AFTER Labour Day activities across the island took centre stage on Monday, two parliamentary committee meetings scheduled for Tuesday were unable to proceed as planned, with the Ethics Committee failing to achieve a quorum and the House Committee later being postponed.

The Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives, which has been under intense public attention in recent weeks because of the ongoing controversy involving Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew East Central Dennis Gordon, had been scheduled to meet at Gordon House at 10:00 am to continue discussions around the committee’s roles, functions, and codes of conduct.

However, only committee chair Marlene Malahoo Forte, MP for St James West Central, and Government member Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, MP for St Andrew West Rural, were present at the scheduled start of the sitting, leaving the committee without the quorum required to formally conduct business or make decisions.