE ECONOMY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION 2011 Stewart was a member of Carrickfergus Borough Council (now Mid & East Antrim Borough Council) representing constituents from all over the Borough and wider afield.
for over 30 years, A long time Trade Union activist and an Alliance Party member since its inception, Stewart has taken the lead in anti-sectarian campaigns in the workplace and the community, working with the Peace such groups as Counteract and People.

Until his election, Stewart was employed as a Senior Employment Relations Manager in the Labour Relations Agency, where he was a nationally trained workplace mediator and Arbitration Secretary.
In addition to his Committee responsibilities, Stewart is a member of the Assembly All Party Groups on Diabetes and Social Enterprise, on which he is both chair.

He also sits on the Assembly Commission, which ensure that the Assembly staff and property is used to the best of its ability.

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A local youth leader, Stewart has been involved with 1st Greenisland Boys' Brigade Company as Captain and an officer, and has sat on the boards of Governors in Silverstream, Green island, Woodlawn and Carrickfergus Central primary schools.

He also has an interest in a wide range of community and other groups throughout the Constituency.

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250 words) 2005 - Elected to Belfast City Council 2006 - High Sheriff of Belfast June 2010- Belfast Lord Mayor September 2010 - Replaced Nigel Dodds as MLA for North Belfast List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests NORTHERN IRELAND Mr Robin NEWTON, MBE Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Member of the Democratic Unionist Party Year first elected to Parliament Career Summary (max.

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Robin is married to Carole and they have two is a children, Emma former member of Belfast City Council and was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 and returned to represent the East Belfast constituency in 2007, 2011 and 2016.

He was elected as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2016 a position he held until 2020.
Robin is the former Junior Minister within the Office of First and Deputy First Minister and was previously Chair of the Audit Committee and Deputy Chair of the Employment and Learning Committee.

He is a former member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board and The Assembly's Education Committee.

Robin has long been a strong campaigner on behalf of older persons and works closely with the many tenants' organisations, community and youth groups within East Belfast.
He takes specific interest in Northern Ireland's prosperity through the building of a strong economy underpinned by high quality skills, education and training opportunities.

Robin is also a fervent champion of law and order issues.

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He is involved in many East Belfast organisations working to improve the quality of life in the east of the city.

He places emphasis on a partnership ethos between the statutory organisations and the wider community as being necessary in the delivery of successful projects.

List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended As former Speaker of the Nl Assembly he hosted various CPA delegations in Parliament Buildings.
Interests Before his interest in politics took priority he competed successfully in local athletics with a very credible 2hr 30min marathon time to his credit.

Today, however with a busy political schedule his "athletic" activity is confined to walks with Carole and the family dog Lucy enjoying stunning countryside.

Northern Ireland's NORTHERN IRELAND Ms Nicola CRAWFORD Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office PARLIAMENTARY ENGAGEMENT CO- ORDINATOR Year first elected to Parliament Career Summary (max.
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I I I , I SCOTLAND Mrs Claire BAKER MSP Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Member for Mid Scotland and Fife Year first elected to Parliament 2007 Career Summary (max.

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Claire is currently Scottish Labour's Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Spokesperson.

Her previous include Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment and Shadow Minister for Higher Education.
roles Following her education in Fife, Claire studied at Edinburgh University before gaining her doctorate at the University of Glasgow.

Prior to being elected, Claire worked in a variety of research and policy posts.
This included working as a Research Officer for the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Group, Research Officer for the trade union Amicus and a similar role for the of • 48th BIMR Regional Conference, Guernsey BIMR CWP Annual Conference, • Co-convener of the Cross-Party Group on Poland • Member of the Cross-Party Group on Food • Member of the Cross-Party Group on Culture • Member of the Cross-Party Group on International Development • Member of the Cross-Party Group on Men's violence against women and children • Member of the Cross-Party Group on Families affected by imprisonment i ' SCOTLAND Mr Liam McARTHUR, MSP Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Member of Parliament for Orkney Year first elected to Parliament 2007 r .
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250 words) Liam McArthur was first elected as Member of Parliament for Orkney in 2007.

Prior to his election, Liam worked as special advisor to the then Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace.

Liam currently sits as a Member on the Parliament's Justice Committee as well as the Justice sub-committee on Policing.

Liam also serves as the Liberal Democrats' spokesperson on Justice and Energy.
Liam has visited Malawi on several occasions as part of his role as a Parliamentarian and currently co-convenes the Parliament's Cross Party Group on Malawi.

