DOHA: The Advisory Council which met yesterday with Speaker H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud in the chair, referred a draft law for establishing workers’ support and insurance fund to the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee for consideration and report thereon to the Council.

The Advisory Council continued consideration of its agenda, discussing a draft law establishing the fund.

Under the draft law a fund named “Workers’ Support and Insurance Fund” is to be established, and shall have independent legal personality and budget and will be under the Council of Ministers.

The fund’s aim is to provide the necessary financial resources to support and insure the workers and to pay their dues decided by the Dispute Resolution Committees.

The fund’s resources include 60% from the official value of issuing and renewing work permits annually and the returns of its investments in addition to donations, wills, gifts and grants accepted by the Board of Directors of the Fund, in addition to the funds allocated by the State.

After the discussion, the Council decided to refer the draft law to the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee for consideration and report thereon to the Council.

The Advisory Council held its regular weekly session under the chairmanship of its Speaker H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud. During the session, the council discussed the report of the Internal and External Affairs Committee on the request for general discussion submitted by a number of members on the harm suffered by children of divorced or widowed Qatari mothers and fathers from the siege countries.

The council also discussed the report of the Services and Public Utilities Committee on the increase of shops rentals.

The Council decided to report to the relevant committees for further consideration. Meanwhile, the Advisory Council’s Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee held on Monday a meeting as part of the council’s 46th regular session under the chairmanship of its rapporteur Nasser bin Rashid Saria Al Kaabi.

The committee reviewed draft law on establishing a workers’ support and insurance fund and decided to continue to review the draft law in its next meeting. The Advisory Council’s Services and Public Utilities Committee also met yesterday as part of the 46th ordinary session under the chairmanship of its Rapporteur Mohammed bin Mahdi Al Ahbabi.