QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER (STANDING ORDER NO. 30)

 

 

277 Mr Mbangweta (Nkeyema) - to ask the Minister of Health:

 

(a) whether Zambia is a signatory to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention for Tobacco Control which aims to stop tobacco production by 2030;

 

(b) if so, which Ministry signed on behalf of Zambia;

 

(c) whether the Government is implementing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC);

 

(d) whether implementing the FCTC is not at variance with the Seventh National Development Plan which depicts tobacco production as a very lucrative investment opportunity;

 

(e) if so, how the two positions will be harmonised; and

 

(f) what the livelihood of tobacco farmers will be when tobacco production is stopped by the year 2030.

 

 

 

 

 

Death of Hon Victoria Kalima, MP:  That this House do place on record its deepest regret at the untimely death of Hon Victoria Kalima, Minister of Gender and Member of Parliament for Kasenengwa Parliamentary Constituency, together with its appreciation of her distinguished and patriotic service to this country and the people of Zambia and that the deepest sympathies and condolences of the National Assembly be conveyed to her family.

 

 

 

Report of the Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technologies:  That this House do adopt the Report of the Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technologies, for the Second Session of the Twelfth National Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on 7th June, 2018.

 

 

1 The Anti-Terrorism and Proliferation Bill                (N.A.B 4/2018)

                                                                                 Second Reading

 

2 The Information and Communications                   (N.A.B 5/2018)

Technology Association of Zambia Bill                     Second Reading

 

3 Report of the Committee on Transport, Works and Supply - Motion (13th June) – Resumption of debate: (Mr Lufuma).

 

 

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