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Seventeenth Session TWELFTH KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY RESUME OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION © Kerala Legislature Secretariat 2011 KERALA NIYAMASABHA PRINTING PRESS. TWELFTH KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY RESUME OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION 394/2011. CONTENTS SEVENTEENTH SESSION Page 1. Governor’s Address .. 1 2. Obituary Reference .. 1 3. Panel of Chairmen .. 2 4. Questions .. 2 5. Correction of answer to Starred Questions .. 2 6. Correction of answer to Unstarred Questions .. 2 7. Adjournment Motion .. 2 8. Calling Attention .. 3 9. Papers Laid on the Table .. 3 10. Laying of Economic Review, 2010 .. 3 11. Presentation of Reports .. 3 12. Consideration of Reports .. 5 13. Legislative Business .. 5 14. Financial Business .. 6 15. Private Members’ Business .. 7 16. Questions of Breach of Privilege .. 8 17. Visitors .. 8 18. Termination of the Session .. 8 19. Appendices .. 9 Speaker SHRI K. RADHAKRISHNAN Deputy Speaker SHRI JOSE BABY Council of Ministers Shri V. S. Achuthanandan (Chief Minister) ,, M. A. Baby (Minister for Education and Culture) ,, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (Minister for Home, Vigilance and Tourism) ,, A. K. Balan (Minister for Welfare of Backward, Scheduled Communities and Electricity) ,, Binoy Viswam (Minister for Forest and Housing) ,, C. Divakaran (Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Animal Husbandry) ,, P. K. Gurudasan (Minister for Excise and Labour) ,, Jose Thettayil (Minister for Transport) ,, Elamaram Kareem (Minister for Industries) ,, Paloli Mohammed Kutty (Minister for Local Self Government) ,, N. K. Premachandran (Minister for Water Resources) ,, K. P. Rajendran (Minister for Revenue) ,, Ramachandran Kadannappally (Minister for Devaswom, Printing and Stationery) ,, Mullakkara Retnakaran (Minister for Agriculture) ,, S. Sarma (Minister for Fisheries and Registration) Smt. P. K. Sreemathy Teacher (Minister for Health and Social Welfare) Shri G. Sudhakaran (Minister for Co-operation and Coir) ,, V. Surendran Pillai (Minister for Ports and Youth Affairs) Dr. Thomas Issac (Minister for Finance) Shri M. Vijayakumar (Minister for Law, Works, Parliamentry Affairs, and Sports) Leader of the House SHRI V. S. ACHUTHANANDAN Leader of the Opposition SHRI OOMMEN CHANDY Secretary SHRI P. D. RAJAN TWELFTH KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Seventeenth Session Date of Commencement .. February 4, 2011 Date of Adjournment .. February 24, 2011 Date of Prorogation .. February 24, 2011 Party position as on 4-2-2011 Communist Party of India (Marxist) .. 60 Indian National Congress .. 24 Communist Party of India .. 17 Kerala Congress (M) .. 11 Muslim League .. 7 Janatha Dal (Secular) .. 5 Kerala Congress .. 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party .. 3 Nationalist Congress Party .. 2 Congress (Secular) .. 1 Kerala Congress (B) .. 1 Janathipathya Samrakshana Samithi .. 1 Indian National League .. 1 Independents .. 4 Nominated .. 1 Total .. 139 Speaker .. 1 Grand Total .. 140 * * “41-Mankada” Assembly Constituency fell vacant due to the Resignation of Shri Manjalamkuzhi Ali as Member of Legislative Assembly with effect form 30th October 2010. RESUME OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED DURING THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE TWELFTH KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY The summons dated January 24, 2011 for the Seventeenth Session of the Twelfth Kerala Legislative Assembly was issued to the Members on January 24, 2011. The session commenced at 9 a.m. on Friday, February 4, 2011 and adjourned sine-die at 10.05 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2011. The House met on the following days viz., February 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23 and 24 (13 days of sittings). The House transacted business for 65 hours and 51 minutes. Governor’s Address : The Governor Shri R. S. Gavai addressed the Members of the Legislative Assembly at 9 a.m. on February 4, 2011. The discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address commenced on February 7, 2011 with Shri P. Jayarajan moving the following motion :— “ 2011 s^{_p-hcn 4-˛mw XobXn Kh¿Æ¿ tIcf \nb-a-k-`mwK-ß-tfmSv sNbvX {]kw-K-Øn\v \nb-a-k-`mw-K-߃ Kh¿Æ¿°v \µn tcJ-s∏-Sp-Øp-∂p.” The discussion on the Motion of Thanks lasted for 3 days, viz. February 7, 8 and 9, 2011. The motion was adopted on February 9, 2011. The House devoted 11 hours and 54 minutes for the discussion on the Motion of Thanks and 47 Members including Chief Minister and Ministers participated in the discussion. On February 16, 2011, the Speaker reported to the Assembly the Governor’s Reply to the Motion of Thanks adopted by the House. Obituary Reference : On February 24, 2011, the Speaker made references on the demise of A. P. Hamza, Former Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly, Pala K. M. Mathew, former Member of Parliament, Aranmula Ponnamma, Cine artist, Olympian Suresh Babu, Sportsman and K. P. Padmanabhan, former Secretary of Kerala Legislative Assembly. Reference regarding accident at Karikkakam : On February 18, 2011, the Speaker made a reference regarding the bus accident at Karikkakom, Thiruvananthapuram whereby a school bus plunged into the Parvathi Puthanar causing the death of 5 children and an ayah on 17th February, 2011. KNPP. 394/2011. 