Two education items came before the Chamber: an élargie question from Francine Closener on the promised second adult in every Cycle 1 class, answered by Education Minister Claude Meisch, and a déi gréng heure d'actualité on mobile phone use at school, at the end of which Djuna Bernard tabled two motions, the first on a global digital-education approach and the second on evaluating the device ban; the first motion was withdrawn after the debate and the second was put to a vote.
Meris Sehovic put an élargie question to the government on the crisis in the construction sector, asking what the January 2024 measures had produced for sales in the future state of completion (VEFA) and why the multiannual budget for affordable housing had been revised downwards; Housing Minister Claude Meisch answered and took one supplementary question.
Three motions from Joëlle Welfring, following the amended agriculture law voted the previous week, were debated and put to the vote: one on risk-based farm inspections and the evaluation of the law, one on generational renewal and farm succession (amended by Jeff Boonen and adopted in that form), and one on the strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture; Agriculture Minister Martine Hansen recommended rejecting the first and the third.
An LSAP heure d'actualité on the results of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, opened by Franz Fayot and answered by Environment Minister Serge Wilmes; Fayot and his co-signatories tabled a motion on climate finance, which after the debate was sent to the joint committee rather than voted.
A motion from David Wagner, co-signed by the LSAP and the Piraten, asking the government to extend all energy price caps for one more year was debated and rejected, and the Chamber then debated and voted bill 8428 financing the negative contribution of the compensation mechanism, which caps the 2025 electricity price rise at 30 per cent with up to 171 million euros of state money; Economy and Energy Minister Lex Delles answered for the government.
Two bills reported by Mandy Minella came before the Chamber and were voted: bill 8423, extending to the end of 2025 the state contribution to the energy costs of old people's homes, care homes and sheltered housing in return for a freeze on accommodation prices, and bill 8424, making the équivalent crédit d'impôt permanent for REVIS and RPGH recipients and raising it from 84 to 90 euros; Family Minister Max Hahn answered, and Marc Baum explained his abstention on the first bill.