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HOUSE Leader Barry Padarath foresees a "hot and heavy" sitting of the House of Representatives on its first working day under the Kamla Persad-Bissessar government on June 13 which starts at 1.30 pm.

The House convenes under Speaker Jagdeo Singh. Padarath is Leader of Government Business while Arouca/Lopinot MP Marvin Gonzales is Opposition Chief Whip under Leader of the Opposition Pennelope Beckles.

The order paper, sent out on June 11, indicated 59 papers to be laid by government ministers, two bills to be debated – the Children's Life Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025 and TT Revenue Authority (Repeal) Bill 2025 – plus two government motions to name a new Commissioner of Police (CoP) and a new acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).