Lower House sits on Monday

THE OPPOSITION United National Congress (UNC) has five questions on the Order Paper for next Monday’s sitting of the House of Represent-atives but will that session again see the UNC refusing to ask its own questions? When the Lower House sat two weeks ago, the UNC refused to answer nine questions it placed on the Order Paper as part of its promise to give House Speaker Barry Sinanan “thunder”. In the line of fire will be Public Utilities Minister Rennie Dumas who has to answer three questions from the UNC. Bara-taria/San Juan MP Dr Fuad Khan wants Dumas to reveal the exact number of dead dogs retrieved by the Solid Waste Manage-ment Company Ltd’s (SWMCOL) Dead Animal Retrieval Team (DART) while Tabaquite MP Dr Adesh Nanan wants to know the identity and compensation package of SWMCOL’s communications manager and the percentage of electricity from TTEC which reaches regularly metered customers. Fyzabad MP Chandresh Sharma wants Planning Minister Dr Keith Rowley to update Parliament on the expenditure to date from the US$20 million World Bank loan for an HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project. Chaguanas MP Manohar Ramsaran wants Local Government Minister Jarrette Narine to say whether the Chaguanas Borough Corporation was consulted about road paving in the Enterprise South electoral district.