{"id":253291,"date":"2025-10-10T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=253291"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:20:25","slug":"parliament-to-debate-multiple-bills-on-october-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/parliament-to-debate-multiple-bills-on-october-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament to Debate Multiple Bills on October 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-219384151\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Postpaid_Come Cross Postpaid 1200x400_Opt.1_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Postpaid_Come-Cross-Postpaid-1200x400_Opt.1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parliament-to-debate-key-bills-on-prices-equal-opportunities-and-passenger-data\"><strong>Parliament to Debate Key Bills on Prices, Equal Opportunities, and Passenger Data<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers will convene on Tuesday, October 14, to debate several pieces of legislation addressing price regulation, equal opportunities, passenger information, and other key policy areas, according to this week\u2019s Cabinet press briefing.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3148982422\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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\u201cwill meet on Tuesday, the 14th of October, to look at a number of items,\u201d adding that the agenda includes \u201cthe Prices Bill to look at regulations of prices for goods and services, Dogs Registration and Control, Disabilities and Equal Opportunities, also Electronic Evidence Amendment Bill, which is essential at this time in addressing crime in Antigua and Barbuda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merchant said the sitting will also consider the <strong>Advanced Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record Bill<\/strong>, which aims to strengthen data sharing and travel security, as well as the <strong>Eastern Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Regulatory Authority Agreement Bill<\/strong> and the <strong>Fatal Accidents Bill<\/strong>.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2358828930\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Postpaid_Come Cross Postpaid 1200x400_Opt.1_1\"><img 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1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:425\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:696\/h:385\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1320\" height=\"730\"   \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The government says the upcoming session reflects its effort to modernize Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s legal framework and improve oversight in consumer protection, digital evidence, and human rights.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4239784727\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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Director General of Communications Maurice Merchant announced that Parliament \u201cwill meet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parliament to Debate Multiple Bills on October 14 - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/parliament-to-debate-multiple-bills-on-october-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parliament to Debate Multiple Bills on October 14\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parliament to Debate Key Bills on Prices, Equal Opportunities, and Passenger Data Lawmakers will convene on Tuesday, October 14, to debate several pieces of legislation addressing price regulation, equal opportunities, passenger information, and other key policy areas, according to this week\u2019s Cabinet press briefing. 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