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MINUTES OF THE HONOURABLE JAMAICA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES At a meeting of the Members of the House of Representatives held pursuant to adjournment at Gordon House in the City and Parish of Kingston on Tuesday, the 14th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2010 The House met at 2:15 p.m. o’clock. PRAYERS Prayer was offered by the Reverend Ronald Thwaites. CALL OF THE ROLL PRESENT WERE: Hon. Delroy Hawmin Chuck, M.P., Speaker Mrs. Marisa Colleen Dalrymple-Philibert, M.P., Deputy Speaker Hon. Andrew Holness, M.P., Minister of Education and Leader of the House Hon. Audley Fitz Albert Shaw, M.P., Minister of Finance & the Public Service Hon. Karl George Samuda, M.P., OD, Minister of Industry, Commerce & Investment Hon. James Robertson, M.P., Minister of Energy and Mining Hon. Clifford Everald Errol Warmington, M.P., Minister of State in the Ministry of Water and Housing 1 Hon. William James Charles Hutchinson, M.P., Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Hon. Robert St. Aubyn Montague, M.P., Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister Mr. Noel George Delano Arscott, M.P., Clarendon, South Western Mr. Luther Bartley Monteith Buchanan, M.P., Westmoreland, Eastern Mr. Peter Murcott Bunting, M.P., Manchester, Central Mr. Roger Harold Clifford Clarke, M.P., Westmoreland, Central Dr. Omar Lloyd Davies, M.P., St. Andrew, Southern Mr. Colin Alfred Alexander Fagan, M.P., St. Catherine, South Eastern Dr. Fenton Rudyard Ferguson, M.P., St. Thomas, Eastern Dr. Morais Valentine Guy, M.P., St. Mary, Central Ms. Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna, M.P., St. Ann, South Eastern Mr. Ian Dave Hayles, M.P., Hanover, Western Mrs. Sharon Merle Hay-Webster, M.P., St. Catherine, South Central Mrs. Maxine Antoinette Henry-Wilson, M.P., St. Andrew, South Eastern Mr. Joseph Uriah Hibbert, M.P., St. Andrew, East Rural Mr. George Anthony Hylton, M.P., St. Andrew, Western Mr. Fitz Arthur Jackson, M.P., St. Catherine, Southern Mr. Derrick Flavius Kellier, M.P. CD, St. James, Southern Mr. Desmond Gregory Mair, M.P., St. Catherine, North Eastern Dr. Kenneth Wykeham McNeill, M.P., Westmoreland, Western Mr. Clive Arthur Mullings, M.P., S. James, West, Central Mr. Phillip Feanny Paulwell, M.P., Kingston Eastern & Port Royal 2 Mr. Dean Alexander Peart, M.P. CD, Manchester, North Western Mr. Michael Anthony Peart, M.P., Manchester, Southern Mr. Tarn Andrew Peralto, M.P., St. Mary, South Eastern Dr. Peter David Phillips, M.P., St. Andrew, East Central Mr. Robert Dixon Pickersgill, M.P., St. Catherine, North Western Mr. Ernest Augustus Smith, M.P., St. Ann, South Western Rev. Ronald George Thwaites, M.P., Kingston, Central Mr. Franklyn Robert Witter, M.P., St. Elizabeth, South Eastern Dr. Morais Guy, Mr. Noel Arscott, Dr. Omar Davies, the Honourable Lester Michael Henry, Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett and the Honourable Robert Montague spoke briefly on the passing of former Member of Parliament, Dr. Neil McGill. The House observed one minute silence in memory of Dr. McGill. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Clerk laid on the Table of the House a copy of the following: Ministry Paper No. 69/10 Cabinet Agenda Issues for July 19, 2010 (Cabinet Office) Ministry Paper No. 70/10 Cabinet Agenda Issues for July 26, 2010 (Cabinet Office) Ministry Paper No. 71/10 Cabinet Agenda Issues for August 9, 2010 (Cabinet Office) Ministry Paper No. 72/10 Cabinet Agenda Issues for August 16, 2010 (Cabinet Office) Ministry Paper No. 73/10 Cabinet Agenda Issues for August 23, 2010 (Cabinet Office) 3 Ministry Paper No. 74/10 The Coconut Industry Board 67th Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries) Ministry Paper No. 75/10 Agricultural Credit Board Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2009 (Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries) Office of the Political Ombudsman Annual Report for the period January – December 2009 (Office of the Political Ombudsman) Companies Office of Jamaica Annual Report for the year 2005/2006 (Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce) Statistical Institute of Jamaica Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements for the years 2002/2003, 2003/2004,2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007 & 2007/2008 (Office of the Prime Minister) Environmental Foundation of Jamaica Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements for the years 2007/2008 & 2008/2009 (Office of the Prime Minister) Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements for the years April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008, April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 (Office of the Prime Minister) Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements for the years April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006, April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008 (Office of the Prime Minister) Scientific Research Council (SRC) Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements for the years 2007/2008 and 2008-2009 (Ministry of industry, Investment & Commerce) 4 Tourist Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo.) Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year 2007/2008 (Ministry of Tourism) Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) Annual Report for the year April 2009 to March 2010 (Electoral Commission of Jamaica) Report of Investigation – Conducted into the Oil Lifting Contracts between the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and Trafigura Beheer (Office of the Contractor General) Report of Special Investigation – Conducted into the Alleged “Sweetheart Deals” Involving the Government of Jamaica and Dehring, Bunting and Golding (DB&G) Ltd. (Office of the Contractor General) Special Report of Investigation Conducted into the Award of a Multi-Million Dollar Consultancy Contract to Mr. Aubyn Hill and/or his Company, Corporate Strategies Limited (Office of the Contractor General) Certified Appropriation Accounts Head Ministry/Department Financial Year 0600 Office of the Services 2009/2010 Commissions 6500, 6500A Ministry of Transport & 2008/2010 & 6500B Works (Auditor General’s Department) (The Leader of the Opposition, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, entered and took her seat). (The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. the Honourable Christopher Tufton, entered and took his seat). (The Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Honourable Pearnel Charles, entered and took his seat). (The Minister of Health, the Honourable Rudyard Spencer, entered and took his seat). (Mr. Derrick Smith, M.P., St. Andrew, North Western entered and took his seat). (Dr. Patrick Harris, M.P., Trelawny, Northern entered and took his seat). 5 (The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Honourable Dr Kenneth Baugh, entered and took his seat). (The Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Honourable Neville Andrew Gallimore, entered and took his seat). (The Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Information and Telecommunication, the Honourable Daryl Vaz, entered and took his seat). (The Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Investment, the Honourable Michael Stern, entered and took his seat). (The Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, the Honourable Laurence Broderick, entered and took his seat). (Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett, M.P., St. Andrew, Eastern entered and took his seat). (The Minister of Water and Housing, the Honourable Dr. Horace Chang, entered and took his seat). (The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, entered and took her seat). BILLS BROUGHT FROM THE SENATE The Clerk presented the following message from the President of the Senate: TO THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I have the honour to advise the Honourable House of Representatives that on the 30th day of July, 2010, a Bill shortly entitled the “Town and Country Planning (Negril and Green Island Area Local Planning Authority)(Validation and Indemnity) Act, 2010” was passed in the Senate. Oswald G. Harding, OJ, CD, QC President of the Senate (The Prime Minister, the Honourable Orette Bruce Golding entered and took his seat). (The Minister of Transport and Works, the Honourable Lester Henry, entered and took his seat). 6 NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN ORALLY The Reverend Ronald Thwaites gave notice that at the next meeting of the House he would move the following motions: 1. WHEREAS the Chairman of the National Housing Trust recently told a Parliamentary Committee that his estimate of the nation’s housing deficit is in the region of 250,000 units: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House debate the policies, institutions, finances and methodology required to eliminate this shortfall. 2. BE IT RESOLVED that universal literacy ought to be defined by this Honourable House as the priority goal of the Jamaican education system and that the measures and resources required to achieve this ought to be a permanent item on the agenda of the Committee on Human Resources with quarterly progress reports provided to the House of Representatives. Mr. Fitz Jackson gave notice that at the next meeting of the House he would move the following motion: WHEREAS Jamaica imports hundreds of thousands of new and used motor vehicles annually to satisfy the transportation needs of the country; AND WHEREAS there have been reports of millions of motor vehicles recalled because of manufacturer’s defects in components and assemblies; AND WHEREAS many of the reported defective models of motor vehicles may be supplied into Jamaica; AND WHEREAS there have been reports of some motor vehicles in Jamaica
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