Sunjeev Kour Birdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. To the very respectable Member of Parliament, I would like to ask him, how can he say that the President was sleeping on his job when he very well knows that his own niece and nephew perished in that attack? I do not think the President was sleeping on his job. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me this opportunity. Let me say that I have been burning for the last few days to contribute to this Bill. I have so much to say but since I am going to talk about this particular Clause, I looked at it recently and I actually oppose its deletion. I believe paragraph (f) should be in this Bill. The first reason is that there are very many religions in this world that are actually known. An example is the Rastafarian religion and many others. Secondly, this paragraph (f) takes care ... view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I seek your guidance and this is the reason why I decided to stay on when most of my counterparts decided not to be here. I support the deletion of Clause 57, however, if we are deleting it, then Clause 55 on the registration of Hindu Marriages, why is it that Sub-section (3) is not being deleted? view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I know we have passed it and that is why I am seeking your guidance. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon Temporary Deputy Chairman, I seek your guidance, please. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I can see that (c) is when the other party has converted to another religion. With regard to (e) and (f) which he has inserted, I heard him and I am okay with it. I cannot see it on the Order Paper but I have heard it. I am okay with it. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, indeed, it is true that in our Asian culture - Sikh and Hindu culture - it is the girls who give dowry to the groom. I am wholeheartedly supporting the deletion of 76(2). The reason is that a marriage is a union of love and if people get together so as to get each other’s wealth or whatever it is or suing persons later on, then I think they got into the marriage wrongfully. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I fully support. 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
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I strongly support the amendment by hon. Millie because apart from all the other sorts of heroes that we have, human rights, national cohesion as well as environmentalists are all very important areas. They needed to be recognized and I am glad that they are included now. view