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COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS

The duties of Committee on Social Policy are:

To inquire and examine matters related to health, education, professional associations and accreditations;
To inquire into and examine matters related to labor relations, culture, leisure, sports and broadcasting;
To inquire into and examine matters to Law and order, public owned corporation with social vocation and social infrastructure;
To report to Parliament as to the results of inquiry or review on such matters subject to the inquiry or review;
To recommend as to what measures are to be taken under procedural and reform changes in such matters subject to the inquiry or review;
To consider, inquire into and examine Government bills and report to Parliament;
To consider, inquire into and examine annual reports of Government Ministries and report to Parliament;
To receive briefings or initiate inquires onto matters related to the subject areas of the Committee;
To consider and examine any Order made by a Minister under an enactment related to the subject areas of the Committee;
To consider any matter, business or question as may be referred by Parliament from time to time; and
Include such other duties as assigned to the Committee by the Standing Orders approved by Parliament

14th Legislature Committee on Social Affairs

#	Members of Parliament	Position
1	Hon. Gaetan PIKIOUNE	Chairman
2	Hon. Jackson LESSA	Vice-Chairman
3	Hon. Robert BOHN MURRAY	Member
4	Hon. John LUM	Member
5	Hon. Andrew Wilbur NAPUAT	Member
6	Hon. Anthony Iaris HARRY	Member
7	Hon. Micah OLIVER	Member

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Public Accounts Committee

The key responsibilities of Committee on Public Accounts are:

To examine the accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the Republic of Vanuatu including the Financial Statement transmitted to the Auditor-General in accordance with Section 25 of the Public Finance and Economic management Act No. 6 of 1998 and Section 27 of the Expenditure and Audit Act No. 3 of 1998, as amended;
To examine the financial affairs of authorities of the Republic of Vanuatu and of the intergovernmental bodies to which these Acts apply;
To examine all reports of the Auditor-General (including reports of the results of efficiency audit) copies of which have been laid before Parliament;
To report to parliament as to what corrective actions have been undertaken or planned to be undertaken by Government to improve the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the funds appropriated by Parliament have been expended;
To report to Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, any items or matters in those accounts, statements, and reports or any circumstances connected with them, to which the committee is of the opinion that the attention of the parliament should be directed;
To inquire into any question in connection with public accounts which is referred to it by Parliament, and to report to Parliament upon that questions;
To report to parliament any amendment as it thinks fit in matters related to the management, collection, control, issue or payment of public funds;
To enquire and examine matters related to tax measures, appropriation bills and publicly-owned financial corporations with financial vocations;

To consider financial bills and estimates and report to Parliament

1. To consider annual reports of Government Ministries and report to Parliament

2. To receive briefings or initiate inquiries into matters related to subject areas of the Committee

3. To consider any order made by a Minister under an enactment related to the subject area of the Committee

4. To consider any matter, business and question as may be referred by Parliament from time to time; and

5. Include such other duties as assigned to the Committee by the Standing Orders approved by Parliament

14th Legislature Public Accounts Committee

#	Members of Parliament	Position
1	Hon. Blaise SUMPTOH	Chairman
2	Hon. Alick TERRY	Vice-Chairman
3	Hon. Jay Ngwelelivulivu NGWELE	Member
4	Hon. Jesse LUO	Member
5	Hon. Anatole HYMAK	Member
6	Hon. Charlot Tabimasmas SALWAI	Member
7	Hon. Jean Jacques NGWELE	Member

