Two motions passed in the Senate to benefit farmers
9 June 2021, ST. GEORGE’S: On Tuesday 8 June 2021, Senator the Honourable Roderick St. Clair presented two motions in the Senate. The first motion: “that the activities and projects items presented in the now approved Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Fiscal Year 1st January to 31st December 2021 be presented in a quarterly timeline to improve planning, implementation and monitoring.” After rigorous debate, this motion was temporarily withdrawn to facilitate an amended version for future tabling. The second motion contained two parts: “that the Minister for Agriculture be caused to act immediately in accordance with the powers vested in him under Section 4 of the Agriculture Compensation Act of 1995 to review and update the Crop Compensation Schedule of 1995 so that farmers can be justly compensated when they suffer crop loss or damage” and “that section 4 of the act be modified to protect our farmers’ investments by specifically seeking a time by wh...