Bill Watch 47/2019 Supplementary Budget Acts gazetted & MOPO Bill delayed 22 August 2019 Education Amendment Bill – for consideration of the adverse report by the PLC on the amendments to the Bill made during the Committee Stage. At this stage the contents of the adverse report are not known. International Agreement for Approval: Beijing Treaty on Audio-Visual Performances Item 5 on the Order Paper is a lengthy resolution presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs seeking approval of the Beijing Treaty on Audio-Visual Performances (2012). The resolution states that the Treaty recognises the rights of performers against unauthorised use of their performances; facilitates the protection of culture, folklore and cultural diversity by contributing to the protection of traditional cultural expressions and national folklore; and also helps strengthen local audio-visual industries by its international system of protection, thereby creating employment. Committee Reports on Petitions to Parliament Several take-note motions are listed regarding Portfolio Committee reports: (1) The Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee’s report on Mr Ganagana’s Petition on Progress on Implementation of Recommendations of the Smith Commission of Inquiry into the Conversion of Insurance and Pension Values from Zimbabwe Dollars to US Dollars; (2) the Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services Committee’s report on the Petition by the Gwanda Community Youth Development Trust on access to primary documents; (3) the Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Committee’s report on a Petition regarding Delays in Operationalising of SI 125/2013, the Non-Public Service Probation Officers Regulations; and (4) the Local Government Committee’s report on Gwanda Residents’ Petition on violation of rights to human dignity, water and clean environment. Question Time [Wednesday] 97 questions with notice are listed, some dating from as long ago as November 2018. Hon Matsikenyere asks the Minister of Youth, Sport and Recreation to state the Government’s position on the dissolution of the Zimbabwe Cricket board by the Sports and Recreation Commission and whether her Ministry has plans to engage the International Cricket Council to rescind its decision to suspend the Zimbabwe cricket team. Veritas makes every effort to ensure reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. If you want to contact Veritas, have any questions or wish to subscribe or unsubscribe please email veritas@mango.zw If you are looking for legislation please look for it on www.veritaszim.net Follow us on (+263 71 893 3633) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .