Order Papers:

The Order Papers will be uploaded each day once the Clerk has distributed them to the Members at each sitting. Go to past Order Papers.

• First Sitting

Bills:

The deadline for Bills to be received by the Clerk of Parliament in order to be eligible for consideration at the Fourth Meeting, was 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, 6^th June 2024 in accordance with the 28-day notice period per Section 77 (2) of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order (2009) as amended in 2020. The Bills to be considered by the Business Committee to be dealt with at the upcoming meeting are:

1. 1. Supplementary Appropriation (January 2023 to December 2023) Bill, 2024
   2. Summary Jurisdiction (Amendment) Bill, 2024
   3. Perpetuities (Amendment) Bill, 2024
   4. Pharmacy Bill, 2024
   5. Firearms (Amendment) Bill, 2024

To learn more about these bills, please visit the Government’s page: https://www.gov.ky/governmentinparliament.

Motions:

The below Government Motions (GM) and Private Members’ Motions (PMM) have been submitted to the Parliament for consideration in the Fourth Meeting of the 2023-2024 Session, and can be found on the Government Motions page and Private Members’ Motions page accordingly.

• GM No. 7 of 2023-2024 – Proposed Rezoning: Block 23B Parcels 108, 109, 110, 111, George Town South and Relocation of Public Open Space.
• GM No. 8 of 2023-2024 – Issuance of a Deed of Indemnity to the Members of the Planning Appeals Tribunal.
• PMM No. 11 of 2023-2024 – Motion to Increase Fines and Enforce Road Safety.
• PMM No. 12 of 2023-2024 – Motion to increase ownership of businesses by Caymanians.
• PMM No. 13 of 2023-2024 – Motion on temporarily reducing to 0% the duty charged by Government on imports of (1) fuels purchased by utility providers, (2) fuels for cooking gas, and (3) automotive fuels, including diesel.
• PMM No. 14 of 2023-2024 – Motion on higher standard of bank’s duty of fairness to customers.

Parliamentary Questions:

Nearly two dozen Parliamentary Questions have been asked to a Member of the Government relating to subjects “for which that Member is responsible or with which that Member is officially connected” (Standing Order 20.1).  These Questions will be added to the Parliamentary Questions page once they have been asked in the Meeting. In summary, these questions are:

• PQ – Hon Wayne Panton asks Hon Katherine Ebanks-Wilks – Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill
• PQ – Hon Wayne Panton asks Hon Katherine Ebanks-Wilks – National Climate Change Policy
• PQ – Hon Wayne Panton asks Hon Katherine Ebanks-Wilks – ReGen Project
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly – National Anti-gang strategy
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon André Ebanks – Department of Financial Assistance performance targets
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon Dwayne Seymour – Minimum Wage uplift
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon. Johany Ebanks – GGHAM
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon Johany Ebanks – Government’s National Road Safety Strategy
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon Johany Ebanks – New Public Transportation System
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon Johany Ebanks – Traffic accidents and fatal collisions
• PQ – Hon Roy McTaggart asks Hon Johany Ebanks – Undersea Cable
• PQ – Mr David Wight asks Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly – Pensioners uplift
• PQ – Mr David Wight asks Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly – Pepper Spray
• PQ – Mr David Wight asks Hon Sabrina Turner – Public Hospital beds
• PQ – Mr Moses Kirkconnell asks Hon Katherine Ebanks-Wilks – CAL’s Twin Otter and SAAB
• PQ – Ms Barbara Conolly asks Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly – Governance structure for public schools
• PQ – Ms Barbara Conolly asks Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly – Key Stage 2 results in public primary schools
• PQ – Ms Barbara Conolly asks Hon Juliana O’Connor-Connolly – Students achieving the national standard
• PQ – Ms Barbara Conolly asks Hon Sabrina Turner – ‘Poinciana’ (Mental Health Facility)

Annual Reports

Over 50 annual reports have been submitted to the Parliament from Ministries, Departments, Statutory Authorities and Government Companies, and other Government entities. These reports will become public documents once the Minister responsible for it has vocally “laid it on the table” and the Speaker has accepted it. Once they have been laid on the table, they can be accessed under the Papers, Petitions, and Reports page.

Annual reports are an important method for Government entities to maintain transparency and accountability. They not only outline the activities and achievements of each entity, but importantly they capture the audited financial statements that outline how funds have been spent throughout the reporting year. View past Annual Reports.

Connect: 

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