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Name	Constituency	Party	Position/Portfolio
Hon. ALICK Terry	Malekula	Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP)	Vice Chairman of Public Accounts Committee
Hon. AMOS John	Tongoa	Leaders Party Vanuatu (LPV)	Minister of Justice & Community Services
Hon. ANDY Sam Job	Paama	Leaders Party Vanuatu (LPV)	Chairman of Ad Hoc Committee
Hon. ATI Camillo	Santo	Iauko Group (IG)	Vice Chairman of Ad Hoc Committee
Hon. ATI Marc	Luganville	Iauko Group (IG)	Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities
Hon. BARTHELEMY Marcellino	Malekula	Reunification of Movement for Change (RMC)	Chairman of Institutional and Constitutional Affairs
Hon. BULE James	Ambae	Vanua'aku Pati (VP)	Member of Institutional and Constitutional Affairs
Hon. BULE Sailas Melve	Pentecost	National Unity Party (NUP)	Deputy Leader of Opposition
Hon. CHADRACK Gracia	Malekula	Leaders Party of Vanuatu (LPV)	Leader of Opposition
Hon. CHRISTOPHER Emelee	Torres	Vanuatu National Development Party (VNDP)	Vice Chairman of Social Affairs Committee
Hon. HARRY Xavier Emmanuel	Tanna	Iauko Group (IG)	Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries & Biosecurity
Hon. HARRY Anthony Iarris	Port Vila	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Member of Social Affairs Committee
Hon. HYMAK Anatole	Malekua	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Member of Parliament
Hon. JAMES Peter Vari	Santo	Laverwo Pati	Member of Ad Hoc Committee & Member of Ad Hoc Committee / Parliament Representative to Interparliamentary Union
Hon. KEN Don Stephen	Malekula	People Progressive Party (PPP)	Member of Social Affairs Committee
Hon. KALMET Jack Norris	Efate	Reunification of Moderate Party (RMC)	Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Hon. KALPOILEP Andrew Samuel	Efate	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Member of Economic & Foreign Policies; Member of Institutional and Constitutional Affairs; Member of Ad Hoc Committee
Hon. KALSAKAU Alatoi Ishmael	Port Vila	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Member of Parliament
Hon. KILMAN Sato	Malekula	People Progressive Party (PPP)	Member of Economic & Foreign Policies/ Parliament Representative to the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP)
Hon. KING Gloria Julia	Efate	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Member of Parliament/ Member of the Committee on Social Issues
Hon. KOANAPO Rasou Johnny	Tanna	Vanuaku Party (VP)	Minister of Finance & Economic Management
Hon. LOUGHMAN Bob	Tanna	Vanuaku Party (VP)	Member of Parliament
Hon. LULU Sakeas	Santo	Rural Development Party (RDP)	Vice Chairman of Institutional & Constitutional Affairs
Hon. LUO Jesse	Efate	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Member of the Public Accounts Committee
Hon. MAHE Rick Tchamako	Santo	Reunification of Movement for Change (RMC)	Minister of Lands & Natural Resources
Hon. MUELSUL Marc	Pentecost	Rural Development Party (RDP)	4th Deputy Speaker
Hon. NAPAT Jotham	Tanna	Leaders Party Vanuatu (LPV)	Leader of Government Business
Hon. NAPUAT Solomon Andrew	Tanna	Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP)	Minister of Internal Affairs
Hon. NATUMAN Nako	Tanna	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Member of Parliament
Hon. NAWALU Seramaiah Matai	Luganville	Leaders Party of Vanuatu (LPV)	Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon. NIL John Roy	Epi	Rural Development Party (RDP)	Member of Economic & Foreign Policies & Member of Social Affairs Committee
Hon. NGWELE Justin	Port Vila	Rural Development Party (RDP)	Member of Public Accounts Committee; Member of Institutional and Constitutional Affairs
Hon. NGWELE Jay	Ambae	Rural Development Party (RDP)	Member of Public Accounts Committee & Member of Ad Hoc Committee
Hon. PIKIOUNE Gaetan	Santo	Reunification of Movement for Change (RMC)	Chairman of Social Affairs
Hon. PIKIOUNE Joshua Leonard	Santo	Iauko Group (IG)	Member of Economic & Foreign Policies
Hon. RASU Wesley Langi	Malo & Aore	Vanuaku Party (VP)	Vice Chairman of Economics & Foreign Policies
Hon. REGENVANU Ralph	Port Vila	Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP)	Government Whip
Hon. SAIMON Esmon	Malekula	Vanuaku Party (VP)	Member of Parliament
Hon. SALONG John Dahmassing	Ambrym	Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP)	Minister of Climate Change
Hon. SALWAI Charlot Tabimasmas	Pentecost	Reunification of Movement for Change (RMC)	Prime Minister
Hon. SAMSON Samsen	Santo	Vanuaku Party (VP)	Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. SEOULE Simeon Davidson	Epi	Laverwo Movement (LM)	Speaker of Parliament
Hon. SIMIL Johnson	Tanna	Vanuatu Leaders Party	Minister of Education and Training Services
Hon. SUMPTOH Ulrich	Port Vila	National United Party (NUP)	Member of Ad Hoc Committee
Hon. SUMPTOH Blaise	Pentecost	Rural Development Party (RDP)	Member of Public Accounts Committee & Member of Social Affairs Committee
Hon. TAMA Jean Baptist	Efate	Union Moderate Party (UMP)	Chairman of Public Accounts Committee
Hon. TIMAKATA William	Shepherd Outer Island	Vanuaku Party (VP)	3rd Deputy Speaker
Hon. TOMKER Netvunei	Tafea outer island	Nangariamel	Minister of Youth and Sport
Hon. TARI Quetu John still	Ambae	Iauko Group (IG)	Minister of Health
Hon. Basil BULEBAN	Ambrym	Rural Development Party (RDP)	Member of Parliament
Hon. WILSON Ian	Maewo	Leaders Party of Vanuatu (LPV)	Chairman of Economic & Foreign Policies
Hon. WONA Jack	Banks	Rural Development Party (RDP)	Member of Economic & Foreign Policies; Member of Institutional and Constitutional Affairs

