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    "id": 1030316,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, as you may recall, on 3rd November, 2020, I issued a Communication on the implication of the court judgement in the High Court Petition No. 284 of 2019 and undertook to give further directions regarding the way forward on the status of Bills before the Senate. In that case, the High Court issued a number of declarations and issued orders that affect a number of Senate Bills pending before both Houses. The Court stated unequivocally that the concurrence process under Article 110(3) of the Constitution is mandatory and is a condition precedent before any House of Parliament can consider a Bill. In particular, the court ordered the immediate cessation of consideration of all Bills that are pending before either House, and for which joint concurrence by the Speakers of both Houses has not been demonstrated, in order to allow such Bills to be subjected to the mandatory joint concurrence process contemplated under Article 110(3) of the Constitution. Hon. Senators, in order to implement the Court decision, the Senate House Business Committee (HBC) met today and analysed all Senate Bills pending before the Senate and National Assembly, and noted that there are several categories of Bills at various stages in the Senate and the National Assembly. The Bills include- (a) Bills in respect of which the concurrence of both Speakers was obtained, (b) Bills in respect of which the Speaker of the Senate sought the concurrence of the Speaker of the National Assembly; and (c) Bills that are still undergoing concurrence process under Article 110(3) of the Constitution. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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