The Government has determined that it is necessary that we take fresh guard. The Parliament of Barbados will be prorogued on the 8th of August, 2020, with us resuming in a new session on the 15th of September with a new Throne Speech and with a new direction as to where we must go in order to meet these extraordinarily different circumstances from the original Throne Speech of two years ago – Prime Minister Mottley
Two years into assuming the government of Barbados Prime Minister Mottley tweaked her Cabinet by making changes to her team. The standout changes – Lisa Cummins and Ian Gooding-Edghill take over at Tourism and Transport respectively. Removed from the Cabinet are George Payne, Trevor Prescod, Lucille Moe, Neil Rowe and Edmund Hinkson.
Here is the new Cabinet:
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- Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
- Dale Marshall – Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, with responsibility for the Police
- Santia Bradshaw – Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training
- Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
- Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic – Minister of Health and Wellness
- Dr. William Duguid – Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance
- Ronald Toppin – Minister of Industry and International Business
- Kerrie Symmonds – Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Cynthia Forde – Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs
- Senator Lisa Cummins – Minister of Tourism and International Transport
- Ian Gooding-Edghill – Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources
- Adrian Forde – Minister of the Environment and National Beautification
- Wilfred Abrahams – Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs
- Ryan Straughn – Minister in the Ministry of Finance
- Marsha Caddle – Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment
- Sandra Husbands – Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade
- Colin Jordan – Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations
- Charles Griffith – Minister in the Ministry of Water Resources
- Dwight Sutherland – Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment
- Kirk Humphrey – Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy
- Indar Weir – Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
- Peter Phillips – Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
- John King – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture and Rural Development Commission and eventually the National Development Commission
- Senator Dr. Romel Springer – Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training
- Senator Kay McConney – Minister of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology
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