Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I respond I would like, under Standing Order No.198, to prove that what my good friend has told the House was completely out of context and the Standing Orders. In fact, I will quote the law. I will allow my colleague Mr. Charles--- view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is true. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the mandate of the Committee, just like any other Committee of this House, comes from Standing Order No.198. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I intend to take the shortest time possible to respond to this debate. In order to put the record straight, I want to quote what Standing Order No.198 says on the functions, mandate and establishment of Departmental Committees. Let us get it right, because the Minister said that it is not within our mandate to do some of the things that we did. It is fair that this aspect comes out clearly from the law, because I am not the one who designed this law. So, our Standing Order says as follows:- view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: 198. “(1) There shall be select committees to be designated Departmental Committees which shall be nominated by the House Business Committee and approved by the House at the commencement of every Parliament--- (3) The functions of a Departmental Committee shall be:- (a) to investigate, inquire into, and report on all matters relating to the mandate, management, activities, administration, operations and estimates of the assigned Ministries and departments---” view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not need an Englishman to interpret the content, in spirit and letter, of these particular aspects of the mandate of any Departmental Committee, not only the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, because this is the law. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Standing Order No. 198 continues to explain the functions of Departmental Committees as follows:- view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: “(3) (b) to study the programme and policy objectives of Ministries and departments and the effectiveness of implementation---“ view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what does this mean? This is in essence, Parliament’s oversight role. So, it is completely out of context for the Minister to say that this Committee went out of its mandate. What we did is 100 per cent within the mandate of the Committee. view