OP – First Sitting – Tuesday, 19 September 2023

rder Paper – First Meeting of the 2023-2024 Session – Parliament of the Cayman Islands – 19th September, 2023

1. PRAYERS To be read by the Honourable Deputy Premier, Minister of Education and District Administration & Lands.
2. READING OF PROCLAMATION The Clerk reads the Proclamation summoning a Meeting of the Parliament.
3. ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS

i) Oaths of Allegiance and Due Execution of Office (administered by the Clerk)

By Ms. Reshma Sharma, the Acting Honourable Attorney General, responsible for the Portfolio of Legal Affairs to be the Temporary ex-officio Member of the Parliament.

4. READING BY THE HONOURABLE SPEAKER OF MESSAGES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS
6. PRESENTATION OF PAPERS AND OF REPORTS
   1. Office of the Auditor General Cayman Islands – Annual Report – 31 December 2022 – Providing Value to the People of the Cayman Islands (April 2023) To be laid on the Table by the Chairman of the Standing Public Accounts Committee, the Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
   2. 2022 Annual Report – Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions – Cayman Islands To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Attorney General, ex-officio Member responsible for the Portfolio of Legal Affairs.
   3. Ministry of Border Control & Labour – Cayman Islands Government – 2022 Annual Report To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Minister of Border Control & Labour.
   4. Ministry of Finance & Economic Development – Cayman Islands Government – 2022 Annual Report To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Minister of Finance & Economic Development.

Order Paper – First Meeting of the 2023-2024 Session – Parliament of the Cayman Islands – 19th September, 2023

5. RCIPS – Criminal Justice Unit – Juvenile/Adult Cautions Approved Report – May 2023 To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Attorney General, ex-officio Member responsible for the Portfolio of Legal Affairs.
6. RCIPS – Criminal Justice Unit – Juvenile/Adult Cautions Approved Report – July 2023 To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Attorney General, ex-officio Member responsible for the Portfolio of Legal Affairs.
7. 2022 Annual Report – Ministry of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage – Cayman Islands Government To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage.
8. The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands Annual Report and Accounts 31 December, 2022 To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage.
9. Cayman National Cultural Foundation – Annual Report and Accounts 31 December, 2022 – Creativity: Heritage: Education To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage.
10. Cayman Islands National Museum – 2022 Annual Report To be laid on the Table by the Honourable Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage.

7. QUESTIONS TO HONOURABLE MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET

The Elected Member for George Town North to ask the Honourable Minister of District Administration & Lands

No. 1: Can the Honourable Minister provide an update on the status of the situation with the Beach Vendors on our Public beaches?

The Elected Member for George Town North to ask the Honourable Minister of District Administration & Lands

No. 2: Can the Honourable Minister provide an update on the “beach re- nourishment” project that was announced in December 2021, along with a budget allocation of $21 million, and that was expected to start within the first half of this year?

Order Paper – First Meeting of the 2023-2024 Session – Parliament of the Cayman Islands – 19th September, 2023

The Elected Member for Red Bay to ask the Honourable Minister of Education
No. 3: Can the Honourable Minister provide an update on the progress of having

private schools utilise school buses for their students to travel to and from school?

The Elected Member for Bodden Town West to ask the Honourable Attorney General

No. 4: Can the Honourable Attorney General say when the Legislative Drafting Department received instructions from Cabinet to make the changes to the National Pensions Act as per Private Member’s Motion No. 17 of 2022-2023, which passed unanimously by Parliament on 9th June 2023, and when will the work by the Legislative Drafting Department be completed?

8. STATEMENTS BY HONOURABLE MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
9. PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
10. OBITUARY AND OTHER CEREMONIAL SPEECHES
11. RAISING OF MATTERS OF PRIVILEGES
12. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

(i) Bills:

First Readings

1. (1)  Public Lands (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2023
2. (2)  Plant Protection Bill, 2023
3. (3)  Terminal Charges (Validation) Bill, 2023
4. (4)  Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Second Readings
5. (5)  Public Lands (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2023
6. (6)  Plant Protection Bill, 2023
7. (7)  Terminal Charges (Validation) Bill, 2023
8. (8)  Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Committee on Bills
9. (9)  Public Lands (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2023
10. (10)  Plant Protection Bill, 2023
11. (11)  Terminal Charges (Validation) Bill, 2023
12. (12)  ProceedsofCrime(Amendment)Bill,2023

Order Paper – First Meeting of the 2023-2024 Session – Parliament of the Cayman Islands – 19th September, 2023

Report on Bills

13. (13)  Public Lands (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2023
14. (14)  Plant Protection Bill, 2023
15. (15)  Terminal Charges (Validation) Bill, 2023
16. (16)  ProceedsofCrime(Amendment)Bill,2023 Third Readings
17. (17)  Public Lands (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2023
18. (18)  Plant Protection Bill, 2023
19. (19)  Terminal Charges (Validation) Bill, 2023
20. (20)  ProceedsofCrime(Amendment)Bill,2023

(ii) Motions:

 Government Motion No. 1 of 2023-2024
Amendment to the Development Plan 1997
Proposed Rezoning: George Town East, Block 20D Parcels 447 (now 468 and 469), 448 and 451

To be moved by the Honourable Minister of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure.

13. ADJOURNMENT