Gov’t’s legislative agenda for 2025 to be revealed in HoA today
The United Kingdom-appointed Governor Daniel Pruce will have the honour of delivering the Speech from the Throne at the First Sitting of the Second Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) slated for 10:00 AM.
The Speech from the Throne has its history rooted in British Parliamentary tradition.
The Throne’s Speech also represents the official opening of Parliament in many Commonwealth countries or the beginning of a new session.
When was first Speech from the Throne in VI?
Back in January 2022, then-House Speaker Julian Willock had shared that, according to his research, the first Speech from the Throne in the Virgin Islands was delivered in 1967 by then administrator John Thompson, “and we do have copies of that speech for any history buff or even Honourable Members with an interest in obtaining a copy."
In 1967, according to Willock, “the Chief Minister was then H. Lavity Stoutt and the Speaker of the House was Henry O. Creque OBE and the Leader of the Opposition was Dr Q. W. Osborne OBE, all of blessed memories”.
The Premier and his Ministers write the Speech from the Throne.
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4 Responses to “Gov’t’s legislative agenda for 2025 to be revealed in HoA today”
The Throne speech. This whole thing is as *%$£* up as Hogan ‘s goat. The speech is written by local government officials about the VI government plan of actions for the coming year but given by the UK-appointed governor. If it is a throne speech, should it not be given King Charles III about England, Scotland, Wales and Nortgsrn Ireland? Is Dr. Hon Premier Natalio Wheatley not capable of given a state of the territory speech or a budget speech about a function under his purview? If the projects outlin d in the throne speech don’t come to fruition, will the Guv take the heat, the blame? The VI is promoted as self/governing, but that is a farce, a mirage, etc. The UK has unilateral power. The Throne speech is a useless anachronism, a relic.. Time to lay it to rest and read its last rights.