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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I, too, stand to support my colleagues of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. As they say, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. We are all aware that despite the benefits of international labour migration, this country, a few years ago, was replete with horror stories of modern-day slavery, contract violations, sexual abuse and unsafe working conditions. But listening to the Report as it was being presented, I am happy to state that a lot has improved over the last one year. As the Report was being presented, I noted that employment agencies are now required to be vetted, but what is probably lacking, as has been said, is that we need full disclosure of the owners of the agencies so that people can know. Secondly, as our people go out there, they must at some point register with our embassy, so that our country knows where every person is. I have heard us being challenged by some Members that we need to create an enabling environment for job creation. But I want to note that I am happy with what I have observed over the last few months. We have seen the Teachers Service Commission coming out to recruit a lot of our young people to get absorbed into the teaching service as interns. The numbers are good and we hope this will relieve the unemployment crisis we have in this country. I am also happy The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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