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    "content": "what informs the Government on that decision, what the eventual position is going to be and how the public interest will be taken into account. I can see everybody talking about privatization. Privatization is exactly the opposite of what the Government intends to do in De La Rue. The Government is moving out of doing business but the Minister, I think, has noted that for strategic reasons, they would like to enter into some kind of private- public partnership arrangement with the De La Rue. But as a Committee, we are not convinced that that is the route to go. However, we are going to engage the Minister in that and we will be able to come up with a decision that the House will be informed about. But it is important to note that the Report on the De la Rue--- Parliament is, right now, working on the De la Rue issue and that Report has not yet been tabled or debated. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about privatization. I was not in the House, but I was watching hon. Samoei on television talking about a very detailed program for privatization of the sugar sector. As he spoke, I got worried. It looked to me like his plan was at variance with the way the privatization program is supposed to be implemented. The law is very clear on how privatization is supposed to be carried out. There is a stage at which, once the Commission has formulated a program and it has been approved by the Cabinet, the next step is for the Minister to bring the program to the relevant House Committee for deliberation. That is the law. But from the way hon. Samoei was speaking it was like the Cabinet had approved and they are going ahead full scale. They have even got transaction advisors and all that. So, maybe, Mr. Minister, in your response, you will be able to shed some light to this House as to whether the Ministry of Agriculture operates according to the same rules of privatization or whether it is a unique case."
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