Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural, Juliet Holness, is attributing the infrequency of parliamentary committee meetings, to the unavailability of space in the parliament and the lack of adequate of technical staff to support the work of the committees.
MP Holness chairs the Economy and Production Committee.
She says the Public Accounts Committee, PAC and the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee, PAAC, meetings, must take precedence, over other committee meetings.
She noted that her request to use the Parliament’s conference room to host meetings, has been denied.
Hykel Nunes has more in this report.
It was revealed yesterday afternoon, that the Andrew Holness administration has failed to deliver on its commitment, to have several government-chaired committees of Parliament, meet frequently to do the business of the legislature.
The St Andrew East Rural MP says the frequency of committee meetings is being directly impacted by the parliament’s capacity.
MP Holness explained that her request to host committee meetings in the conference room has been rejected.
However, the Chairperson of the Economy and Production Committee says some meetings had to be deferred.
