This week in Parliament

Page 13, Nov 15, 2010
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

THE MINISTER of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, is expected to present the government’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy for 2011 to Parliament on Thursday, November 18, 2010.
The Majority Leader and Leader of the House, Mr Cletus Apul Avoka announced this when he presented the Business Statement of Parliament on Thursday.
As part of deepening the understanding of the underlying policies behind the bugdet a post-budget workshop will be organised for leadership, chairpersons and ranking members and committee clerks and is scheduled for Friday November 26 to Sunday November 28, 2010.
Mr Avoka also informed the House that Parliament would sit on Mondays and also extend its sitting period from November 22, 2010 in order to complete the agenda it had set for itself for the current meeting.
The House is expected to rise for the Christmas break on December 21, 2010.
Meanwhile three ministers are expected to appear before the House this week to answer a total of 12 questions filed by eight Members of Parliament (MPs).
They are the Minister for Health, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, the Minister for Trade and Industry, Ms Hanna Tetteh, and the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi.
Bills expected to be presented to the House to be read for the first time are the Medical Training and Research Bill, 2010, the Mental Health Bill, 2010 and the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Bill.