{"id":1096,"date":"2025-10-24T07:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kensmartips.com\/finance\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:23:38","slug":"standing-finance-committee-day-3-1st-session-13th-parliament-october-23-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kensmartips.com\/finance\/?p=1096","title":{"rendered":"Standing Finance Committee &#8211; Day 3 &#8211; 1st Session &#8211; 13th Parliament &#8211; October 23, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n-fXtMJW7ag\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>10th Sitting of the House of Representatives &#8211; 1st Session of the 13th Republican Parliament<\/p>\n<p>Standing Finance Committee &#8211; Day 3<\/p>\n<p>Thursday October 23, 2025<br \/>\n10:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Summary:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/h20251017<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Start of SFC Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Heads of Expenditure:<br \/>\nHead 28: Ministry of Health<br \/>\nHead 85: Ministry of Trade, Investment and Tourism<br \/>\nHead 18: Ministry of Finance<br \/>\nHead 20: Pensions and Gratuities<br \/>\nHead 77: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries<br \/>\nHead 69: Ministry of Works and Infrastructure<br \/>\nHead 24: Ministry of Land and Legal Affairs<br \/>\nHead 30: Ministry of Labour, Small and Micro Enterprise Development<br \/>\nHead 37: Integrity Commission<br \/>\nHead 75: Equal Opportunity Tribunal<br \/>\nHead 09: Tax Appeal Board<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Your Feedback:<br \/>\n\u2726 Understanding: Do you understand the issues discussed?<br \/>\n\u2726 Satisfaction Level: Are you satisfied with points raised by the Government, Opposition, and others present?<br \/>\n\u2726 Satisfaction Level: Are you satisfied with the integrity of this sitting\/meeting?<br \/>\n\u2726 Concerns: What more can be done to resolve these issues discussed?<br \/>\n\u2726 Concerns: What issue(s)\/question(s) do you have in relation to this sitting\/meeting?<br \/>\n\u2726 Comments: Do you support the point(s)\/suggestion(s) presented, and why?<br \/>\n\u2726 Comments: What point(s)\/suggestion(s) do you disagree with, and why?<br \/>\n\u2726 Comments: Please suggest additional strategies\/incentives, this will be forwarded to the Parliamentary Clerks.<\/p>\n<p>Guidelines when sending emails (parl101@ttparliament.org), written comments or recommendations related to the subject of an inquiry: https:\/\/bit.ly\/writtensubmissions<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Live Chat Service: Acceptable Usage Policy<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Parliament is allowing you the viewers, to participate and make comments using this \u2018Live Chat\u2019 service, only during the live stream. 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