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2SO words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended • Stuart McMillan was first elected to the Scottish Parliament as a Member for the West of Scotland Region, and was re-elected as the Member for Greenock and lnverclyde in the 2016 Election.
Stuart is currently the Deputy Convener of the Parliament's Delegated Powers & Law Reform Committee and is also a member of the Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs Committee.
Stuart studied at the University of Abertay and then worked for the SNP in both Westminster and Holyrood prior to becoming an MSP, • CPA International ExCo Meeting, Canada (April 2019) • 481h CPA BIMR Regional Conference, Guernsey (May 2019) • 64'h CPC, Uganda (Sep 2019) • Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Tourism • Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Recreational Boating and Marine Tourism • Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Visual Impairment • Member of the following Cross-Party Groups: -Malawi -Music -Dementia - Industrial Communities I I , I ' ' I I .
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From 2007-2011 Margaret served as convenor of the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee and currently convenes the Justice Committee and is also deputy convener of the Justice sub-committee on Policing.

Margaret has served as both Local Government Justice spokesperson spokesperson for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
and List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended • 481 h CPA BIMR Regional Conference, Guernsey (May 2019) h CPC, Uganda (Sep 2019) • 641 • CWP Conference, Falkland Islands (Feb 2020) • COVID-19 & Parliamentary Democracy Post Quarantine roundtable (June 2020) Interests • Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Dyslexia • Co-Convenor of the Cross-Party Group on Taiwan ST HELENA Hon Christine SCIPIO, MLC I I I i i ' I : Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Member of Legislative Council Member of Education Committee Member of Economic Development Committee Member of CPA CWP Steering Committee Year first elected to Parliament October 2012 Career Summary (max.
250 words) Teacher, Finance and Administration List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Go'h Commonwealth Parliamentary conference, BIMR CWP Conferences, 2018 Westminster 62"d Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Conference [ Interests Youth and Civil Societies UNITED KINGDOM Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Rt.

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Julie ELLIOTT Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central Year first elected to Parliament 2010 Career Summary (max.
250 words) I was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central on 6 May 2010, and was re- elected on the 3 further occasions since, in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

I served as the Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change between 2013 and 2015, and I have served as a member of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee since 2017, amongst other roles.
I am also a member of the Panel of Chairs in the House of Commons and am therefore responsible for chairing debates and committees, and I hold the position ofTreasurer in the UK Branch the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

I also chair numerous All Party Parliamentary Groups on a range of different subjects.

of List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Participated incoming CPA delegations to Westminster.
in numerous programmes for Interests I chair numerous All Party Groups, looking at Digital Skills and digital exclusion, regional investment and representation, on health, media and on international issues.

In addition to this, through my work in Parliament and on Committees, I focus on the representation of women in positions of leadership in politics, sport and the media, and on widening education and opportunity amongst young people, especially young girls. '

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250 words) Former MP and MSP.


Under Secretary of State at DFID Minister of State for Scotland list of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended large number of CPA Conferences Interests Constitution Europe Commonwealth I I UNITED KINGDOM Mr lan LID DEL GRAINGER Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Chair, Executive Committee, CPA UK Representative of the Westminster Parliament on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Year first elected to Parliament 2001 Career Summary (max.
250 words) to first elected He was the Bridgwater constituency in 2001 which after a boundary change in 2010 increased the size of the seat and became the Bridgwater and West Somerset constituency.

He was re-elected in 2019.

He has served on a number of Select Committees in Parliament including Public Administration; Scottish Affairs; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Environmental Audit and Statutory Affairs.
In the 2017-19 Parliament he served on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and following the 2019 Election he was International Development to elected Committee.

the I I I I I I I ' ' I I In December 2010 he was appointed to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe as a Westminster representative on the Council.

He has been reappointed at subsequent General Elections and is President of the Conservative Aligned Groups from Member States on the Council.
From 2015 to 2017 he was Chair of the Executive Committee of CPA UK until the General Election curtailed his office but was re-elected to the position again in 2019.

In 2020 he became one of the BMIR Regional Representations on the International CPA.

He has also serviced as a Vice Chair of the British Group of International Parliamentary Association and international representative.

