{"id":559277,"date":"2021-01-17T03:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T03:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/01\/17\/what-were-tracking-on-17-january-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-01-17T03:52:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T03:52:01","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-17-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/01\/17\/what-were-tracking-on-17-january-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 17 January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to another Sunday. <\/strong>We\u2019re settling in for a couple of weeks in which the news agenda is going to be dominated by government policy as well as bills wending their way through the House of Representatives. Throw in the local press\u2019 favourite parlour game (\u201cWho\u2019s sticking around in a cabinet shuffle?\u201d) and that should take us through to the end of month and into early February.<\/p>\n

What to watch for: <\/strong>The prime minister\u2019s now-traditional address to the House on his government\u2019s legislative priorities. MPs were sworn in last week and have their committee assignments. They\u2019re working through largely procedural stuff now (see Cabinet Watch, below), with the real heavy lifting likely to come only after the PM\u201ds address \u2014 itself potentially contingent on a cabinet shuffle. Gadfly journalist and MP Mostafa Bakry floated last week his theory on the likely shuffle<\/a>, which Masrawy later reported should see the cabinet economic group staying in place.<\/p>\n

We have a brand new set of committees in the House:<\/strong> The MPs heading up the House committees were appointed<\/a> on Thursday, paving the way for legislative activity to get up and running.<\/p>\n

So, who\u2019s quarterbacking the government\u2019s agenda in the House? <\/strong>Committee chairs relevant to business include:<\/p>\n