The Chamber debated Claire Delcourt's interpellation on child poverty in Luxembourg, prompted by the Unicef “Innocenti 18” report; four motions were tabled during the debate, among them two LSAP motions asking the government to make the fight against child poverty a stated priority and to raise the minimum wage, ease taxation of low incomes and single parents and adapt the REVIS.
Within the child-poverty interpellation the Chamber debated whether school works as a social lift, and Francine Closener tabled a motion, signed by LSAP, déi Lénk, déi gréng and the Piraten, asking the government to evaluate the plurilingual education programme and the appui pédagogique, put a psychologist-staffed SePAS in every primary school and pilot a fairer share-out of the school contingent within communes.
The Chamber debated and voted bill 8224, the fourth financing law for the tram, covering two extensions in Luxembourg City, and then debated a déi gréng motion, signed also by LSAP and déi Lénk, asking the government to treat the extension to the CHL as a priority; the motion was sent to committee.
The Chamber held an heure d'actualité requested by déi gréng on the European Commission's proposed rules for plants obtained by new genomic techniques, and voted two motions: one by déi gréng, LSAP, the Piraten and déi Lénk on the precautionary principle, risk assessment and labelling, and one by CSV and DP backing the NGT 1 / NGT 2 split and an opt-out while opposing patents on NGT 1 plants.