Consultants looking at parliamentary committees

From left are Dr Robin James, David Ponet and Dr Clive Thomas

Two parliamentary consultants are in Guyana to conduct a study on the effectiveness of the committee system of the National Assembly and are to make their recommendations in a report to be released early next year.

The visit is sponsored by the Commonwealth Parlia-mentary Association and the United Nations Development Programme.

The two men, Dr. Robin James, Co-Clerk of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and David Ponet, Parliamentary Specialist of UNICEF were briefed by a number of stakeholders on their visit. Ponet said that a report detailing the