2 On the above two occasions as a mark of respect to the deceased, the members stood in silence for a while. Panel of Chairmen : The following members were nominated to the panel of chairmen for the session. Shri V. Sasikumar Smt. E. S. Bijimol Shri N. Sakthan Questions : Details regarding the number of questions received, number of questions answered on the floor of the House etc. are given in Appendix I Correction of answer to Starred Questions : On February 8, 2011, corrected answer to item No. (a), (b) and (c) of Starred Question No. 186 dated 29-12-2010 was laid on the Table by the Minister for Home, Vigilance and Tourism. On that day itself corrected answer to item (d) of Starred Question No. 58 dated 22-12-2010 was laid on the Table by the Minister for Fisheries and Registration corrected answer to Unstarred Question. Correction of answer to Unstarred questions : On February 8, 2011 corrected answers to item (d) of Unstarred Question No. 510 dated 22-12-2010 and item (a) of Unstarred Question No. 511 dated 22-12-2010 were laid on the Table by the Minister for Fisheries and Registration. Laying of the statement under Rule 47 (2) : On February 24, 2011 Minister for Industries and Minister for Finance laid on the Table the statements under Rule 47 (2) Adjournment Motion : During the Session 9 notices of Adjournment Motion were received. Out of which one was allowed to be raised as submission and one was not allowed to be presented. For the remaining 7 notices consent was withheld. Details of adjournment motions in respect of which consent was withheld after hearing the views of the Ministers concerned on the floor of the House are given in Appendix II. 3 Calling Attention : During the session 21 statements were made by Ministers under rule 62, details of which are given in Appendix III. Papers Laid on the Table : The details of papers laid on the table are given in Appendix IV. Laying of Economic Review, 2010 : On February 9, 2011, the Economic Review, 2010 was laid on the Table. Presentation of Reports : The following Reports were presented on the dates noted against each : 1. The Twentieth Report of the Committee on Estimates. February 7, 2011. 2. The Fourth and Fifth Reports of the Committee on Official Language 3. The Eleventh Report of the Committee on Government Assurances February 16, 2011 4. The Eighth Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Women, Children and Physically Handicapped 5. The Report of the Subject Committee XIV on the Kerala Public Ways (Restriction of Assemblies and Procession) Bill, 2011 6. The Thirty Fifth to Thirty Eighth Reports of the Committee on Local Fund Accounts. February 17, 2011 7. The First Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Senior Citizen. 8. The Twenty-eight Report of the Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolution 9. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Reports of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation February 18, 2011 4 10. The Thirty Seventh Report of the Business Advisory Committee 11. The First Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Youth and Youth Affairs 12. The First Report of the Committee on the February 21, 2011 Welfare of Fishermen and Allied Workers 13. The Twenty Ninth Report of the Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions 14. The First Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Non-Resident Keralities (Pravasi Malayalees) February 22, 2011 15. The Eighth Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Backward Class Communities 16. The Ninety Seventh to Ninety Ninth Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings 17. The Thirtieth Report of the Committee on February 22, 2011 Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions 18. The Report of the Subject Committee III on the Plachimada Coca cola Victims Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill, 2011 19. The Report of the Subject Committee II on the implementation and progress of Tsunami Rehabilitation Projects 20. The One Hundred and Forty First to One Hundred and Seventy Second Reports of the Committee on Public Accounts February 23, 2011 21. The Thirty Ninth to Forty Second Reports of the Committee on Local Fund Accounts 22. The Ninth to Eleventh Reports of the Committee on Environment 23. The Fourteenth Report of the Committee on Petitions 24. The Twelfth Report of the Committee on Government Assurances 5 Consideration of Reports : The following Reports were adopted by the House on the dates noted against each : 1. The Twenty Eighth Report of the Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions February 18, 2011 2. The Thirty seventh Report of the Business Advisory Committee February 21, 2011 Legislative Business : I. Bills passed : The following Bills were introduced, taken into consideration and passed by the Assembly during the session. 1. The Kerala Public Ways (Restriction of Assemblies and Processions) Bill, 2011.
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