BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 47/2020
[30th November 2020]
Committee Meetings Open to Public
Tuesday 1st and Thursday 3rd December
for Post-Budget Consultative Meetings
There will be committee meetings “open to the public” this week, as listed below. If interested in attending either physically or virtually, please read the following notice from Parliament about current restrictions on physical attendance:
“Please note that in light of the COVID 19 pandemic, access to Committee meetings that are open to the public is still limited in order for us to comply with World Health Organisation Guidelines on COVID 19 as advised by the Ministry of Health and Child Care. Our Public Relations Department will assist you in participating in our open meetings.
We are sorry for any inconveniences caused by the current restrictions due to COVID 19.”
NB: Parliament’s telephone numbers are Harare (024) 2700181 and (024) 2252940/1.
Purpose of the Meetings
The purpose of the meetings listed below is to enable every portfolio committee to consult with the Ministry or Ministries which it supervises and the Ministry’s parastatals and stakeholders, if any. Each committee will subsequently hold a second, but closed, meeting at which it will consider and adopt a draft report on its post-Budget analysis for the Ministry or Ministries concerned [these meetings will be on either Friday 4th or Monday 7th December]. All the committee reports will be presented by committee chairpersons during the Budget Debate that will start in the National Assembly on Tuesday 8th December.
Written Submissions to Committees by Members of the Public
It is still possible for members of the public to submit views on the Budget for consideration by portfolio committees – but it should be done quickly because time is running out, via email address clerk@parlzim.gov.zw.
Meetings Programme
Note that in the interests of space we have referred only to the Ministries concerned; please assume that this reference includes the parastatals and stakeholders of the Ministry as well.
TUESDAY 8th DECEMBER
Portfolio Committee: Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services
Committee Room No. 1
9 am Meeting with Ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs
11 am Meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage
Portfolio Committee: Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development
Committee Room No. 3
10 am Meeting with Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development
Portfolio Committee: Mines and Mining Development
Senate Chamber
10 am Meeting with Ministry of Mines and Mining Development
Portfolio Committee: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development
National Assembly Chamber
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development
Public Accounts Committee
Committee Room No. 4
10 am Meeting with Office of the Auditor-General
Portfolio Committee: ICT and Courier Services
Committee Room No. 413
10 am Meeting with Ministry of ICT and Courier Services
Portfolio Committee: Local Government and Public Works
Government Caucus Room
9 am Meeting with the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works
10.30 am Meeting with the Ministry of National Housing
Portfolio Committee: Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement
Members Dining Room, Harare Club
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement
Portfolio Committee: Youth, Sport and Recreation
Cocktail Lounge, Harare Club
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation
Portfolio Committee: Budget, Finance and Economic Development
Coffee Room, Harare Club
2 pm Meeting with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
THURSDAY 3rd DECEMBER
Portfolio Committee: Health and Child Care
National Assembly Chamber
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Health and Child Care
Portfolio Committee: Information, Media and Broadcasting Services
Committee Room No. 3
10 am Meeting the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, and the Zimbabwe Media Commission.
Portfolio Committee: Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Committee Room No. 4
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Portfolio Committee: Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Senate Chamber
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Independent Commissions
Portfolio Committee: Energy and Power Development
Committee Room No. 1
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Energy and Power Development
Portfolio Committee: Industry and Commerce
Committee Room No. 2
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Portfolio Committee: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Government Caucus Room
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and the Public Service Commission
Portfolio Committee: Environment and Tourism
Coffee Room, Harare Club
10 am Meeting with the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Portfolio Committee: Women’s Affairs and SMEs
Cocktail Lounge, Harare Club
10 am Meeting with Ministry of Women Affairs and SMEs.
