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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, even as I put the Question on this Procedural Motion, I hope many of you were in the chamber when I did my earlier Communication. The second point was how much time we allow for debate on this Bill when finally, the report is brought by the JLAC. If you recall, I indicated that there may be necessity for the HBC to consider extending the time each Member contributes because this is a very weighty matter. It is a matter to deal with constitutional amendment and it is not fair that we stick to the three or five minutes, but, of course, that will also have some bearing on some of the other business that is before the House. It is my view and we agreed in the HBC that there may be need for us to pass a special Motion allowing for setting more time than normal so that every Member who has something to say about this very important Bill is given an opportunity or has a chance to have their name on the Hansard . This is history. So, it may be important that the HBC considers extending the number of minutes that each contributor gets. Sometimes it has tended to appear that on account of our numbers because we are 349. If you go to secondary schools, that will be more than a double intake class in a double stream school if each class has 40 students. So, you can imagine sometimes we have had to adjust our times to give ourselves five or ten minutes and sometimes three minutes merely because of the numbers. I think sooner than later I believe the Members are going to rise to the occasion and maybe extend the sitting hours up to around midnight or 2.00 a.m. so that we can accommodate the large numbers, like Hon. Pukose suggests, especially when we get to 640, if we ever get to that kind of number. It may be necessary to sit throughout day and night. There could be night and day sittings."
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