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    "id": 1013222,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No.127 is on Committal of Bills to Committees and Public Participation. Standing Order No.127(1) says that a Bill having been read a First Time shall stand committed to the relevant Departmental Committee without question put. (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) the Assembly may resolve to commit a Bill to a select Committee established for that purpose. (ii) The Departmental Committee to which a Bill is committed shall facilitate public participation on the Bill through an appropriate mechanism, including – (a) Inviting submissions of memoranda; (b) Holding public hearings; (c) Consulting relevant stakeholders in a sector; and, (d) Consulting experts on technical subjects. Hon. Members, you are the people who pass these Standing Orders. You actually sought to address the issue of public participation, and largely what is captured here reflects what you will find in many jurisdictions – more particularly the jurisdictions that one of you made reference to, where they only invite people who have value to add to a proposed legislation. Otherwise we might as well say that every Committee will hold rallies every weekend to receive views at Uhuru Park or at such like venues. What we have done here is to try to capture as much as possible what could add value to the legislation process when we are passing Bills. Unless we are told that there are shortcomings, like we have seen rulings from the courts where they have said that certain timelines were not sufficient; those are the things that we need to begin to address. What is sufficient time for public The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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