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    "content": "Order, hon. Members! Before we take further contributions, I think it is appropriate that the Chair helps to clarify the matter that is now before the House. The Motion of amendment has been properly, lawfully and legitimately moved by Dr. December 16, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4163 Khalwale, but there are issues that hon. Members need to note. These are issues that pertain to the practice and traditions of the House. What has previously happened, and is on record, is that in business of this nature, where a Select Committee, or any Committee at all, of the House is established, the membership thereof is generated by the House Business Committee (HBC). There is a presumption that the HBC would have taken into account presentations by various parliamentary political parties, as exist in Parliament. The HBC would also have taken into account presentations made on behalf of those political parties by the respective Party Whips. That is then presumed to be the position as at where we are. But note, hon. Members, that if an amendment is proposed, then that amendment must comply with the practice which I have set out and, indeed, the spirit and principle embraced by the Standing Orders in as much as those amendments must be such that they still reflect the relative strengths of the various political parties that constitute Parliament. We have evaluated the proposed amendment and it falls within that principle, save for the fact that the Chair is not certain as to whether or not this has been brought to the attention of the HBC and the Whips of the respective parties. So, please, bear that in mind!"
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