JSCs meet after Budget

Imbert will present his second budget when the House sits tomorrow at Tower D of the Port-of-Spain International Waterfront Centre from 1.30 pm.

According to the Parliament’s website, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will meet in camera on October 5 at 2.30 pm in the Arnold Thomasos Meeting Room (West) of Tower D. This JSC is chaired by Port-of-Spain South MP Marlene McDonald.

The Public Accounts (Enterprises) Committee meets in camera at 9.30 am on November 2 in the Arnold Thomasos Room (East) and then in the J Hamilton Maurice Room at 10 am, for a public hearing.

For tomorrow’s sitting, as established by convention, all other matters before the House are deferred until after the Budget debate which begins with the presentation of the Budget.

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad- Bissessar will reply to the Budget on October 6 and is entitled to the same length of time as Imbert. The Budget must be passed by both the House and Senate by October 31. The Tax Information Exchange Bill 2016, which is essential to ensuring this country is compliant with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, remains the first piece of legislation to be dealt with by the House after the Budget.