Happening on Tuesday: Cenac to deliver Throne Speech, Gov’t to table $1 Billion Estimates of Expenditure

(Parliament of Saint Lucia)- The Sixth Session of the Eleventh Parliament is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Members of the House of Assembly will meet at 10:00 a.m. and Members of the Senate will meet at 10:30 a.m., after which both Houses will meet in joint session to receive a message from His Excellency, the Governor General, Sir Emmanuel Neville Cenac.

The Standing Finance Committee will meet in closed session at 2:00 p.m. on March 16, 2021 to review the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 2021/2022.

A Sitting of the House of Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday March 16, 2021 at 4:00pm where the debate on the Estimates of Expenditure 2021/2022 will take place. A report of the Meeting of the Standing Finance Committee will also be presented.

The following Motion is down for consideration:
BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Assembly do adopt the Report of the
Standing Finance Committee on the Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 2018/2019 in the sum of ONE BILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTYEIGHT MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,638,600,900.00) as a charge against the Consolidated Fund and other funds of the State of Saint Lucia.

In keeping with the protocols established by the authorities for management of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and with a view to ensuring that there are established protocols, members of the public will NOT be allowed in the Chamber Gallery during the Sittings. Kindly note that the public can view the live proceedings on the National Television Network (NTN) Channel 122, Government of Saint Lucia Facebook and YouTube.