He is currently on the Executive of the Group.


the In Parliament he chairs a number of All Party Groups which include the Groups for Taxation; Open Banking and Payments; Energy Studies; Nuclear Energy; Gardening and Horticulture; Morocco; and importantly for a West Country MP, Cider.
List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended 2020 (August) participated in CPA Remote Executive Committee Meeting 2019 attended 641h CPA Conference in Uganda 2016 attended 62"d CPA Conference in London 2017 (March) attended CPA International, Parliamentary and National Security Conference in London 2017 (November) Participated in UK Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice & Procedure 2016 (March) was involved in the launch of the CPA International Parliamentary Project and e Handbook.
2015-17 He took a lead on the CPA UK Modern Slavery Campaign.

As Chair of the Executive Committee, CPA UK from 2015-17 and now 2019 - has hosted a number of delegations visiting Westminster from all over the Commonwealth and has taken part in a number of lunches, receptions, workshops and conferences organised by CPA UK for students, members of state legislatures and their administrative staff.
During recent months he has taken part in virtual bilateral discussions with parliamentarians from New Zealand and Australia brought about by travel restrictions imposed by the Covid pandemic.

He has taken part in a number of CPA UK overseas delegations including visits to Canada in 2016; Australia in 2017; and to South East Asia in 2013 which took in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
In Parliament he takes a particular interest in the economy and taxation; education; international law and order; and foreign affairs; defence; agricultural and all rural and countryside matters.

He also takes a close interest in all energy issues with a particular interest in nuclear energy as the new Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station is in his constituency.
interests and hobbies include His personal gardening; reading; cinema; art; history; all things military; walking and countryside activities in general.

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Maria MILLER Speakers Panel Year first elected to Parliament 2005 Career Summary (max.

250 words) Maria was first elected to represent Basingstoke in the 2005 General Election.
Before entering Parliament, Maria worked for 20 years in marketing, including board level experience, and appreciates some of the pressures faced by working parents.

On becoming a Member of Parliament, Maria was appointed to the Trade and Industry Select Committee.

David Cameron appointed her as Shadow Minister for Education in December 2005, then Shadow Minister for Family Welfare in the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2006.
Maria moved back to the Education team as Shadow Minister for the Family in July 2007 and remained in post until the 2010 General Election.
Maria was appointed Minister for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions in the Coalition Government in May 2010 and was promoted to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Minister for Women and Equalities, from September 2012 to April 2014.1n June 2015 Maria was elected as Chair of the newly established Women and Equalities Select Committee.

Maria was nominated for the position by MPs across the House in 2017 and was re-elected unopposed.
Maria is a Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, a trustee of the Belarus Free Theatre and holds offices in a number of All-Party Parliamentary !

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List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Falklands Interests interests; Modern slavery, Domestic Policy Abuse, Online Harms Women and Equality UNITED KINGDOM Mr Jon Davies Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Joined CPA UK in September 2017 after 25+ years with the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office Year first elected to Parliament Career Summary (max.
250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests CPC 63 (Dhaka) and 64 (Kampala) plus Executive Committee meetings, bilateral CPA UK and CPA BIMR visits to various Branches and now various online events.

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I I I I. I I I I I • UNITED KINGDOM Miss Helen HAYWOOD Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office Deputy Chief Executive, CPA UK Year first elected to Parliament n/a Career Summary (max.

250 words) Secretary to the BIMR CWP.

Various roles in CPA UK since 1995.


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2SO words) Rhun was a journalist and broadcaster for nearly 20 years.
After graduating in Politics and Welsh from Cardiff University, he joined the BBC in 1994.

He spent 3 years at Westminster before returning to Wales, where he became Chief Political Correspondent, a regular correspondent for BBC Network news, as well as a presenter of many television and radio programmes in Welsh and English, from news and politics to arts and history.

He was brought up on Anglesey, and lives on the island with his wife Llinos and their three children.
He is a member of the Welsh Parliament's Health Committee, and is a member of the Welsh Parliament's Commission.

He also Chairs the Wales Branch ofthe Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Chair of the 'Wales International' Cross Party Group.
List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Interests • Canadian CPA Seminar, Ottawa 2014 • CPA mid-year ExCo Darwin, Australia 2017 • BIM Regional Annual Conferences Gibraltar 2017, Guernsey 2019 • CAA Regional Conference, Trinidad 2019 Outside politics include music, sport and travel.

Rhun coaches junior rugby at Llangefni Rugby Club, runs and cycles to keep fit and says he composes and plays several instruments badly!

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2SO words) Professional background David is a former manager of the Carers National Association in Wales and a former Deputy Director of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs.
Political history David was first elected to the Assembly in May 1999, He has served as the Conservatives' Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care and for Economy and Transport.

