___ BULLETIN – PART I

(Brief Record of Proceedings) ___

Monday, August 5, 2019/Shravana 14, 1941(Saka)

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No. 36 11.00 A.M. 1. *Observation by the Speaker The Speaker made observation regarding providing state of the art facilities in Parliament House Building.

11.02 A.M. 2. Messages from Rajya Sabha Secretary-General reported the following messages from Rajya Sabha:- (i) That at its sitting held on the 2nd August, 2019, Rajya Sabha agreed without any amendment to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 as passed by the Lok Sabha.

(ii) That at its sitting held on the 2nd August, 2019, Rajya Sabha agreed without any amendment to the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019 as passed by the Lok Sabha.

(iii) That at its sitting held on the 2nd August, 2019, Rajya Sabha agreed without any amendment to the Code on Wages, 2019 as passed by the Lok Sabha.

(iv)@ That at its sitting held on the 5.08.2019, Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019.

(v)@ That at it sitting held on the 5.08.2019, Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019.

3@ Bills as passed by the Rajya Sabha – Laid on the Table (i) The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 (ii) The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019. ______*Original in Hindi. For details, please see the debate of the day. @ At 7.55 P.M. 2

4. Reports on the Participation of Indian Parliamentary Delegations at the Statutory Assemblies of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (134th to 140th Statutory Assemblies)

Secretary General laid on the Table Hindi and English versions of the Seven Reports on the participation of Indian Parliamentary Delegations at the 134th to 140th Statutory Assemblies of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

5. Motion for Election to the Court of Aligarh Muslim University Shri „Nishank‟ moved the following motion :- "That in pursuance of sub-clause (xxiv) of clause 1 and clause 2 of Statute 14 of the Statutes of Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920, the members of this House do proceed to elect, in such manner as the Speaker may direct, six members from amongst themselves to serve as members of the Court of the Aligarh Muslim University, subject to the other provisions of the said Statutes.” The motion was adopted.

6. Government Bills – Introduced (i) The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 (ii) The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019

7. Amendments made by Rajya Sabha to Government Bill –Agreed to

#The National Medical Commission Bill, 2019

The motion that the following amendments made by Rajya Sabha in the Bill, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration, was moved by Dr. Harsh Vardhan:- CLAUSE 4

1. That at page 3, line 27, for the word “fourteen”, the word “twenty-two” be substituted. 2. That at page 4, line 16, for the word “six”, the word “ten” be substituted. 3. That at page 4, line 20, for the word “five”, the word “nine” be substituted. ______*The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on the 29th July, 2019 and transmitted to Rajya Sabha for its concurrence. Rajya Sabha passed the Bill with amendments at its sitting held on the 1st August, 2019 and returned it to Lok Sabha on the 2nd August, 2019. 3

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4. That at page 18, line 24, after the words “qualification to be equivalent”, the words “for the purposes of teaching also.” be inserted.

The motion for consideration was adopted. The motion that the amendments made by Rajya Sabha in the Bill be agreed to, was moved by Dr. Harsh Vardhan. The motion was adopted and the amendments were agreed to.

8. Amendments made by Rajya Sabha to Government Bill –Agreed to

*The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

The motion that the following amendments made by Rajya Sabha in the Bill, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration, was moved by General (Retd.) V.K. Singh on behalf of Shri :-

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1. That at page 11, line 25, for the word “consultation”, the word “concurrence” be substituted.

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2. That at page 14, line 2, for the word “consult”, the words “seek concurrence of” be substituted.

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3. That at page 37, line 24, for the word, bracket and figure “sub-section (4)”, the word, bracket and figure “sub-section (1)” be substituted.

The motion for consideration was adopted. The motion that the amendments made by Rajya Sabha in the Bill be agreed to, was moved by General (Retd.) V.K. Singh. The motion was adopted and the amendments were agreed to. ______*The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on the 23rd July, 2019 and transmitted to Rajya Sabha for its concurrence. Rajya Sabha passed the Bill with three amendments at its sitting held on the 31st July, 2019 and returned it to Lok Sabha on the 1st August, 2019. 4

11.14 A.M. 9. Government Bill – Passed The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 Time Taken: 3 Hrs. 52 Mts.

