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Community Minister Wayne Scott claimed yesterday he delivered a four-hour statement to Parliament at the request of the Progressive Labour Party, so it wouldn’t have to debate his Ministry’s spending plans. Mr Scott said Shadow Minister Michael Weeks...

Shadow Community Development Minister Michael Weeks would have taken Government to task for drastic cuts in the Ministry’s funding had he contributed to Monday’s debate on budgetary allocations for the Ministry. Each of the department’s six heads suf...

Community Minister Wayne Scott prevented debate on his Ministry’s spending plans yesterday, by delivering a statement lasting four hours to the House of Assembly. But Government later denied suggestions that it was trying to stifle debate, saying tha...

Three bills to implement measures to raise extra Government revenues were tabled in the House of Assembly. Parliament is now set to debate the Motor Car Amendment Act 2013 which would raise vehicle licensing fees by three percent for all vehicle cla...

The Budget Speech and the Progressive Labour Party reply were heavily debated in the House of Assembly on Friday. Government said the budget was an honest assessment of the state of the Island, but the Opposition said it lacked the bold thinking requ...

The Opposition Progressive Labour Party yesterday called for a bipartisan approach to Immigration reform but insisted that granting status to permanent residents would be unacceptable. In his inaugural Reply to the Budget Statement, Shadow Finance Mi...

Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House of Assembly, It is a distinct honour to reply to the Budget Statement on behalf of the Opposition Progressive Labour Party. I am humbled to follow parliamentary giants like the late Honourable C. Eugene...

Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy did not give restive protesters the apology they were shouting for. But Senator Fahy also asked that The Royal Gazette supply a full transcript of his remarks from the Senate on term limits that he said were used ou...