IN THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTH PARLIAMENT
OF THE FOURTH REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ORDER PAPER
FOR THE THIRTY-FIFTH SITTING OF THE FIRST
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT
TUESDAY, 30TH MARCH, 2021
C O N T E N T
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1) PRAYERS 2
2) FORMAL COMMUNICATION BY THE SPEAKER 2
3) CORRECTION OF VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS AND OFFICIAL REPORT 2
4) QUESTIONS 2
5) STATEMENTS 2
6) PRESENTATION OF PAPERS 2
7) PRESENTATION AND FIRST READING OF BILLS 3
8) MOTIONS:
(a) Private Members Motion requesting the investigation of recruitment practices
of the state security agencies of Ghana between the period 2013 and 2020 3
(b) Private Members Motion requesting the investigation of inappropriate
interferences by members of the state security agencies of Ghana in the
Presidential and Parliamentary Elections of Ghana in 2020 3
(c) Approval of Sums for the Services of the following MDAs for the year 2021:
(i) Office of Government Machinery 3
(ii) Parliament and the Parliamentary Service 4
(iii) Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) 4
(iv) Other Government Obligations 4
(d) Second Reading of Bills:
(i) Financial Sector Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 4
(ii) Penalty and Interest Waiver Bill, 2021 6
(iii) Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2021 7
(iv) Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 8
(v) COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 9
(vi) Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 11
9) COMMITTEE SITTINGS 12
10) NOTICE OF MOTIONS 13
11) ANSWER TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION 14
BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS
1. PRAYERS
2. FORMAL COMMUNICATION BY THE SPEAKER
3. CORRECTION OF VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS AND OFFICIAL REPORT
4. QUESTIONS
*1. Mr. Alex Tetteh Djornobuah (Sefwi Akontombra): To ask the Minister for Health the type of health facility programmed to be constructed in Sefwi Akontombra, when it will be completed and handed over.
5. STATEMENTS
AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS
6. PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
The following Papers to be presented:
(a) By the Majority Leader
Budget Performance Report in Respect of the Office of the Auditor-General and the Ghana Audit Service for the Period January to December, 2020.
(b) By the Minister for Finance
Annual Public Debt Management Report for the 2020 Financial Year.
(c) By the Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development
Annual Statement by the Audit Committee of the Birim South District Assembly for the Year 2019.
7. PRESENTATION AND FIRST READING OF BILLS
Appropriation Bill, 2021.
(Minister responsible for Finance)
8. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTION
That this Honourable House investigates the recruitment practices of the state security agencies of Ghana between the period 2013 and 2020 and to establish the levels of transparency and fairness of those practices and make consequential recommendations.
(Mr. Haruna Iddrisu) (Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka)
(Mr. Mahama Ayariga) (Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa)
(Mr. Suhuyini Alhassan Sayibu) (Mr. James Agalga)
9. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTION
That this Honourable House investigates the inappropriate interferences by members of the state security agencies of Ghana in the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections of Ghana in 2020, and in particular, the violence perpetrated against citizens, causing injuries and leading to loss of the lives of Tajudeen Alhassan (39 years), Abdallah Ayaric (18 years), Emmanuel Dompreh (36 years) Samira Zakaria (36 years), Ibrahim Abass (30 years), Rita Otto (15 years), and Fuseini Musah (14 years) in the 2020 Elections and make consequential recommendations.
(Mr. Haruna Iddrisu) (Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka)
(Mr. Mahama Ayariga) (Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa)
(Mr. Suhuyini Alhassan Sayibu) (Mr. James Agalga)
10. MOTION
That this Honourable House approves the sum of GH¢2,677,117,284 for the services of the Office of Government Machinery for the year ending 31st December 2021.
(Minister of State at the Office of the President)
11. MOTION
That this Honourable House approves the sum of GH¢523,639,774 for the services of Parliament and the Parliamentary Service for the year ending 31st December 2021.
(Majority Leader)
12. MOTION
That this Honourable House approves the sum of GH¢1,471,089,000 for the services of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the year ending 31st December 2021.
(Minister for Finance)
13. MOTION
That this Honourable House approves the sum of GH¢80,869,525,482 for the services of the Other Government Obligations for the year ending 31st December 2021.
(Minister for Finance)
14. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 80(1) which require that no motion shall be debated until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed between the date on which notice of the motion is given and the date on which the motion is moved, the motion for the second reading of the Financial Sector Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
15. MOTION
That the Financial Sector Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 be now read a second time.
(Minister for Finance)
16. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 128(1) which require that when a bill has been read a second time it shall pass through a consideration stage which shall not be taken until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed, the consideration stage of the Financial Sector Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 may be taken today.
(Minister for Finance)
17. FINANCIAL SECTOR RECOVERY LEVY BILL, 2021
- At the Consideration Stage
18. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 131(1) which require that when a Bill has passed through the Consideration Stage, the third reading thereof shall not be taken until at least twenty-four hours have elapsed, the motion for the third reading of the Financial Sector Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
19. MOTION
That the Financial Sector Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 be now read the third time.
(Minister for Finance)
20. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 80(1) which require that no motion shall be debated until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed between the date on which notice of the motion is given and the date on which the motion is moved, the motion for the second reading of the Penalty and Interest Waiver Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
21. MOTION
That the Penalty and Interest Waiver Bill, 2021 be now read a second time.
