Debate on the Precursor Chemicals (No 2) Bill is expected to resume in the Senate this afternoon.
The legislation seeks to provide for the monitoring of prescribed activities and the prevention of the diversion of precursor chemicals and other chemical substances used, or capable of being used, in any type of illicit transaction involving narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and other drugs or substances.
One of the questions expected to be answered today was filed by Opposition Senator Camille Robinson-Regis about a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the T&T Government and the Government of India, which was settled and executed during the visit by the Prime Minister to India in 2012
Robinson-Regis wants Government to:
�2 Say whether it has published the MOA.
�2 Briefly describe or identify the projects in Trinidad and Tobago that have actually been initiated or have gone beyond mere planning to the point of implementation, arising out of this MOA.
�2 Say what was the gross monetary value of the investments in these projects
The sitting begins at 1.30 pm at the Parliament Chamber, Tower D, Waterfront Complex, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain.
The House of Representatives will meet tomorrow at the same venue from 1.30 pm. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expected to answer questions posed by the Opposition and debate on several measures relating to the protection of children will also take place.