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The House today held re-deliberations on the recommendations made by the National Council on the following four Bills. 

The Hon’ble Speaker, before moving on to the business of the House today, announced that the National Assembly received the Supplementary Budget Appropriation  Bill for FY 2021-22  and Fiscal Incentive (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2022  from the National Council without any amendments and recommendations. 

The National Assembly today adopted the Tourism Levy Bill of Bhutan 2022 and the Forest and Nature Conservation Bill of Bhutan 2021 after the motion was moved by the Members in Charge of the Bill. 

A total of eleven oral questions were raised to the Minister in Group B- five to the Minister for Agriculture and Forests, and three each to the Minister for Finance and Minister for Labour and Human Resources.  

The Member from Kengkhar-Weringla constituency, Hon’ble Rinzin Jamtsho moved the motion to establish a special committee or a joint committee at the earliest to carry out an in-depth study to resolve the escalation of prices of goods and services. The motion was seconded by the Member from the Bartsham-Shongphu constituency.

The National Assembly today conducted the Third Reading on the Tourism Levy Bill of Bhutan 2022. The Chairperson of the Economics and Finance Committee, the member from Gangzur-Minjey submitted the Committee’s recommendation on the Bill. The Chairperson submitted that the Committee conducted various stakeholder meetings and discussions to review the Bill. The Bill was referred to the Committee on 20^th June 2022 for further review.

The House on 10^th December 2021 during the Sixth Session directed:

1. The Chairperson of the Legislative Committee as a member of the National Judicial Commission (NJC) to discuss the institution of a separate bench under the Judiciary for corruption cases and submit a report;

The Minister for Works and Human Settlement today presented the status of the construction of South-East-West highways on the resolutions of the 6th Session of the Third Parliament.

The deliberation on the Third Reading of the Forest and Nature Conservation Bill of Bhutan 2021 concluded today after six days of intense deliberations. 

The National Assembly today continued the Third Reading of the Forest and Nature Conservation Bill of Bhutan 2021 for the fifth day. The Chairperson of the Environment and Climate Change Committee, Hon’ble Gyem Dorji reported to the House on section 119 incorporating technological measures for human-wildlife conflict management in addition to the science and research-based innovative measures and on the new section after section 120 on allowing laying of trap…....

The deliberation on the Third Reading of the Forest and Nature Conservation Bill of Bhutan 2021 for the fourth day today started with the Environment and Climate Change Committee resubmitting their recommendations on sections 59, 85 and a new section after section 97 of the Bill as directed by the House yesterday along with related two new sections after section 245(39) on the definition of local importance, and…....

Twenty students (school leaders) from Shari Higher Secondary School accompanied by the Vice-Principal and a teacher attend the 12^th Sitting of the 7^th Session of the National Assembly today. The agenda today was Question Hour and the continuation of deliberation on the Third Reading of the Forest and Nature Conservation Bill of Bhutan 2021.

A total of nine oral questions were raised of which five had been to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, three to the Minister for Works and Human Settlement and one to the Minister for Information and Communication.

The Finance Minister, the Member In-Charge of the Bills, moved the motions to adopt the Fiscal Incentives (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2022 and the Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2022 today.  

The Minister for Finance, the Member In-Charge of the Bill, introduced the Tourism Levy Bill of Bhutan 2022 for First and Second Readings today.