The motion for consideration of the Bill was moved by Shri Krishan Pal on behalf of Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot. The following members took part in the debate:- 1. Smt. Aparajita Sarangi 2. Smt. Satabdi Roy 3. Smt. Vanga Geethaviswanath 4. Shri Achyutananda Samanta 5. Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo 6. Shri Jayadev Galla 7. Smt. Kirron Kher 8. Shri P. Raveendranath Kumar 9. Dr. Virendra Kumar 10. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 11. Dr. Kirit P. Solanki 12. Shri Kaushalendra Kumar 13. Shri Ajay Mishra 14. #Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal (Lok Sabha adjourned at 1.00 P.M. and re-assembled at 2.02 P.M.) 2.02 P.M. 15. Shri Manoj Tiwari 16. Shri Vinayak Raut 17. Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel 18. Shri Janardan Singh 'Sigriwal' ______#He resumed his speech after the House re-assembled. 5

19. Smt. Queen Oja

Shri Rattan Lal Kataria replied to the debate.

The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted and clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill was taken up. Clause 2 was adopted. Clause 3 was adopted. Clause 4 was adopted. Clause 5 was adopted. Clause 6 was adopted. Clause 7 was adopted. Clause 8 was adopted. Clauses 9 to 11 were adopted. Clause 12 was adopted. Clause 13 was adopted. Clause 14 was adopted. Clause 15 was adopted. Clauses 16 and 17 were adopted. Clauses 18 to 23 were adopted. Clause 1, Enacting Formula and the Long Title were also adopted. The motion that the Bill be passed was moved by Shri Rattan Lal Kataria. The motion was adopted and the Bill was passed.

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3.06 P.M. 10. Government Bill – Passed The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 Time Taken: 2 Hrs. 18 Mts.

The motion for consideration of the Bill was moved by Dr. Harsh Vardhan. The following members took part in the debate:- 1. Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar 2. Smt. Rita Bahuguna Joshi 3. Dr. Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi 4. Dr. Subhas Sarkar 5. Shri Kesineni Srinivas 6. Shri P. Raveendranathkumar 7. Shri Sri Krishna Devarayalu 8. Shri Ravi Kishan 9. Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo 10. Shri Syed Imtiaz Jaleel 11. Smt. Hema Malini 12. Shri 13. Shri Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil 14. Shri 15. Dr. Sukanta Mazumdar 16. Shri Pon Sigamani Pon 17. Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar 18. Smt. Jaskaur Meena 19. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal

Dr. Harsh Vardhan replied to the debate.

The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted and clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill was taken up. Clause 2 was adopted. Clause 3 was adopted. Clauses 4 to 8 were adopted. Clauses 9 and 10 were adopted. Clauses 11 to 13 were adopted. Clause 14 was adopted. 7

Clause 15 was adopted. Clauses 16 and 17 were adopted. Clauses 18 to 23 were adopted. Clause 24 was adopted. Clause 25 was adopted. Clauses 26 to 31 were adopted. Clauses 32 and 33 were adopted. Clauses 34 and 35 were adopted. Clause 36 was adopted. Clauses 37 to 40 were adopted. Clauses 41 to 43 were adopted. Clauses 44 to 51 were adopted. Clause 1, Enacting Formula and the Long Title were also adopted. The motion that the Bill be passed was moved by Dr. Harsh Vardhan. The motion was adopted and the Bill was passed.

*5.24 P.M. 11. Government Resolution – Adopted. Shri moved the following Resolution:- "That the President of has referred the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 to this House under the proviso to article 3 of the Constitution of India for its views as this House is vested with the powers of the State Legislature of Jammu and Kashmir, as per proclamation of the President of India dated 19th December, 2018. This House resolves to express the view to accept the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019."

The Resolution was put to vote and adopted.

______*From 5.28 P.M. to 5.55 P.M., Members raised matters of urgent public importance. 8

5.56 P.M. 12. Government Bill – Passed The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 Time Taken: 2 Hrs. 33 Mts.

The motion for consideration of the Bill was moved by Shri . The following members took part in the debate:- 1. Shri P.P. Chaudhary 2. Shri A. Raja 3. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 4. Smt. Vanga Geethaviswanath 5. Shri Vinayak Raut 6. Shri Pinaki Mishra 7. Shri M. Selvaraj 8. Kunwar Danish Ali 9. Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy 10. Shri Sunil Dattatray Tatkare 11. Shri K. Navaskani 12. Shri Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu 13. Shri 14. Shri Thor Thirumaavalavan 15. Shri P. Raveendranath Kumar

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad replied to the debate.

The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted and clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill was taken up.

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Clause 2 was adopted.

Clause 1, Enacting Formula and the Long Title were also adopted.

The motion that the Bill be passed was moved by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad.

The motion was adopted and the Bill was passed.

#10.19 P.M.

(Lok Sabha adjourned till 11.00 A.M., Tuesday, the 6th August, 2019.)

SNEHLATA SHRIVASTAVA Secretary General

______# From 8.30 P.M. to 10.19 P.M., Members raised matters of urgent public importance.