Amendments to the budget to fix an error noticed weeks after it was initially passed, were approved by Parliament on Tuesday. 

This after the Members of Parliament, were called to an emergency sitting of the Lower House.

They passed the amendments to the Appropriations Act 2024, so that it excludes the amounts related to statutory expenditure, which were inadvertently included in the Act.

In piloting the bill, Education Minister Fayval Williams, explained that the amendments are necessary, as the constitution stipulates that statutory expenditures are not to be voted on by the house of representatives.

Mrs. Williams said the amendments to the Appropriations Act 2024, do not affect the Heads of Estimates.