Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Mar­tin Joseph is ex­pect­ed to re­spond dur­ing to­day's Sen­ate ses­sion on Gov­ern­ment's fail­ure to pro­vide ad­e­quate se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures for the coun­try, amidst a de­te­ri­o­rat­ing crime sit­u­a­tion.

Leader of Op­po­si­tion Busi­ness in the Sen­ate, Wade Mark, has been grant­ed leave by the Pres­i­dent of the Sen­ate to raise this and an­oth­er mat­ter on the ad­journ­ment of the Up­per House. That seg­ment of the Sen­ate's agen­da is at the end of the ses­sion.

Joseph has al­so been called up­on to re­spond on Gov­ern­ment's fail­ure to "le­galise" the Spe­cial An­ti-Crime Unit of T&T, which had been promised for some time. Mark has al­so called on At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie to re­spond on Gov­ern­ment's fail­ure to ap­point a So­lic­i­tor Gen­er­al. The po­si­tion has been va­cant since 2005.