#SectoralDebate continues today
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The 2017/2018 sectoral debate, which was opened by Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett yesterday, will continue in the House of Representatives this afternoon.
Speakers today include Dr Horace Chang, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation; Floyd Green, minister of state in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information; Anthony Hylton, Opposition spokesman on Industry, Investment and Commerce; and Horace Dalley, spokesman on health.
The debate continues to Tuesday, May 2, when Bartlett will close.
The sectoral debate is a public debate in the House of Representatives in which Cabinet ministers and junior ministers are expected to record their performance and their projections since the previous year, while Opposition spokespersons on the various portfolios will seek answers and criticise or support government programmes and policies.