What is Hansard?

"Hansard is the traditional name of the transcripts of Parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries. it is named after Thomas Curson Hansard (1776-1833), a London printer and publisher, who was the official printer to the Parliamentary at Westminster."

Hansard History in Vanuatu Parliament

Minutes of parliamentary proceedings used to be produced by the National Language Services. However in 2003, Parliament has established a Hansard division with only 4 staffs (2 Francophones and 2 Anglophones), among whom there were 2 editors and 2 reporters. currently, the number of Hansard staff has bee increased to 6, dealing with 3 official languages as required by the constitution.

Hansard Functions

Hansard is the record of the Parliamentary debates, speeches and questions asked in the Parliament of Vanuatu.

Make notes (Manually) on discussions in the Chamber during the Parliament Sittings (Bislama, English, French)
Edit and compile the minutes.
Minutes and approved in Parliament during last Ordinary Sessions of Parliament year.
Parliament Minutes are Documents called Summarized Proceedings which then becomes the legal Records of Proceedings (If required in court)
Provide minutes of Parliamentary Committee meetings.
Minutes books compiled and edited by the Hansard Officers are sold to other Parliaments around the world
Books are also used by court as evidence or judgment of Parliamentary Case.

Minutes Process

Section 20 of the Standing Orders provides that:

"1. An official report, know as Hansard, of all debates and proceedings in Parliament must be prepared under the direction of the Clerk. The report must be as nearly as possible verbatim and must be published."

"2. A copy of the Hansard must be sent to each Member within 30 days after the conclusion of the session to which it relates."

Reporters transcribe audios in French, English and sometimes Bislama that will be edited and compiled by Editors. Editors are given not more 20 days to compile and edit all transcripts which will be sent to MPs that have participated in discussion for confirmations within 7 days using the Legislation Management Information System. After the confirmation process and the final amendments made, the transcripts are the true record of parliamentary proceedings before the 30th day after the Parliament Session lapse.

Languages

The three official languages are outlines in Chapter 3 of the constitution of the republic of Vanuatu.

" (1) the national languages of the Republic of Vanuatu is Bislama. The official languages are Bislama, English and French."

"(2) the Republic of Vanuatu shall protect the different local languages wish are part of the national heritage, and may declare one of them as a national languages."

Live broadcast

Live audio and video broadcasts of Parliamentary proceedings are available by clicking on the Live Stream located in the top main menu on the Parliament’s web page. The video broadcast can only view using certain browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome and others. But it can't be view via Internet Explorer.

Please note that this service is only available when the Parliament is in session.

Click here during Parliament sittings to watch debate live in the Chamber.

Broadcast on Demand

Broadcast on Demand is available through accessing the electronic Record of Proceedings and Facebook livestream.

Broadcast on demand allow users to be able to watch a video replay of the previous proceedings of Parliament.

The on-demand broadcast become available at the times the Record of Proceedings is published on the internet throughout a sitting day.

To view previous online Broadcast on Demand, please click here.

Earlier hard copies of Hansard Reports are available in the Parliament Library.

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