Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2461 to 2470 of 2568.

• 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
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: The Standing Order went on to give the mandates of a Departmental Committee as follows below:- “(3)(c) to study and review all legislations referred to it---“ view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is one of the legislative functions of Parliament. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: The fourth function of Departmental Committees is explained hereunder:- “(3)(d) to study, assess and analyse the relative success of the Ministries and departments as measured by the results obtained as compared with their stated objectives- --” view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Ministry, over the last two years, has refused to sign performance contracting. For three consecutive years, this Ministry has been the last in the rating of Ministries. I know that right now there is a tug-of-war between this Ministry and the Office of the Prime Minister on how performance contracting is supposed to be done. That is not the role of Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. It is an arm of the Government. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: The fifth function of this Committee and any other Departmental Committee is- “(3)(e) to investigate and inquire into all matters relating to the assigned Ministries and departments as they may deem necessary, and as may be referred to them by the House or a Minister---“ view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: That is Parliament’s oversight role as the catch line here is “as they may deem necessary”. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, we do not need the blessing, authority, interpretation or concurrence of my good brother to do what we did. What we did is purely within the confines of our oversight role as parliamentarians, and that is what we shall continue to do as long as we are in this Committee. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: The Committee made ten recommendations, but the Minister just alluded to three of them. In these ten recommendations some were positive; some we critiqued and, some we suggest issues that would have given the Ministry room for improvement. In my opinion, that again is within our mandate. I think I would urge the Minister to go through the Report, so that he is familiar with its content. view