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END OF SESSION s 0ARLIAMENT PROROGUED UNTIL /CTOBER s !NTICIPATED NEW '' COULD OPEN NEXT SESSION s !LL BILLS NOT PASSED TO BE TABLED AGAIN By LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net A NEW Parliament session will begin on October 4 as the Davis administration refreshes its agenda. Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander read a proclamation from Governor General CA Smith on Saturday announcing the prorogation of Parliament, ending the session that
began on October 6, 2021. All bills, committees and ministers’ questions from the previous session have expired. The next parliament session will likely coincide with Cynthia “Mother” Pratt’s anticipated appointment as the next governor-general, allowing her to read the Speech from the Throne. Davis administration SEE PAGE THREE
MARIJUANA BILL TO BE DEBATED IN HOUSE BY END OF THE YEAR By LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said marijuana legislation would be debated in Parliament before the end of the year. Speaking to reporters at the House of Assembly on Saturday after Commissioner Clayton Fernander
read Governor-General CA Smith’s proclamation proroguing Parliament, Mr Pinder said consultation on marijuana is ongoing. “So we are proceeding on our consultation, initially with some private sessions with some interested parties,” he said. “Those should kick off. Within two
COMMISSIONER of Police Clayton Fernander reads the announcement that Parliament will be prorogued until October 4 outside the House of Assembly on Saturday. Photo: Kemuel Stubbs/BIS
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PINTARD SAYS PAC WILL WORK DESPITE PROROGATION
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prorogation of Parliament means there is no current session or active committee. During a Free National Movement press conference yesterday, Mr Pintard said members of the PAC will finish their investigation into the Consumer Protection Commission, examining how the
SURPRISE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT WILL LEAD TO SPECULATION AND GOSSIP
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION leader Michael Pintard suggested that the work of the Public Accounts Committee would continue despite the prorogation of Parliament, drawing a rebuke from Attorney General Ryan Pinder. “He knows better and if he doesn’t that’s
FREE National Movement leader Micahel Pintard concerning,” Mr Pinder said yesterday, noting the
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