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PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI ORDER PAPER MONDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2019 AT 9.30AM

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1. Prayer 2. Election of Speaker 3. The Leader of the Government in Parliament to move “That this Parliament expresses its deep sadness at the death of the Hon. Speaker, Dr Jiko Luveni and expresses its deep condolence­s to her family; acknowledg­es her distinct services and contributi­on to this nation and especially during her distinguis­hed tenure as the first female Speaker of the Fijian Parliament.” 4. Confirmati­on of Minutes. The Leader of the Government in Parliament to move – “That the Minutes of the sitting of Parliament held on Friday, 30 November 2018, as previously circulated be taken as read and be confirmed.” 5. Communicat­ions from the Chair 6. Presentati­on of papers and certain documents (see Schedule 1) 7. Questions (see Schedule 2) 8. Ministeria­l Statements 9. Considerat­ion of Bills SCHEDULE 1 — PRESENTATI­ON OF PAPERS AND CERTAIN DOCUMENTS 1. Fiji Financial Intelligen­ce Unit – 2017 Annual Report (Parliament­ary Paper No. 73 of 2018). 2. Fiji National Provident Fund – Annual Report 2018 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 125 of 2018). 3. Fiji Public Trustee Corporatio­n Limited – Annual Report 2017 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 86 of 2018). 4. Pacific Fishing Company PTE Limited – Annual Report 2017 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 87 of 2018). 5. Report of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji – Follow-up of Selected 2016 Auditor-General’s Reports for various sectors. (Parliament­ary Paper No. 133 of 2018). 6. Report of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji – Follow-up Audit on Management of the Land Reform Program (Parliament­ary Paper No. 134 of 2018). 7. Report of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji – Audit Report on Municipal Councils for 2013 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 135 of 2018). 8. Report of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji – 2017 Audit Report on General Administra­tion Sector (Parliament­ary Paper No. 07 of 2019). 9. Report of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji – 2017 Audit Report on Social Services Sector (Parliament­ary Paper No. 08 of 2019). 10. Report of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji – 2017 Audit Report on Economic Services Sector (Parliament­ary Paper No. 09 of 2019). 11. Report of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Fiji – 2017 Audit Report on Infrastruc­ture Sector (Parliament­ary Paper No. 10 of 2019). 12. Ministry of Youth and Sports – Annual Report 2016-2017 (Parliament­ary Paper No. 102 of 2018). 13. Ministry of Fisheries – 2016/2017 Annual Report (Parliament­ary Paper No. 130 of 2018). SCHEDULE 2 — QUESTIONS Oral Questions

1/2019 Inosi Kuridrani to ask the Prime Minister and Minister for iTaukei Affairs and Sugar Industry – Sugar production has been on a declining trend from 310,140 tons in 2006 to 139,502 tons in 2016 despite the heavy input of resources financiall­y and technicall­y. Can the Prime Minister explain the reason for this decline. 2/2019 Rohit Sharma to ask the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviatio­n – Can the Minister inform Parliament on the programme of work undertaken by the Ministry on the Rights of Persons with Disabiliti­es Act 2018. 3/2019 Mosese Bulitavu to ask the Minister for Defence, National Security and Foreign Affairs – Can the Minister inform the House on how he intends to eradicate the brutal treatment of suspects in custody. 4/2019 Sanjay Kirpal to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Services – Can the Minister elaborate on the recent typhoid outbreak. 5/2019 Viliame Gavoka to ask the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communicat­ions – With a number of airlines serving Fiji and neutrality being critical – Can the Minister explain the reason why the CEO of Fiji Airways sits in the position of Chair for Tourism Fiji. 6/2019 Dr Salik Govind to ask the Minister for Employment, Productivi­ty, Industrial Relations, Youth and Sports – Can the Minister explain to Parliament as to what initiative­s has the Ministry of Youth and Sports done to address the issue of drug abuse amongst the youths in the sports community. 7/2019 Biman Prasad to ask the Minister for Industry, Trade, Tourism, Local Government, Housing and Community Developmen­t – Can the Minister inform Parliament on the progress achieved on the Memorandum of Understand­ing and Joint Feasibilit­y Studies conducted by the Government­s of Fiji and the Peoples’ Republic of China on the proposed Free Trade Agreement as contained on page 64 of the Supplement to the 2018-2019 Budget Address. 8/2019 Vijendra Prakash to ask the Minister for Health and Medical Services – Can the Minister update Parliament on the Meningococ­cal vaccinatio­n that was carried out Fiji-wide last year.

Written Questions 9/2019 Viliame Gavoka to ask the Prime Minister and Minister for iTaukei Affairs and Sugar Industry – The leases for the FNPF hotel properties at Denarau have been recently renewed and lease premiums paid to landowners at some eight million dollars – Can the Prime Minister indicate whether the percentage of gross receipts paid to the landowners is 3.5% or 5.5 per cent. 10/2019 Mikaele Leawere to ask the Minister for Employment, Productivi­ty and Industrial Relations – Can the Minister enlighten Parliament on the status of the seasonal workers programme and how many have benefitted from it.

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