SEN Motions 15.12.20 – Grenada Parliament

Motions:

By the Leader of Government’s Business:

WHEREAS it is necessary to provide for the services of the State of Grenada for the Year 2021 by means of an Appropriation Act;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Fiscal Year January 1^st to December 31^st, 2021 be approved.

By Senator the Honourable Norland Cox

MOTION TO AMEND THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 79

WHEREAS section 50 (1) of the Constitution provides for each House of Parliament to regulate its procedure and to make rules for the orderly conduct of its proceedings;

WHEREAS such procedures and rules were provided for in the Senate on April 9^th 2002;

WHEREAS pursuant to section 63 (3) of the Standing Orders of the Senate a Standing Orders Committee was appointed on Tuesday November 10, 2020 during the sitting of the Fourth Session of the Tenth Parliament;

AND WHEREAS the Standing Orders Committee constituting of the Honourable Chester Humphrey as Chairman, Honourable Norland Cox and Honourable Tessa St Cyr as members, convened and held a meeting on Thursday December 03, 2020, at the Office of the Houses of Parliament;

AND WHEREAS the Standing Orders Committee deliberated and agreed that amendments should be effected to the existing Standing Orders to further regulate the procedure of the Senate;

AND WHEREAS the President of the Senate directs that the amendments recommended by the Standing Orders Committee should be put before the Senate at the next sitting for its consideration, debate and approval;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following amendments contained in the Schedule be now approved by this Honourable House:

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE

Section 80 of the Standing Orders of the Senate is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor—

“Definitions

In these Standing Orders, unless the context otherwise requires—

(1) “circulate” means to distribute electronically as far as possible; and

(2) “Minister” shall include Parliamentary Secretary, except where this is inconsistent with the Constitution;

(3) “Precincts of Senate” and “Senate and its Precincts” shall be construed to mean any room in York House, or any other building, in which the Senate may from time to time be sitting, which is allocated for the use for the Senate, and any lobby or corridor leading exclusively to any such room; and

(4) “Writing” includes any communication which is hand written or printed, and is hand delivered or transmitted by fax, post, or any electronic means or in any other manner approved by the Clerk.”.