Between 2000 and 2011 he was the Welsh Conservatives' Director of Policy and wrote the Welsh Conservatives' manifestos for the 2003, 2007 and 2011 Assembly elections.

He has previously chaired the Assembly's Audit; Health and Social Services; Standards of Conduct; and Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committees.
David Melding was Deputy Presiding Officer during the Fourth BIMR Conferences: Guernsey {2009), Cyprus {2015) Post-Election Seminar Montserrat, 2020 List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended I. i Interests CPA UK Select Committees Workshop for the Anguilla Parliament, 2020 Gambia Parliament Standing Orders workshop programme, 2019 CPA UK & National Assembly of Guyana Parliamentary Forum on Anti-Corruption, 2016 David's political interests include looked-after children, mental health and constitutional affairs.
He is an acknowledged authority on the British constitution and has written two influential books, 'Will Britain Survive Beyond 2020?'

(2009) and 'The Reformed Union: The UK as a Federation' (2013).

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250 words) Self-employed businessman 40 years Justice of the Peace ( Magistrate Chair) 13 years List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended BIMR Gibraltar- 2017 BIMR Guernsey - 2019 Interests Reading, Travel, former Gliding Instructor I I I I I I I I I I WALES Ms Rhianon PASSMORE Present Parliamentary Portfolio or Office MS for Constituency of lslwyn Year first elected to Parliament 2016 Career Summary (max.
250 words) List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended Personal history Born and educated in lslwyn.

Rhianon's long standing commitment to community regeneration projects in South Wales has been recognised by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Her own experiences as a working mother of four mean Rhianon has a fervent belief in the necessary provision of accessible childcare for all Professional background With vast experience across the education sector, Rhianon is a pre-school music specialist, musician and a former lecturer.
She is a former Cabinet Member for Education at Caerphilly County Borough Council, Chair of the Education Achievement Service for South East Wales and Vice Chair of ESIS (Education Support Inclusion Services South East Wales).

Rhianon sits on the Senedd's Finance and Public Accounts Committee.

2017 CPA Fundamentals Programme -McGill University, Montreal.
BIMR CWP Conferences 2017-Wales 2018- UK 2019 -Jersey BIMR Conferences 2017- Gibraltar 2019- Interests Rhianon is especially interested in education, local government, economic development and regeneration.

She is a committed advocate for women, has chaired the Welsh Labour's Women's Committee & Policy Forum and is a Welsh Woman of the Year Finalist.

Rhianon is a passionate champion of music and the creative arts and Chairs the Senedd's CPG on Music.

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250 words) Welsh Parliament 2016- Present: Senior International Relations & Protocol Manager 2008- Present: CPA Wales Branch Secretary.

2006-2008: Visitor Services Team Manager.

Welsh Government 2004 - 2006: Welsh Language Policy Officer.
Private Sector 1998-2004 1996-1998 -TEFL Teacher BIMR Conferences: All Conferences since 2009 BIMR CWP 2017- Wales Commonwealth Parliamentary Conferences: 2019- Uganda; 2017- Bangladesh; 2013- South Africa; 2010- Kenya List of CPA Conferences, Seminars, Visits or Workshops attended I Interests C P~ COMMONW EALTH PARLIA);I f.N TAR\' ASSOCIATION CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Region Annual General Meeting 1645-1815 Thursday 24 September 2020 All timings are based on GMT +2 timings AGENDA Senior British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Represe nt ative in the Chai r .
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Apologies 2.

Welcome and Opening Remarks 3.

Minutes of last BIMR AGM- 20 May 2019 4 .

Matters Arising 5.

BIMR Strategy - Update 6.

CPA international 7.

CWP Report 8 .

Small Branches 9.

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I I I I I • Report by the Malta Branch to the British Isles and Mediterranean Region Annual General Meeting 90 Angnst2020 The Malta Branch has the following to report upon since the submission of its last report at the British Isles and Mediterranean meeting held in Guernsey in May 2019: 1.
Election of new Members of the House - On 31 May 2019, Member of the Opposition Hon.

David Stellini presented his letter of resignation as a Member of the House of Representatives to the Speaker.

This resignation resulted in a vacancy in the 13'h electoral district which was filled by Dr Kevin Cutajar who took the oath of allegiance in the sitting of 10 June.

Dr Cutajar was co-opted as a Member of Parliament by way of a motion which was unanimously approved by the House.
- On 29 November 2019, Member of the Government Hon.

Helena Dalli resigned from Member of the House of Representatives following her appointment as European Commissioner for Equality in Brussels.

