Accra,
Dec.
15,
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Five
outstanding
Bills
have
been
scheduled
to
be
considered
during
the
next
Meeting
of
Parliament,
which
rises
on
Friday
for
the
Christmas
break
and
expected
to
reconvene
on
January
30,
2007.
The
bills
are
the
Criminal
Code
(Amendment)
the
Domestic
Violence,
the
Transfer
of
Convicted
Persons,
the
Data
Processing
Control
Board
Decree
(Repeal),
Central
Securities
Depositary
and
the
Restriction
on
the
Use
of
Military
Uniforms
and
Equipment
(Amendment)
Bills.
Mr
Felix
Owusu-Adjapong,
Majority
Leader
and
Minister
of
Parliamentary
Affairs,
listed
the
outstanding
Bills
when
he
presented
the
proposed
business
statement
for
the
first
week
of
the
next
meeting.
The
Minister
said
all
outstanding
business
and
referrals,
which
were
not
completed
at
the
end
of
the
second
session,
would
be
referred
to
the
succeeding
meeting.
He
said
work
would
be
carried
out
on
the
electrical
system
of
the
Chamber
Block
during
the
recess.
The
Speaker,
Mr
Ebenezer
Begyina
Sekyi-Hughes,
directed,
in
answer
to
the
questions
raised
by
Mr
Alfred
Agbesi-
NDC-Ashaiman
and
Haruna
Iddrisu,
NDC
Tamale
South,
that
concerns
on
the
prolonged
absence
of
Mr
Eric
Amoateng,
NPP
Nkoranza
North,
should
be
settled
with
the
leadership
of
the
House.
Meanwhile,
the
Ghana
Centre
for
Democratic
Development
(CDD-Ghana)
on
Friday
presented
to
Parliament
a
copy
each
of
the
Hansard
from
January
1993
to
December
1995,
and
proceedings
of
the
Consultative
Assembly,
that
drafted
the
1992
Constitution,
40
pocket
size
copies
of
the
1992
Ghanaian
Constitution
and
two
reference
copies
of
Erskine
May
on
Parliamentary
Practice.
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