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    "content": "for consideration of relevant provisions in accordance with their respective mandates, with the lead Committee being the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Committee tabled their respective reports on the Bill in the House on 15th February 2024. Thereafter, the Bill was considered and passed by the House at Second Reading on Wednesday, 12th June 2024 and committed to a Committee of the whole House. Indeed, as you may have noticed on today's Order Paper, the Bill is scheduled for consideration in the Committee of the whole House under Order No.11. Hon. Members, before the House proceeds to consider the Bill in the Committee of the whole House, I wish to notify the House that I have since received a request from the sponsor of the Bill, the Leader of the Majority Party, vide a letter dated 11th November 2024, seeking my consent for the withdrawal of the proposed amendments relating to Section 186 (4) and 6(f) of the Children's Act, Cap.141, as contained in the Bill. The amendments propose deletion of provisions which prohibit the court from granting a sole male applicant and foreign applicant adoption of a child. In the letter, the Leader of the Majority Party, states that the import of the proposed amendments to the said provisions necessitates further consultations and engagements with relevant stakeholders. Hon. Members, having considered the justification by the Leader of the Majority Party, I have acceded to his request to withdraw the provisions relating to Section 186(4) and 6(f) of the Children's Act, Cap. 141 as contained in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.67 of 2023). In this regard, the Bill will, therefore, be proceeded with in the Committee of the whole House without reference to the withdrawn provisions and will be considered as though the withdrawn section was not part of the Bill ab initio ."
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