Not True: House Speaker says Golding was not blocked from tabling Crown Lands bill
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September 22, 2026
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House Speaker Juliet Holness has rejected accusations that she twice blocked Opposition Leader Mark Golding from introducing a private memberās bill to amend the Crown Lands Reform Act during the last term of Parliament.
Speaking on Sunday at the Peopleās National Partyās (PNP) annual conference in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, Golding said he made two attempts to have the bill officially tabled in Parliament before the summer recess in July, but asserted he was blocked from doing so by the Speaker of the House.
Among other things, Golding wants to see the law changed to reduce the qualifying period for Jamaicans illegally occupying Crown lands from 60 to 25 years.
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