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    "content": "notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.186 of the Senate Standing Orders, the Senate resolves to extend the time for consideration of the 2024 BPS by a further seven days to enable the Senate make a determination by 7th March, 2024. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am a bit embarrassed because if there is work that the Senate has neglected and if you read all the BPS reports from the time I joined the Senate, you will find that each year, we need to extend the timeline for consideration of the BPS by a further seven days to make them 21 days. It is in every report of 2013, 2014, 2015 and I am sure that in 2024, it will be there. Yet we never do that until the next cycle of the BPS. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I give notice to the Members who serve in the Committee on Finance and Budget to lead the House in making that amendment. We must stop the last-minute rush to hurriedly consider a very important policy document that involves the overall management of our economy and having to force Committees to hold hearings within short periods. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is just a procedural Motion to allow us, at least for the last time, that we do this extension because this is not something I am proud to be doing. However, we must do it because the House must make good judgment on the BPS and react to it. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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