State Council discusses legislative challenges of housing sector

Muscat: A proposal to identify the legislative challenges facing the housing sector in the Sultanate and propose ways to deal with them was discussed by the State Council Office yesterday.
The office discussed a proposal of the Legal Committee on Reviewing the Land Laws in the Sultanate within the framework of the Council’s study of the issued laws before the promulgation of the Basic Law of the State.
It decided to host the head of the Legal Committee and its rapporteur at its next session to discuss the proposal.
Several reports were reviewed including a report of the Omani-Pakistani Parliamentary Friendship Committee on the visit of the delegation of the Pakistani Senate to the Sultanate during the period from 17-21 March 2019, in addition to the report of the Parliamentary Friendship Committee between the State Council and the House of Councillors in the Kingdom of Morocco on the visit of the delegation of the Committee to Morocco during the period from 31 March to 5 April 2019.
The Office also reviewed several reports and the readings of the Assistant Secretariat General for Studies and Information Affairs Centre, as well as the follow-up report on the activities of the Committees during the period between the Office’s previous meeting and this meeting.
The State Council Office held its 8th session under the chair of Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council.
At the end of its meeting, the Office set out items of the agenda for the 10th and 11th regular sessions of the 4th annual sitting of the 6th term scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, 18 and 19 June 2019.