The Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly Prem Chand Agarwal has been selected as member of the planning and review committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). He participated in the meeting of executive committee at Westminster London, United Kingdom, on Thursday. The chairperson of the committee who is the Vice-President of the National Assembly of Cameroon, Amelia Monjova welcomed all members in the meeting and congratulated the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly for participating as a newly added member.
Agarwal on his part gave Diwali greetings to all the members.
The committee endorsed the minutes of executive committee meeting held in March 2018 and took stock of the actions taken. In the meeting, the members also held elaborate discussion on Budget of CPA in the year 2019 and approved it.
The executive committee also constituted various committees on the day in which Agarwal was appointed a member of planning and review committee.
In the meetings of this committee held during the second session of the day, the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly expressed his views. Representatives of Africa, Asia, Australia, British isles, Canada, Caribbean and Atlantic regions took part in the meeting of executive committee of CPA.
Notably, the executive committee of the CPA deals with the management of international seminars of the CPA.