This resignation resulted in a vacancy in the 3'd electoral district for which a casual election was held on 11 December.

The seat was filled by Mr Jean Claude Micallef who took the oath of allegiance as Member of the House of Representatives on 20 January 2020.

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On 13 January 2020 Hon.


Robert Abela was sworn in as Malta's prime minister, succeeding Hon.

Joseph Muscat who remains an MP on the government benches.

This change led to an extensive Cabinet reshuffle.

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On 30-31 January 2020, the Maltese Parliament hosted a programme together with the CPA Secretariat in cooperation with the Commonwealth Small States Centre of Excellence which discussed trade opportunities for small states, the development of the tourism sector, education, integration and equality, renewable energy and energy independence, ocean management and climate change and food security.
The CPA programme was the second workshop since the renewed strategic focus the CPA put onto its small jurisdictions by formally establishing the CPA Small Branches Network, with the first one being a seminar on the effects of climate change on Small Branches hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya in 2018.

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On 28 April 2020 the House unanimously approved a motion providing for the setting up of the Gozo Affairs Cmmnittee, tasked with dealing with all issues which are relevant to Gozo (Malta's sister island).

On the same day the Members of the Committee, i.e.

all MPs elected from this electoral district, were appointed Members of the newly set up parliamentary committee.

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On 14 July 2020 the House approved an Act of Parliament (Act No.
XXXVI of 2020- Various Laws (Environment and Climate) (Amendment) Act) which amongst others changes the name of the Standing Committee on the Enviromnent and Development Planning to "Standing Committee on the Environment, Climate Change and Development Planning" and includes climate change issues in the responsibilities of such committee to reaffirm the commitment to actions and implementation of a holistic policy on climate change.

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Since May 2019, Parliament has enacted a consider number of Acts of Parliament, including both new legislation as well as amending legislation, notably including: i.

On 10 July 2019 the House approved a bill providing for the division of the prosecution and Government advisory roles of the Attorney General by transferring the government advisory roles to a new office to be called the Office of the State Advocate.

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On 1 April 2020 the House approved a bill to establish a transparent and competitive process of appointment for the office of Commissioner of Police.

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On 9 June 2020 the House approved a private members' bill presented by an Opposition Member to introduce the concept of the Good Samaritan and therefore to make provision for immunity from liability in cases of rescue or attempted rescue of persons confronted with a present or imminent danger.

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During the last plenary sitting before the House for its summer recess on 29 July 2020, the House unanimously approved a number of bills aimed at strengthening the institutions and public administration as recommended by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.

A number of amendment bills required a 2/3 majority of the Members of the House; however, the bills were approved unanimously.
These amendments will, among others: lead to a new way of appointing the President of the Republic; change the manner in which members of the Judiciary are appointed and removed; strengthen the Ombudsman's Office, where this role will now be enshrined in the Constitution; and for the provision of judicial review of the Advocate General's decisions.

A bill aimed at strengthening the Permanent Commission Against Corruption was also passed unanimously during the same sitting.

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On 13 March 2020 the Speaker ofthe House issued a set of regulations in connection with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic which amongst others restricted public access to the Parliament building, suspended all official travel for MPs and staff and suspended all activities in the Parliament building.

Additional measures were introduced on 21 April to enable certain committee work to be done remotely.

The majority of the measures remain in place to date.

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In the second half of March, Parliament has also unanimously agreed to a number of urgent bills and resolutions in connection with the Government's response to the Covid-19 crisis.

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These were: i. ii.

The Public Health (Amendment) Bill aimed at clarifying the powers of the Superintendent of Health to issue orders for the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases in the context of a health-related emergency; The Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2002 (Amendment) Bill aimed to provide additional funds that are consequential to the measures ordered by the Superintendent of Public Health in order to guard and protect against the spread of Covid-19 infectious disease; iii.
The Legal and Other Time Periods (Suspension and Interruption) Bill aimed at providing the Minister of Justice with specific power to issue regulations relating to the suspension or interruption of certain legal requirements when the Superintendent of Public Health issues an order for the closure of certain premises under the Public Health Act; and iv.

