Motion

Appointment of Senate Members - Joint Select Committees

First Session (2007/2008), Ninth Parliament

WHEREAS Section 66A of the Constitution makes provision for the establishment of Joint Select Committees of Parliament to inquire into and report to Parliament on the administration, manner of exercise of their powers, methods of functioning and on any criteria adopted in the exercise of their powers and functions by:
  1. Government Ministries;
  2. Municipal Corporations;
  3. Statutory Authorities;
  4. Enterprises owned or controlled by or on behalf of the State or which received funding from the State of more than two thirds of its total income in any one year; and
  5. Service Commissions with the exception of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.

BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate appoint six (6) Members to serve with an equal number from the House of Representatives to inquire into and report to Parliament on Service Commissions with the exception of the Judicial and Legal Service Commissions on their administration, manner of exercise of their powers, methods of functioning and on any other criteria adopted by them in the exercise of their powers and functions:

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate also appoint six (6) Members to serve with an equal number from the House of Representatives to inquire into and report to Parliament on Municipal Corporations and Government Ministries/Statutory Authorities/Enterprises owned or controlled by or on behalf of the State or which received funding from the State of more than two-thirds of their total income in any one year.

(By the Minister of Energy and Energy Industries)

 
Speakers in the Senate: 29 April 2008
Sen. the Hon. Conrad Enill
Sen. Wade Mark
Sen. Prof. Ramesh Deosaran
Sen. the Hon. Mariano Browne
Sen. Dr. Jennifer Kernahan
Sen. Basharat Ali
Sen. Subhas Ramkhelawan
Sen. Cindy Devika Sharma
Sen. Corinne Baptiste-McKnight
Sen. Dr. Carson Charles
Sen. Helen Drayton
Sen. Bridgid Annisette-George
Sen. Mohammed Faisal Rahman
Sen. Gail Merhair
Sen. Dr. Adesh Nanan
Sen. the Hon. Conrad Enill
06 May 2006
Sen. the Hon. Conrad Enill
Approved by the Senate: 6 May 2006
Remarks:
  • A similarly worded motion was approved in the House of Representatives on 14 March 2008
  • amendments by Sen. Prof. Ramesh Deosaran and Sen. Gail Merhair were approved. Amendments proposed by Sen. Dr. Adesh Nanan were defeated

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