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"content": " Yes. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This is just to support my Committee on this Report. I will not repeat what the Mover and the Seconder said. Our mandate was really simple. It was to confirm and check whether these agreements and exemptions are in accordance with the Constitution. Are they going against any Act of Parliament? We were to find out if they infringe on any fundamental right of the public. I can confirm that we had several long meetings on it. Even if we are rubber-stamping or just forwarding it, as the Leader of Majority said, we still represented the people. We had a right to ask the questions that we asked as a Committee. We put the Cabinet Secretary to task to confirm and give us a list of these projects. We confirmed that majority of them were grants and not loans. So, the issue of double taxation was easy to understand because they were giving us grants to take care of several projects in the country. We were convinced that the statutory requirements are in line with the Statutory Instruments Act. We were also convinced on the issue of public participation. We had raised this issue for us to gauge the fundamental rights and possible infringement of the public’s right. That was the only way to do it. We are in agreement that we support. I support the Committee and the exemption as it has been moved by our Chairman. Thank you. Hon. Deputy Speaker. 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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