A resolution on increasing the amount of government treasury bills to be issued intended to fund government expenditure related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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k MEOI rl:RRANf..AN RtciiON BRITISH ISLANDS & MEDITERRANEAN REGION COMMONWEALTH WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING 1100-1230 (BST) on Friday 25 September 2020 Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/96744549445?pwd=diZQQzRMQOhNZzAvRkVUNOFLQnJ1dz09 Meeting ID: Passcode: 967 4454 9445 755113 Steering Committee: In Attendance: Hon.
Leona Roberts MLA, Falkland Islands, CPA BIMR Regional Representative Jon Davies, BIMR & CPA UK Helen Haywood, BIMR & CPA UK Seyi Afolabi, BIMR & CPA UK Chair.
Samantha Sacramento MP, Gibraltar Annie Burgess, Alderney Eleni Mavrou MP, Cyprus Christiana Solomonidou, Cyprus Teslyn Barkman, Falkland Islands Deputy Rhian Tooley, Guernsey Ann Corlett MHK, Isle of Man Deputy Jess Perchard, Jersey Justyne Caruana MP, Malta Cllr Christine Scipio-O'Dean, St Helena Dr Claire Baker MSP, Scotland Margaret Mitchell MSP, Scotland Julie Elliott MP, UK Rt Hon.

Maria Miller MP, UK Rhianon Passmore AM, Wales Joyce Watson AM, Wales AGENDA Paper 1 1.
Welcome, introductions and Statement from new Chair 2.

Apologies for absence 3.

Minutes of the last meeting (Falkland Islands, 18 February 2020) -to approve Paper 2 4.

New CWP international Strategic Plan- to note Paper 3 5.

BIMR CWP Strategy Annual Report Paper 4 6.

BIMR CWP Activities: i) Follow up/Feedback from Falkland Islands Conference Paper 5 ii) 2020/2021 Programme iii) Host for BIMR CWP Conference 2021 7.

Branch updates 8 .
Branch updates 8 .

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Any Other Business Papers: Paper 1: Agenda Paper 2: Minutes of the BIMR CWP Steering Committee Meeting, 18 February 2020, Falkland Islands Paper 3: CWP Strategic Plan Paper 4: BIMR CWP Strategy Annual Report Paper 5: BIMR CWP Falkland Islands Conference Report CPA BIMR Secretariat Westminster Hall London Uni1cd Kingdom SW IA OAA T: +44 (0) 20 72 19 5373 J F: +44 (0) 20 233 1202 E: cpa@p.1rliamcnr.uk J W/: WII'W.parliam"nr.
uklcpau.k CWP C P~ COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION 8RIJ15H l5LAND~ lk MEDrr ERRANf.AN REGION British Islands and Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Strategy 2019- 2022 Reporting Template Vision: Gender-equal parliaments across the Commonwealth, comprising empowered and effective women parliamentarians working t ogether across boundaries in a supportive and inspiring community of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians.
Mission Statement of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians: The CWP, as an integral pa rt of the CPA, is to work for the better representation of women in legislatures and for the furthe rance of gender equality across the Commonwealth.

Strategic Priorities: 1.

To increase the number of women in parliament and to support women parliamentarians to be effective and ambitious.

We will: - Run programmes in the region involving stakeholder groups, creating peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
-Create template programmes informed by feedback and learning f rom our activities and those of other CWP chapters.

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To achieve a sustainable and inclusive network, working with all parliamentarians in the region.

We will: - Offer mentoring opportunities for new women parliamentarians in the region.

- Act as advocates for CWP and seek opportunities to promote its work.

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To educate and inform our members and increase our influence.
We will: - Identify key partner organisations at branch, regional and Commonwealt h level.

-Work in partnership with other organisations to amplify messages about women's representation, gender equality and women's empowerment.

Reporting: Branches will be asked to submit an annual report.

The BIMR Secretariat wi ll distribute t he reporting template 60 days before the BIMR AGM and ask for submissions by 30 days before the BIMR AGM.
CPA BIMR Secretariat Wc~m1in\tc r Hall London U nited Kingdom SW !A OAA T: +44 (0) 20 7219 5373 1 F: +44 (0) 20 233 1202 E: cpa@p.uliamcnr.uk I \XI: www.pArli"mcnr.uk/cpAuk BIMR CWP Annual Report Template Branch: MALT A BIMR CWP Steering Committee Member: Han.
Justyne Caruana Reporting Period: May 2019- July 2020 Number of women parliamentarians: Total number of parliamentarians: 8 67 Percentage of Women Parliamentarians: 12% Key Positions in Parliament & Government held by women: Deputy Speaker Minister for Tourism Parliamentary Secretary for Equal ity and Reforms In the reporting period please give details of: Programmes, events and activities at Branch level with a focus on women's representation, empowering women and/or gender equality (please include any feedback/evaluation information): N/A- see last section concerning equality legislation being considered by Parliament.
Participation by Branch members in any relevant stakeholder activities (locally, regionally or internationally): Two MPs participated in the 7th British Islands and Mediterranean Reg ion Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference held in the Fa lkland Islands in February 2020.

