Doha: The Cabinet, in its meeting yesterday, approved its draft decision on the establishment of the permanent committee for human food safety. Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular meeting held at the Amiri Diwan.
Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, HE Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi said that at the outset of the meeting, H E the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior extended sincere thanks to Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for his confidence in assigning His Excellency as Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. H E the Prime Minister thanked H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani for his efforts to serve Qatar.
H E the Prime Minister also welcomed Their Excellencies Ministers and urged them to exert more effort, work and continuous cooperation.
According to the provisions of the draft decision on permanent committee for human food safety, a committee called the “Standing Committee for Human Food Safety” will be established at the Ministry of Public Health, and it will be headed by a representative of the Ministry of Public Health and the membership of representatives from the relevant authorities, and it will have several specialisations, including proposing strategies, policies, and procedures for food safety in Qatar, and proposing mechanisms to deal with food safety risks at the national level.
The Cabinet took the necessary measures to issue a draft law on the diplomatic and consular corps after the cabinet reviewed the recommendation of the Shura Council on the draft law.
The Cabinet approved its draft decision to reorganise the Compensation Claims Committee at the Ministry of Finance.
The draft decision provides for the reorganisation of the Claims Committee at the Ministry of Finance, and the Committee is formed under the chairmanship of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance and the membership of representatives from the concerned authorities, and it is concerned with receiving and studying compensation requests submitted to ministries, government agencies, and public bodies and institutions, in particular, requests for compensation arising from contracting and supplier contracts, and related compensation requests for delay in the implementation of obligations or completion of original or additional works, change orders or amendments that have been made to those contracts.
Furthermore, the Cabinet approved the draft decision of the Minister of Interior to form a committee to implement the rulings issued for the execution of narcotic drugs and dangerous psychotropic substances legally ordered to be confiscated.
According to the provisions of the draft, a committee will be formed to implement the rulings issued for the execution of seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, or judicially ordered to seize and destroy, headed by the Director of the Verdict Execution Department at the Ministry of Interior and the membership of representatives from the competent authorities.
Also, the Cabinet approved the draft decision of the Minister of Municipality and Environment to establish a joint committee for the removal and disposal of abandoned vehicles, machinery, and equipment.
According to the draft, a joint committee will be established in the Ministry of Municipality and Environment called the “joint committee for the removal and disposal of disposed vehicles, machinery, and equipment”, and it shall be formed by representatives of the concerned authorities, and shall be concerned with taking the necessary measures towards removing neglected vehicles, machinery and equipment from the squares, roads, streets, corridors, alleys, sidewalks, and public parking in coordination with the competent authorities.
The Cabinet reviewed the following two topics and took the appropriate decision: the views and recommendations of the standing committee for general supervision and follow-up on the implementation of national development strategies, and the views of Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) on the recommendation of the standing committee on water resources regarding a project to develop a water resource policy and the developing of the national strategy for water resources in Qatar.