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    "content": "Unless your intention with that Bill is that cows must not produce milk after feeding. The point is noted, Hon. Millie. The leader of the Majority Party and the rest of the Membership of the House Business Committee, indeed, are quite alive to that and we are encouraging committee chairpersons that several of the Private Members’ Bills have not been considered partly because reports on them from the committees have not been submitted. Therefore, the Bills have matured, but you know it is always useful when there is a committee report on a Bill. It helps to inform debate and whatever other decisions the House may make. So, please, committees, I know you now have quite a lot in your hands. The Budget Policy Statement is already with you, but please, try also to find time to prioritise Private Members’ Bills. The intention in introducing the two extra sittings - the two hours between 7.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. today and the two hours between 7.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. on Thursday - is to try and accommodate as many of the Private Members’ Bills as possible. As Parliament, we have been used to only Morning sittings on Wednesdays. This Parliament has grown and more Members have introduced a lot of business. We must also appreciate that 99 per cent of all the Bills that come from the Senate are Private Members’ Bills. There is not much Government business that emanates from there. So, even those Senate Bills are actually Private Members’ Bills and, therefore, we cannot continue with the Morning Sitting as the only day reserved for consideration of Private Members’ businesses. So, please, we would want to implore chairs of committees to also appeal to your memberships to find time to consider those legislative proposals from your colleagues. Next is the co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Referendum Bills. Who is the co-Chair? Hon. Muturi Kigano."
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