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- Opposition Member23 September, 2015 – Present
- Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development23 June, 2012 – 17 June, 2015
- Minister of Planning and the Economy27 June, 2011 – 22 June, 2012
- Minister of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs11 May, 2011 – 26 June, 2011
- Minister without Portfolio8 February, 1988 – 19 November, 1991
- Minister of Industry, Enterprise and Tourism12 January, 1987 – 19 November, 1991
- Government Member12 January, 1987 – 7 February, 1988
Bills Debated
- The Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Anti Gang Bill, 2017
- The Appropriation (Financial Year – 2016) Bill, 2015
- The Appropriation (Financial Year – 2018) Bill, 2017
- The Appropriation (Financial Year – 2019) Bill, 2018
- The Appropriation (Financial Year 2017) Bill 2016
- The Bail (Access to Bail) (Amendment) Bill, 2017
- The Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Bill, 2019
- The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Corporation Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Criminal Procedure (Plea Discussion and Plea Agreement) Bill, 2017
- The Finance (No. 3) Bill 2016
- The Finance (No.2) Bill, 2016
- The Finance (Variation of Appropriation) (Financial Year 2018) Bill, 2019
- The Finance Bill, 2016
- The Finance Bill, 2017
- The Finance Bill, 2018
- The Gambling (Gaming and Betting) Control Bill, 2016
- The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Indictable Offences (Pre-Trial Procedure) Bill, 2017
- The Insurance Bill, 2016
- The International Financial Organisations (Corporacion Andina de Fomento) Bill, 2017
- The Land Adjudication (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2017
- The Miscellaneous Provisions (Anti-Gang and Bail) Bill, 2016
- The Miscellaneous Provisions (Marriage) Bill, 2016
- The Miscellaneous Provisions (Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, Proceeds of Crime, Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago, Customs and Exchange Control) Bill, 2017
- The Miscellaneous Provisions (Pensions) Bill, 2019
- The Miscellaneous Provisions (Petroleum, Petroleum Production Levy and Subsidy and Income Tax) Bill, 2019
- The Miscellaneous Provisions (Tax Amnesty, Pensions, Freedom of Information, National Insurance, Central Bank and Non-Profit Organisations) Bill, 2019
- The Miscellaneous Provisions (Trial By Judge Alone) Bill, 2017
- The Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2017
- The National Statistical Institute of Trinidad and Tobago Bill, 2018
- The Non-Profit Organisations Bill, 2019
- The Planning and Facilitation of Development (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Property Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property (Amendment) Bill, 2015
- The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property (Amendment) Bill, 2016
- The Registration of Titles to Land (Amendment)(No.2) Bill, 2017
- The Strategic Services Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2016
- The Tax Information Exchange Agreements (United States of America) Bill, 2016
- The Tax Information Exchange Agreements Bill, 2016
- The Tobago House of Assembly Election (Validation) Bill, 2017
- The Trespass (Amendment) Bill, 2019
- The Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority Bill, 2018
- The Valuation of Land (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Whistleblower Protection Bill, 2018
Motions Debated
- Adopt the 5th Report of JSC National Security on the Final Report of the Police Manpower Audit Committee
- Adopt the First Report of the Standing Finance Committee
- Adopt the First Report of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives
- Adopt the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property (Amendment) Bill, 2015
- Adopt the Report of the JSC – Insurance Bill, 2016
- Adopt the Report of the JSC on the Tax Information Exchange Agreements Bill, 2016
- Adopt the Report of the JSC on the Tax Information Exchange Agreements Bill, 2016
- Adopt the Report of the Standing Finance Committee – 4th Session – 11th Parliament
- Adopt the Report of the Standing Finance Committee – Proposals for the Supplementation and Variation of Appropriation for fiscal year 2018
- Adopt the Second Report of the Standing Finance Committee
- Adopt the Second Report of the Standing Finance Committee – 4th Session – 11th Parliament
- Adopt the Second Report of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives
- Annulment of Selection Process Order for Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police
- Annulment of the Value Added Tax (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order 2016
- Approve the Administration of Justice (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Regulations, 2018
- Approve the Notification of the nomination of Commodore Anthony Stafford Franklin
- Approve the Notification of the nomination of Mr. Harold Phillip as Commissioner of PoliceApprove the Notification of nomination of Mr. Harold Philip to the office of Commissioner of Police
- Condemn the Government for its failure in the Education Sector
- Condemn the Government for its recklessness and mismanagement of the nation’s finances and economy
- Condemn the Government’s lack of a clear economic plan
- Confirm the Customs (Amendment to the First Schedule) Order, 2016
- Confirm the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 2016
- Confirm the Provisional Collection of Taxes Order, 2017
- Confirmation of the Customs (Import Duty) (Caribbean Common Market) (Amendment) Order, 2016
- Confirmation of the Excise Duty (Alcoholic Beverages) Order, 2016
- Confirmation of the Excise Duty (Tobacco Products) Order, 2016
- Confirmation of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Order, 2016
- Consider the details of the two-part address by the Hon. Keith Rowley, MP (January 2019)
- Establish Joint Select Committee to Review Levels of Health Care Delivery
- Exemption from Import Duties of Customs 1
- Failure to Diversify the Economy
- Increase of Debt Limit under the Guarantee of Loans Act
- Increase of Loan Ceiling under the Development Loans Act
- Increase of Loan Ceiling under the External Loans Act
- Joint Select Committee on Vision 2030
- Note the Report of the SSC on the Selection Process of CoP and Deputy CoP
- Notification of the nomination of Mr. Martin George as a member of the Police Service Commission
- Provision of Learning Materials to Students