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    "id": 1397287,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 11 be amended by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “(1) Where the Speakers are unable to jointly resolve a question arising under Article 110 (3) of the Constitution, the Speakers may- (a) refer the Bill to its sponsor for further consideration; (b) jointly appoint any person or body of persons to make such recommendations within fourteen days on the way forward as may be appropriate.” The rationale for the amendment is to allow the sponsor of a Bill to reconsider the particular content on which the two Speakers have been unable to jointly resolve a question that has arisen. We have also increased the period given to the person or a body of persons appointed to advise the Speakers on such content from a maximum of seven days to a maximum of 14 days. That is when a Bill is taken from one House to the other and the two Speakers cannot agree and, therefore, we need to have a resolution mechanism in which either the sponsor or a person appointed by the two Speakers reconciles the position."
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