If any new women members have been elected, have they been introduced to CWP?

If so, how?

No new female MPs have been elected in the reporting period.

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The Bill for an Equality Act is currently being discussed in Parliament at Committee Stage.

Alt hough the Bill goes beyond equality between men and women and gender issues in general, the new Act wou ld repeal the existing Equality between Men and Women Act.

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Following extensive debate at national level on better female representat ion in Parliament, in March CPA BIMR Secretariat \Vewnins1er Hall LonJon Unired Kingdom SW IA OAA T: +44 (0) 20 7219 5373J F: +44 (0) 20 233 1202 E: cpa@1p•rliamcnr.uk J W: www.p•rli;,unent.uklcpJ.Uk 2020 the Government has moved a Bill which stands on the Agenda of the House aimed at amending the Constitution of Malta to introduce temporary positive measures necessary and reasonable in a democratic society to ensure de facto equality between men and women in politics and also the amendment of the General Elections Act to increase the number of electoral commissioners and ensure equal representation between sexes.
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Anglu Farrugia Speaker of the House of Representatives Parliament of Malta Valletta MALTA Dear Mr Speaker hc.F COMMONWEALTH+ PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION UK 29 September 2020 I I. f !
49'h British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, 24-25 September 2020 I write on behalf of the CPA UK delegation to thank you for hosting and presiding over the 49'h BIMR Conference, and the first ever virtual BIMR Conference.

You and your fantastic team organised an interesting and pertinent programme which was delivered with expertise and efficiency.

Even though we were joining from far and wide, there was a warm atmosphere and communal spirit in common with all BIMR conferences before.
We were, of course, hugely disappointed notto have been able to travel to your wonderful country, but we are very grateful that you agreed to run a virtual event.

You have set a high standard for the region and provided a template for future events should it be required -which, unfortunately is looking more and more likely.
I know putting the Conference together was a full team effort, but I would like to thank you for your expert chairing in circumstances less familiar than usual, Ray Scicluna, Eleanor Scerri and Emma Terrible for organisation of the programme and delegations, Aiden Williams for his technical wizardry and your colleagues Han.

Claudette Buttigieg MP and Han.

justyne Caruana for their skilful chairing of plenary sessions.
I look forward to future opportunities to meet you and colleagues from around the region.

Yours sincerely IAN LIDDELL-GRAINGER MP Chair of CPA UK COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION UK- CPA UK t Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, London SWlA OAA E: cpauk@p<Hiiament.uk www.uk-cpa.org W®CPA_UK T: +44 (0)20 7219 5373 R~9ist~r1!

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We have all become experts in holding virtual meetings during the last 6 months but your chairing of proceedings and the technical support last week was a masterclass.

There was such a good atmosphere across both days and we were all clearly happy to see each other.

Yes, being in Valletta would have been nicer but we still felt the warmth of your hospitality.

We hope to see you in person sometime soon.

Again , our thanks to everyone involved.


Best wishes Claire Baker MSP Margaret Mitchell MSP Liam McArthur MSP Stuart McMillan MSP (Members of the CPA Scotland Branch Executive Committee) International Relations Office, The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP e +44 131 348 5270 ~ +44 7557 633718 Skype: fergussp99 fergus.cochrane@.parliament.scot www.scottish.parliament.uk/abouttheparliament/parliament-at-home-and abroad .aspx I I I .

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I PR201816 24/0g/2020 PRESS RELEASE BYTHE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER: The Speaker opens the virtual 49th BIMR Conference Speaker Anglu Farrugia opened the 49th British Isles and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Conference which is being hosted virtually by the Maltese Parliament.
The Speaker remarked that although this year's gathering is taking place during unprecedented times, and against a backdrop of great uncertainty, the Maltese Parliament remained determined to rise to the challenge of organising the first fully virtual BIMR Conference.

