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    "content": "The appointment of the Board Members will be based on a certain criteria. You have heard several hon. Members express concern about the composition of the Board. The concern of hon. Members was that most Board Members are either Permanent Secretaries or five persons appointed by the Minister; and that a Minister might just appoint their friends or cronies or relatives and so on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this case, a criteria for appointment has been given, which includes expertise in competition. Perhaps the Minister might not have relatives or friends who have some competence in competition, or some experience in law. However, hon. Members are free to make their proposals. We will look into them but that is the rationale behind making this provision. With regard to research, the Bill accords the Authority powers to hire specialists. Not everybody in the Authority will be a specialist. So, this will be a very sparingly used provision. It is not something that is widespread such that we shall only be there to hire specialists and consultants. Therefore, the Authority is not meant to be a hirer of specialists. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in regard to SMEs again, Mr. Shakeel talked about kiosks and so on. These are not going to be affected. There is a specific clause talking about SMEs. We want to develop our industries and protect them from certain provisions which might expose them to competition from international companies. There is that that exemption clause that is given which will cover some of these companies we are concerned about. With regard to borrowing, we are going to look into this provision. It was borrowed from other statutes from other countries where similar bodies have been formed. In view of the concern expressed by Members, we are going to relook into this. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was also concern about the company being jailed. There were concerns that these are corporations. Members were asking how you can jail a company. I am not a lawyer but the information we have been given is that a company is a body corporate and it means it is an independent body which can be subjected to anything. I think I have seen it in practice where Managing Directors of"
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