 Summary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development reply to NIHR: The NIHR did not receive a reply during the timeframe of this report. (8) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s reply to NIHR: Diversify the governmental exemptions for the elderly and raise the discount percentages on the various fees.  Summary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development reply to NIHR: The NIHR did not receive a reply during the timeframe of this report. Section Four: Protection of the rights of expatriate workers (1) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s reply to NIHR: Call for the prompt issuance of the bill on domestic workers (prepared in light of the proposed law submitted by the Council of Representatives), to include the rights and obligations of the relevant parties, in a manner consistent with the developments in the international community and in line with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s international obligations in this regard.  Summary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development reply to NIHR: The NIHR did not receive a reply during the timeframe of this report. (2) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s reply to NIHR: Call upon the competent authorities addressed in the provisions of Law No. (1) of 2008 on Combating Trafficking in Persons to develop a national strategy to combat this crime in cooperation with the NIHR.  Summary of the Labor Market Regulatory Authority (National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons) reply to NIHR: The NIHR did not receive a reply during the timeframe of this report. (3) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s reply to NIHR: Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 58