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2Nd Parliament of Bhutan 9Th Session 2ND PARLIAMENT OF BHUTAN 9TH SESSION Resolution No. 9 PROCEEDINGS AND RESOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF BHUTAN (May 3 - June 20, 2017) Speaker: Jigme Zangpo Table of Content 1. Inaugural Ceremony..........................................................................1 2. Resolution of Joint Sitting on the Bhutan Customs Bills 2017.........................................................................................3 3. The National Budget Report for the Financial Year 2017-18..............................................................................................5 4. Question Hour: Group A- Questions asked to the Prime Minister, Minister for Information and Communication...............16 5. The Local Government Pay Revision Report 2017.........................18 6. Resolution on the Motion for the First and Second Reading of the Anti-money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Bill 2017....................................................................21 7. Resolution on the Third Reading of the Marriage Bill of Bhutan 2017...............................................................................23 8. Resolution on the Local Government Petition to upgrade Zhemgang Central School to a College .........................................26 9. Question Hour: Group B- Questions asked to the Minister for Works and Human Settlement, Minister for Education and Minister for Foreign Affairs.....................................................29 10. Report on the Implementation Status to Encourage the Private Sector and Corporations to increase Maternity Leave...............................................................................................32 11. Question Hour: Group C- Questions asked to the Minister for Finance, Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister for Labour and Human Resources..................................................38 12. Motion on the policies and programmes to support the Highlanders to enhance the sustainability of their Livelihoods......................................................................................39 -I- 13. Resolution on the Deliberation on Multilateral Agreement for Establishment of International Think Tank for Landlocked Countries.......................................................43 14. Resolution on the 10th Annual Report of the Anti-corruption Commission..........................................................47 15. Question Hour Group D: Ministries of Agriculture & Forests and Ministry of Health..........................................................52 16. Question Hour Group A: Prime Minister, the Ministry for Information & Communications and the Ministry for Home & Cultural Affairs..................................................................54 17. Resolution on the Review Report of the Finance Committee on the National Budget for the Fiscal Year 2017-18........................56 Part 1: National Budget Report..........................................................56 Part 2: Third Pay Commission’s report on the revision of pay and entitlements for the members of the local government......................................................................................67 Part 3: Review report on the Fiscal Incentives 2017.........................71 18. Questions Hour: Group B - Questions asked to the Minister for Education, Minister of Works and Human Settlement and Minister for Foreign Affairs..................................80 19. Resolution on the Third Reading of the Bhutan Information Communications and Media Bill 2017.........................83 20. Question Hour: Group C- Questions asked to the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Ministry for Labour and Human Resources............................................................................87 21. The Resolution on the Third Reading on the Anti-money Laundering and Countering Financing of the Terrorism Bill 2017.........................................................................................88 -II- 22. Resolution of the Motion on Ensuring Meaningful Engagement of the National Assembly of Bhutan of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).......................................90 23. Re-deliberation on Bills.................................................................95 24. Resolution of the Joint Session on the Performance Audit Report by the Public Accounts Committee....................................106 25. Decision of the Joint Sitting on Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personnel and Cargo Vehicular Traffic between BBIN...............................119 26. Question Hour Group A- Questions asked to the Prime Minister, Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs and Minister for Information and Communication................................120 27. Prime Minister’s Annual Report on the State of the Nation.........122 28. Concluding Ceremony..................................................................131 -III- Annexure Annexure I: Address of Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo at the Opening Ceremony of the Ninth Session of the Second Parliament of Bhutan...........................................................................138 Annexure II: Royal Kasho...................................................................145 Annexure III: Joint Committee’s Recommendations on the Customs Bill of Bhutan 2017 to the Joint Sitting of the Parliament....146 Annexure IV: Voting list on the Joint Committee’s recommendations on the Customs Bill of Bhutan 2017........................147 Annexure V: Motion on Policies and Programmes to Support the Highlanders to Enhance the Sustainability of Their Livelihoods, Submitted by the Ad hoc Committee on High Altitude Areas......................................................................................150 Annexure VI: Voting list on the Adoption of the Multilateral Agreement for the Establishment of an International Think Tank for Landlocked Countries..............................................................158 Annexure VII: Voting list on the Adoption of Supplementary BudgetAppropriation Bill 2016-17........................................................160 Annexure VIII: Voting list on the Adoption of Annual National Budget for FY 2017-18...........................................................................162 Annexure IX: Voting list on the Adoption of Pay Revision for Local Government Members.................................................................164 Annexure X: Voting list on the Adoption of Fiscal Incentives 2017 (Money Bill)................................................................................166 -IV- Annexure XI: As per the recommendations of the Committee, the National Assembly of Bhutan has made the following Amendments and adopted the Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Bill 2017..................................................168 Annexure XII: Voting List on the Information, Communication & Media Bill of Bhutan 2017...............................................................188 Annexure XIII: Committee recommendations on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Bill 2017.........................................:....................................190 Annexure XIV: Voting list on the Adoption of Anti-Money Laundering and countering Financing of Terrorism Bill 2017.............225 Annexure XV: Voting list on the Motion by the Core Unit Committee to Ensure Meaningful Engagement on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)................................................................227 Annexure XVI: Royal Kasho on Joint Sitting.....................................229 Annexure XVII : Voting Results on Nine Recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee Report..................................................230 Annexure XVIII: Address by Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo at the Closing Ceremony of the 9th Session of the Second Parliament of Bhutan (20th June 2017)..................................................................233 Annexure XIX: List of Members present during the Ninth Session of the Second Parliament.........................................................243 -V- -VI- Resolution of the 9th Session of the 2nd Parliament Resolution and Proceedings of the Ninth Session of the Second Parliament 1. Inaugural Ceremony The 9th Session of the Second Parliament of Bhutan commenced on the auspicious 8th Day of the 3rd Month of the Fire Female Bird Year corresponding to May 3, 2017. His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo was received in an elaborate Serdrang and Chibdrel ceremony followed by Zhungdrel Phuentsum Tshogpai ceremony. On behalf of the Members of Parliament and on his own behalf, the Speaker extended his warm welcome to His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo to the Opening Ceremony of the Ninth Session of the Second Parliament. The Speaker also welcomed the Members of the Royal Family, representatives from Central Monastic Body, the Members of Parliament from both the Houses, senior government officials, representatives of the International Community, students from different schools and all other guests who had come to witness the occasion. The Speaker highlighted the main agenda items to be deliberated in the Joint Sitting and the National Assembly. He said that petitions received from the Local Governments would also be deliberated during the Ninth Session. The Speaker informed the house that the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Standing Committee on Social and Cultural Affairs meeting would be held in Bhutan from August 31 to September 2 for three
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