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    "content": "continuity of the business of this House at all times. The only authority granted to the Speaker with respect to the time of a sitting is to vary the time of commencement or adjournment of the sittings, but only for the convenience of the House . Further, Standing Order No.38 providing for the preparation and circulation of the Order Paper obligates the Clerk to prepare an Order Paper indicating the business to be transacted by the House. In this regard, it is also mandatory that before every sitting of the House, there should be an Order Paper which should be published on the parliamentary website and made available to Members at least 12 hours before the House meets. It is for this reason that I authorised the Clerk to publish the Order Paper that is before you this afternoon and which she also published on the website during the weekend. Hon. Members, if you look at the Order Paper, the business listed there is Procedural Motions. For the benefit of new Members, a Procedural Motion is one that concerns the manner or time of consideration of a matter before the House. Procedural Motions include Motions on limitation of debate where Members are allocated a specific period of time within which they may speak on a matter before the House, and a Motion for exemption of business from specified provisions of the Standing Orders. Standing Order No.24 (5) provides that whenever the President delivers an Address, a Member may as soon as practicable thereafter, lay the Address on the Table of the House. Standing Order No.24 (6) further provides that a Member may give notice of Motion “THAT, the thanks of the House be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in the Address of the President” but debate on the Motion shall not exceed four sitting days. What is contemplated under Standing Order No.24 (6) is that the debate on the Speech of the President shall not be interrupted by a dilatory Motion. By practice of our Parliament, debate on the President’s Address is accorded priority before any other business, save for Procedural Motions. It, therefore, naturally follows that the business that is to be transacted by the House for the next four sittings is debate on the President’s Address. This, therefore, settles the second question. Hon. Members"
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