The Seventh Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands will meet today Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duffs Bottom on the main Island of Tortola.
Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone (AL) is to question the front bench Ministers about the Ellis Thomas Downs land dispute matter and about the status of the direct rule order at the privy council still over the Territory’s head.
Motions and Bills on agenda
There will also be two
motions on the Order Paper one recognizing the service of the late
legislator C. Lewis Walters and another to set up a HoA special select
committee to follow up on the reform legislation pursuant to the
Framework for Implementation of the Recommendations of the Commission of
Inquiry’s Report.
The House sitting will also see the second and
third readings of the Police Act 2019, Liquor Licences Act 201,
Proceeds of Criminal Conduct (Amendment) Act 2022, and the Jury Act
2022.
At the end of the seventh sitting which can take up to two
months if the Speaker Hon Corine N. George-Massicote does not accept
another notice of absence by former Premier Hon Andrew A.
Fahie (R1), he
will be forced to vacate his seat in the Legislative Chambers.
The
HoA is carried Live on ZBVI 780 AM, CBN Radio 90.9 FM, CBN-Television
Channel 101 on Flow TV and can also be followed on the HoA YoutTube
channel and online at
www.cbnvirginislands.com.
At the end of the seventh sitting which
can take up to two months if the Speaker Hon Corine N. George-Massicote
does not accept another notice of absence by former Premier Hon Andrew
A. Fahie (R1), he will be forced to vacate his seat in the Legislative
Chambers.