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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, even as I propose the Question, I just thought about today’s situation. Notwithstanding the constitutional requirement that the House quorates at 50, the House on the other side quorates at 15 and is deemed to have quorum. Here at 50 and 15 in the Senate. I do not know if we should qualify that quorum shall at all times be necessary when decisions are being made. When we come in the morning or in the afternoon, prayers are said and the House can begin business, notwithstanding the numbers. Some of the things being done at that time are purely procedural. There are no decisions being made by the House, but where the House has to make a decision, we insist on quorum. That way, perhaps, it will help us to remind ourselves that we can start with 15 or 20 Members, but we know that in another 30 minutes, the House will be full to capacity. If we have to wait and we know that there are challenges with transportation, traffic jams, Members’ engagement in various offices and activities, we may be gagging ourselves much to the detriment of service to the country and the House. That is an area that we may, perhaps, need to see if we should qualify that unless raised, quorum shall only be necessary when a decision is being made. That is food for thought, Hon. Members."
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