(Minister for Finance)
22. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 128(1) which require that when a bill has been read a second time it shall pass through a consideration stage which shall not be taken until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed, the consideration stage of the Penalty and Interest Waiver Bill, 2021 may be taken today.
(Minister for Finance)
23. PENALTY AND INTEREST WAIVER BILL, 2021
- At the Consideration Stage
24. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 131(1) which require that when a Bill has passed through the Consideration Stage, the third reading thereof shall not be taken until at least twenty-four hours have elapsed, the motion for the third reading of the Penalty and Interest Waiver Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
25. MOTION
That the Penalty and Interest Waiver Bill, 2021 be now read the third time.
(Minister for Finance)
26. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 80(1) which require that no motion shall be debated until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed between the date on which notice of the motion is given and the date on which the motion is moved, the motion for the second reading of the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
27. MOTION
That the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2021 be now read a second time.
(Minister for Finance)
28. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 128(1) which require that when a bill has been read a second time it shall pass through a consideration stage which shall not be taken until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed, the consideration stage of the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be taken today.
(Minister for Finance)
29. INCOME TAX (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021
- At the Consideration Stage
30. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 131(1) which require that when a Bill has passed through the Consideration Stage, the third reading thereof shall not be taken until at least twenty-four hours have elapsed, the motion for the third reading of the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
31. MOTION
That the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2021 be now read the third time.
(Minister for Finance)
32. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 80(1) which require that no motion shall be debated until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed between the date on which notice of the motion is given and the date on which the motion is moved, the motion for the second reading of the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
33. MOTION
That the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 be now read a second time.
(Minister for Finance)
34. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 128(1) which require that when a bill has been read a second time it shall pass through a consideration stage which shall not be taken until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed, the consideration stage of the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be taken today.
(Minister for Finance)
35. ENERGY SECTOR LEVIES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021
- At the Consideration Stage
36. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 131(1) which require that when a Bill has passed through the Consideration Stage, the third reading thereof shall not be taken until at least twenty-four hours have elapsed, the motion for the third reading of the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
37. MOTION
That the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 be now read the third time.
(Minister for Finance)
38. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 80(1) which require that no motion shall be debated until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed between the date on which notice of the motion is given and the date on which the motion is moved, the motion for the second reading of the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
39. MOTION
That the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 be now read a second time.
(Minister for Finance)
40. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 128(1) which require that when a bill has been read a second time it shall pass through a consideration stage which shall not be taken until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed, the consideration stage of the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 may be taken today.
(Minister for Finance)
41. COVID-19 HEALTH RECOVERY LEVY BILL, 2021
- At the Consideration Stage
42. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 131(1) which require that when a Bill has passed through the Consideration Stage, the third reading thereof shall not be taken until at least twenty-four hours have elapsed, the motion for the third reading of the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
43. MOTION
That the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy Bill, 2021 be now read the third time.
(Minister for Finance)
44. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 80(1) which require that no motion shall be debated until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed between the date on which notice of the motion is given and the date on which the motion is moved, the motion for the second reading of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
45. MOTION
That the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 be now read a second time.
(Minister for Finance)
46. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 128(1) which require that when a bill has been read a second time it shall pass through a consideration stage which shall not be taken until at least forty-eight hours have elapsed, the consideration stage of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be taken today.
(Minister for Finance)
47. GHANA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021
- At the Consideration Stage
48. MOTION
That notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 131(1) which require that when a Bill has passed through the Consideration Stage, the third reading thereof shall not be taken until at least twenty-four hours have elapsed, the motion for the third reading of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may be moved today.
(Minister for Finance)
49. MOTION
That the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 be now read the third time.
(Minister for Finance)
50. THE HOUSE EXPECTED TO ADJOURN SINE DIE.
51. COMMITTEE SITTINGS
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE SITTINGS
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES
Date: Tuesday, 30th March 2021
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Committee Room 6W (West Wing, 6th Floor, Job 600)
Agenda: To draw the Committee’s programme of activities for the recess.
NOTICE OF MOTIONS
1. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTION
That this Honourable House investigates the alleged interferences by some Members of the security agencies and some vigilante groups before, during and after presidential and general elections since 1993 resulting in injuries and loss of lives and make consequential recommendations.
(Mr. Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin)
(Mr. Frank Annoh-Dompreh)
(Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea)
(Mr. Osei Bonsu Amoah)
2. PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTION
That this Honourable House investigates the ethnic, gender, regional and other sectional backgrounds of persons recruited into the security forces since January 1993, to establish the level of ethnic, regional and gender balance in the recruitment and appointment to such public offices, and make appropriate recommendations.
(Mr. Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin)
(Mr. Frank Annoh-Dompreh)
(Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea)
(Mr. Osei Bonsu Amoah)
SUPPLEMENT
ANSWER TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
*1. Mr. Speaker, the Ministry has a policy of providing each District with a hospital. The Sefwi Akontombra facility is part of the “Construction of Public health care facilities in selected Districts in the Western Region project” with funding from ORIO and ING. Bank, which commenced in December 2019. The facility when completed will achieve a 42-Bed capacity District hospital status. The project is scheduled to be completed and handed over by December 2021.