Speaker Farrugia noted that the theme chosen for the 2020 conference, 'Parliaments in times of crisis', reflects the Covid-19 reality which the world has been facing and is expected to be facing for the foreseeable future.
The Speaker highlighted the principal measures taken by the Maltese Parliament to adapt to this new reality, including temperature checks for everyone entering the Parliament building, social distancing measures, and the extension of teleworking arrangements for its staff, and also highlighted the procedural changes that were made to the work of the parliamentary committees to enable the Parliament's work to continue uninterrupted.
He expressed his hope that the sessions would serve as a means of exchanging the experience of the legislatures in this respect.
The Speaker argued that legislators and policy-makers are tasked with finding the very delicate balance between safeguarding the health of citizens and the economy, noting that in addition to controlling the spread of the virus locally, there is an urgent need for the international community to support vulnerable countries in developing and implementing strategies for restarting their economies in a smart way, noting that this is where the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) can truly deliver value.
Speaker Farrugia concluded that many great ideas and opportunities have emerged from crises and members of parliament should seize this opportunity to become more open to change, and more open to discuss and think of the weakest and the most vulnerable in our societies.

The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Cameroon and Chairperson of the CPA Emilia IV1onjowa Lifaka, and newly elected CPA Secretary General.

Stephen Twigg , also addressed the opening session of the 49th BIIV1R Conference.
PR201827 25/0g/2020 PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER: Virtual 49th BIMR conference concluded I .

I ' The two-day 49th British Isles and Mediterranean Region (BI M R) conference, hosted virtually by the Maltese Parliament, came to an end this afternoon.
Following opening addresses by Speaker of the House of Representatives Anglu Farrugia, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Cameroon and Chairperson of the CPA Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, and newly elected CPA Secretary-General Stephen Twigg, the conference was subdivided into three sessions plenary sessions and two breakout sessions.
The Maltese delegation was led by Speaker Anglu Farrugia and was comprised of Deputy Speaker Claudette Buttigieg and Maltese BIMR Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians representative Justyne Caruana.

At the start of session 1, moderated by Speaker Ang lu Farrugia, a keynote speech was delivered by Deputy Kevin Pamplin from the States of Jersey, who shared a detailed report of Jersey's journey through the pandemic.
He stated that a number of weeks in lockdown were required in Jersey to keep the situation under control.

Speaker Farrugia also mentioned a number of measures which were introduced in Malta when the cases started increasing.

The participants who participated in the debate which followed described the measures taken in their jurisdictions in response to the covid-19 crisis.
During session 2 moderated by Justyne Caruana, the MPs taking part in the debate following a keynote address by Rt Maria Miller, former UK Minister for Women and Equalities and Chair of the UK Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee remarked on the fact that the pandemic has had a great impact on women in various aspects of their lives.

It was argued that women are more likely to be in precarious employment that could also be terminated due to the pandemic.
Other impacts which affect women disproportionately are school and nursery closures requiring home-schooling and the demand on women to give greater attention to their elderly.
The impact on mothers-to-be and the access to the fathers or other partners during childbirth and during the ante-natal phase were also discussed Rhun ap lorwerth, Chair of the Wales CPA Branch, addressed the third and final plenary session led by Claudette Buttigieg on whether the innovations introduced in response to Covid-19 made parliaments more resilient and whether these can make parliaments more open and accessible.

In his keynote speech.


Rhun ap lorwerth described that t he Welsh Assembly had adopted its rules and procedures to be able to meet virtually, initially available to a number of deputies and eventually to all deputies.

He remarked that t his development was well-received and the deputies themselves have adapted well to this new reality.

He concluded that whilst these innovations were making parliaments more efficient.
an online setting could be a Lonely business and attention needs to be given to the social and mental well-being of MPs and staff.

A number of issues were raised during the discussions.

including the access to the right technologies and technical know- how of the Legislators.

as well as the impact on the contact between deputies and their constituents.

In addition to t he plenary sessions.


two smaller breakout sessions discussed whether parliaments have been sufficiently flexible to enact urgent Covid-19 related Legislation and the economic impact of Covid-19 on smalljurisdictions.

Concluding the conference attended by CPA Branches of Alderney.

Cyprus.

the Falkland Islands.

Gibraltar.

Guernsey.

the Isle of Man.

Jersey, Malta.

Northern Ireland.

Scotland.

St Helena.

the UK.

and Wales.


Speaker Farrugia thanked the participants for making this first fully-virtual inter-parliamentary conference hosted by the Maltese Parliament a success.

He said that the discussions held during the sessions will surely serve as a basis for future discussions on how parliaments can become more resilient when faced with unforeseen circumstances which can materially impact their ability to function effectively.
The soth BIMR conference is scheduled to be hosted by the Northern Ireland branch of the BIMR in 2021.