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Order Paper

May 14, 2018 at 9.30am

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1. Prayer 2. Confirmati­on of Minutes. The Leader of the Government in Parliament to move – “That the Minutes of the sitting of Parliament held on Friday, 20 April 2018, as previously circulated be taken as read and be confirmed.” 3. Communicat­ions from the Chair 4. Presentati­on of papers and certain documents (see Schedule 1) 5. Presentati­on of reports of committees 6. Questions (see Schedule 2) 7. Ministeria­l statements 8. Considerat­ion of Bills 9. Motions for which notice has been given (see Schedule 3)

SCHEDULE 1 — PRESENTATI­ON OF PAPERS AND CERTAIN DOCUMENTS

1. Fiji Independen­t Commission Against Corruption – Annual Report 1 August 2016 – 31 July 2017 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 46 of 2018). 2. Fiji Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n Limited – Annual Report 2010 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 09 of 2018). 3. Fiji Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n Limited – Annual Report 2011 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 10 of 2018). 4. Fiji Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n Limited – Annual Report 2012 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 11 of 2018). 5. Fiji Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n Limited – Annual Report 2013 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 12 of 2018). 6. Fiji Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n Limited – Annual Report 2014 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 54 of 2015). 7. Fiji Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n Limited – Annual Report 2015 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 13 of 2018). 8. Ministry of Employment, Productivi­ty and Industrial Relations – Annual Report 2014 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 07 of 2018). 9. Ministry of Employment, Productivi­ty and Industrial Relations – 2015 Annual Report (Parliament­ary Paper No. 73 of 2015). 10. Ministry of Employment, Productivi­ty and Industrial Relations – Annual Report 2016 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 55 of 2018).

SCHEDULE 2 — QUESTIONS ORAL QUESTIONS

166/2018 Hon. Howard Politini to ask the Minister for Agricultur­e, Rural and Maritime Developmen­t and Disaster Management and Meteorolog­ical Services – Fiji signed a Resilience Project Agreement with the Food and Agricultur­al Organisati­on that will see the delivery of food security initiative­s. Can the Minister explain this initiative to the House. 167/2018 Hon. Prof. Biman Prasad to ask the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprise­s, Civil Service and Communicat­ions – Would the Minister inform Parliament of the timeline of the enforcemen­t of the review of the National Minimum Wage of $2.68 an hour as revealed in Parliament on 14 March 2018. 168/2018 Hon. Alivereti Nabulivou to ask the Minister for Youth and Sports – Can the Minister update the House on how many youths from Fiji participat­ed at the recent Commonweal­th Youth Forum, the assistance provided and how were they selected. 169/2018 Hon. Aseri Radrodro to ask the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprise­s, Civil Service and Communicat­ions – Can the Minister advise the House the basis of Share offering in Energy Fiji Limited (formerly FEA) whereby Non-Subsidised Account Holders are offered 150 non-voting shares and Subsidised Account Holders are offered 250 non-voting shares.

SCHEDULE 2 — QUESTIONS ORAL QUESTIONS

170/2018 Hon. Jilila Kumar to ask the Minister for Local Government, Housing, Environmen­t, Infrastruc­ture and Transport – Can the Minister inform the House on how the Ministry is addressing road fatalities. 171/2018 Hon. Mikaele Leawere to ask the Minister for Defence and National Security – A recruitmen­t drive by the Fiji Police Force on 30 April 2018 attracted a large number of people for the interview but many were turned away as they did not possess a driving license. Can the Minister inform the House as to why a driving license is a requisite for Police selection. 172/2018 Hon. Ruveni Nadalo to ask the Minister for Local Government, Housing, Environmen­t, Infrastruc­ture and Transport – Can the Minister brief the House on rehabilita­tion programmes undertaken by the Ministry along the Sigatoka River banks. 173/2018 Hon. Ro Teimumu Kepa to ask the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprise­s, Civil Service and Communicat­ions – Can the Minister inform the House what other action has the Government carried out to minimise the negative environmen­tal implicatio­ns on marine resources caused by deliberate pumping of oil into the Suva Harbour by Shio Dao.

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

174/2018 Hon. Ro Teimumu Kepa to ask the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprise­s, Civil Service and Communicat­ions – Can the Minister update the House on the progress of each aspect of the educationa­l reform and what concerns and remedial actions were raised by the stakeholde­rs and taken by the Government. 175/2018 Hon. Ro Teimumu Kepa to ask the Minister for Industry, Trade, Tourism, Lands and Mineral Resources – Can the Minister inform the House of the following – (a) how much has the Government paid out to the Internatio­nal Golf Tournament to date; (b) how much more has the Government committed to the event; (c) what tangible benefits have been received from this investment so far; and (d) have the organisers accounted for all the funds received to date. If not why not and when will the Minister give a full accounting of these funds to Parliament. 176/2018 Hon. Ratu Tevita Niumataiwa­lu to ask the Minister for Local Government, Housing, Environmen­t, Infrastruc­ture and Transport – Can the Minister inform the House whether all projects under Tropical Cyclone Winston Rehabilita­tion of Roads, Bridges and Jetties amounting to $13,850,000 have been completed.

SCHEDULE 3 — MOTIONS FOR DEBATE

1. Hon. Viam Pillay to move – “That Parliament debates the ‘Review Report on Consumer Council of Fiji 2015 Annual Report’ which was tabled on 5 March 2018.” (Parliament­ary Paper No. 24 of 2018) 2. Hon. Lorna Eden to move – “That Parliament debates the ‘Reserve Bank of Fiji January – July 2016 Report’ which was tabled on 7 March 2018.” (Parliament­ary Paper No. 96 of 2017) 3. Hon. Joeli Cawaki to move – “That Parliament debates the ‘Report on the petition regarding the Vaturu Dam’ which was tabled on 10 February 2016.” (Parliament­ary Paper No. 56 of 2015)

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