PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 24/2023
Open Post-Budget Consultative Committee Meetings
Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th December
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development presented the 2024 National Budget on Thursday 24th November, in the National Assembly chamber at the new Parliament building in Mount Hampden. His speech [link] was a summary of the full 2024 National Budget Statement [link].
Debate on the Budget was adjourned until Tuesday 12th December to allow MPs to digest the Budget during the intervening ten days, during which the National Assembly and the Senate will not be sitting. MPs will be assisted in their labours by the customary series of post-Budget events announced by the Speaker before the House rose:
- The Post-Budget Analysis Seminar will be held on Monday 4th November from 8 am until 1 pm in the Multi-Purpose Hall at the New Parliament Building at Mount Hampden.
This seminar is for all MPs, including Senators. The 2024 Budget will be unpacked for them by experts from relevant fields. - Post-Budget Consultative Meetings by Portfolio Committees and Public Accounts Committee will be held on Monday 4th December [starting at 2 pm] and over the following three days Tuesday 5th to Thursday 7th December. There will be two meetings for each committee:
o the first meeting will be open to attendance by members of the public as observers. The purpose of the meeting is to consult or hear reaction to the 2024 Budget from representatives of the Ministry/Ministries the committee oversees [including the parastatals and stakeholders falling under the Ministry/Ministries].
o the second meeting will be in closed session – not open to members of the public. The purpose of the meeting will be considering and adopting the relevant committee’s report on the Budget for the Ministry/Ministries concerned. This report when adopted will be presented during the coming 2024 Budget debate on the 2024 Estimates of Expenditure [the Blue Book].
Timetable for Meetings Open to Members of the Public
Veritas has prepared a timetable of the first meetings of all the committees – those meetings only are open to attendance by members of the public as observers. This timetable covers the afternoon of Monday 4th December and the morning of Tuesday 5th December. The timetable is attached to this bulletin. The meetings of Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and Thursday will not be open meetings.
Our timetable is based on Parliament’s schedule of committee meetings for the entire period from Monday 4th to Thursday 7th December which is available on the Veritas website [link]; this schedule includes the second meetings which will be in closed session.
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