A Sitting of the House of Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, December 15, with Papers to be laid by the Honourable Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and the Public Service, the Honourable Minister for Economic Development, Housing, Urban Renewal, Transport and Civil Aviation and the Honourable Minister for Tourism, Information, Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries

The Motions for consideration are as follows:

1. BE IT RESOLVED that Parliament by affirmative resolution approves the draft Value Added Tax (Amendment of Schedule 3) (No. 2) Order which amends Schedule 3 of the Act to exempt imports, by an elected Parliamentarian for the benefit of children, the vulnerable and needy persons in the constituency of the elected Parliamentarian, of toys; food supplies; care packages, including, items for personal use, such as, food, personal hygiene products and other personal protective supplies; gift items, including, personal presents to be given as part of the Christmas Holiday Season; Christmas decorations, including Christmas lights, ornaments and accessories used for decorative purposes during the Christmas Holiday Season

2. BE IT RESOLVED that Parliament authorizes the Minister of Finance to borrow from commercial banks sums not exceeding eighty-five million dollars as follows-

(a) Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

(b) Royal Bank of Canada
(c) First Caribbean International Bank

(d) Republic Bank (EC) Limited

(e) 1st National Bank St. Lucia Limited (f) Bank of Saint Lucia

EC$ 4,400,000.00 EC$ 5,600,000.00 EC$ 8,000,000.00 EC$ 12,000,000.00 EC$ 5,000,000.00 EC$ 50,000,000.00

The following Bills are down for consideration:

1. Credit Reporting
2. Economic Substance (Amendment)

Tuesday’s Sitting is scheduled to commence at 10:00a.m.

The Sitting of the Senate is scheduled for Thursday, December 17th, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

In keeping with the protocols established by the authorities for management of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and with a view to ensuring that there are established protocols, members of the public will NOT be allowed in the Chamber Gallery during the Sittings. Kindly note that the public can view the live proceedings on National Television Network (NTN) Channel 122, Government of Saint Lucia Facebook and YouTube.