Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Senate Amendment basically adds the Deputy President to be the Vice-Chair of the Climate Change Council. The Committee agrees with the Senate on this matter. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just want it to be on record that once we pass this clause, there will be need for a consequential amendment in Clause 7, so that the people who clean up Bills can be aware that by adding the Deputy President, the total number of members to this Council will be 11 and not nine. This is for the purposes of being on record. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, did you say Clause 7(2)(f) because the first one we have is deletion of subclause (g), which we rejected as a Committee? view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the Committee agrees with the Senate Amendment to Clause 7 (2)(f), in that it requires that the institutions of the private sector who were to propose members into the Climate Change Council should be a body representing the largest number of private sector. We agree with that proposal because every time a Bill proposes representation by a body, there is a tendency of new bodies mushrooming to take up The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: that position. We suggest that, in order to make it more representative, whichever institution is chosen should be one with the most numbers. We support that amendment. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the amendment to Clause 7(2) (g) is a deletion. The Senate is asking that we remove representatives of the civil society from the Climate Change Council. We disagree with the Senate because unlike the other bodies that I have in the past agreed with in terms of removing the civil society, in the climate change discourse, members of the civil society are major players. Removing them from the council will only serve to weaken the fight against climate change. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, we oppose and urge that the House opposes this amendment from the Senate. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Members, we probably need to have this reconsidered because we have opposed the Senate amendment but, in the voting, you said Aye - meaning that we retain the Senate amendment. The Temporary Deputy Chairman, with your indulgence, I would like that the House reconsiders that vote because we would be--- view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Temporary Deputy Chairman, the Committee agrees with the Senate amendment because it requires that the representative of marginalised communities is qualified to assist in these matters. view
• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 7 of the Bill be amended – (b) in Sub-clause (3) by deleting the words “(2) (f), (g) and (h)” appearing immediately after the words “under subsection” and substituting therefor the words “(2) (f), (g), (h) and (i)”; view