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"content": "I would like to guide the House on the procedure which we shall apply to the consideration of the proposed Standing Orders. We will consider the Sessional Paper in three stages. First, when the Order for Motion is read out, as it has been, I will call upon the Leader of Government Business to move the Motion, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. The Motion will be seconded before I propose the Question. The purpose of this Motion is to initiate debate on the policy and principles implied in the Sessional Paper. In debating this Motion, hon. Members may make general comments on the content of the December 9, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3941 Sessional Paper. At the end, I will put the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. If agreed to, the House will dissolve itself into a Committee. This will conclude the first stage of the consideration of the Sessional Paper. On the Supplementary Order Paper, you will notice that Order No.11 is to be dealt with in the Committee, in a similar manner as Committee Stage on a Bill. This is in keeping with established practice. The aim of moving into Committee is to enable hon. Members to examine each of the proposed Standing Orders and Schedules, one by one, as in a Committee Stage of a Bill. Hon. Members will also notice that in keeping with the said practice, when we eventually dissolve into Committee, I will take the Chair as the Chairman, so as to facilitate deliberations since I am also the Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee. In Committee of the whole House, I will call upon the Chair of the Standing Orders Sub-Committee to move the Motion:- \"THAT, Sessional Paper No.3 of 2008 on the Report of the Standing Orders Committee laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday 2nd December, 2008, be adopted and further that the new Standing Orders as contained in the Second Schedule of the Sessional Paper shall come into operation in the manner provided for in Part XXV of that Schedule.\" This is essentially the Motion of adoption of the proposed Standing Orders. The Chair will propose the Motion. The Clerk will then read each Standing Order and the Schedules, one after the other as contained in the Second Schedule of the Sessional Paper, and we will dispose of them in that order, like in the case of a Bill. After all the proposed Standing Orders and Schedules have been disposed of, I will put the Question for the Motion of adoption of the proposed Standing Orders. I will, thereafter, call upon the Chairman of the Sub-Committee to move the Motion, which is:- \"That the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of Sessional Paper No.3 of 2008 on the Report of the Standing Orders Committee and its approval thereof with or without amendments.\" I will thereupon put the Question. If agreed to, the House will resume. This will herald the third and last phase of the consideration of the Sessional Paper. When the House resumes, the Speaker, as Chair of the Committee of the Whole House, will report: - \"That the Committee has considered Sessional Paper No.3 of 2008 on the Report of the Standing Orders Committee and approved the same with or without amendments.\" Finally, I will call upon the Chair of the Sub-Committee to move the Motion:- \"That the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report.\" After this Motion is seconded, I will propose and later put the Question for the decision of the House on the Motion, indicating the conclusion of the matter. Hon. Members, I trust that all of you have understood this procedure. Indeed, the procedure has been applied by previous parliaments in consideration of proposals for amendment of Standing Orders. As conveyed, I will now invite the Leader of Government Business to move the Motion: \"That, Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair,\" for the purpose of initiating debate on the policy and principles implied in the Sessional Paper. But, before doing so, I will give this opportunity to Members to seek clarifications, if any, on the procedure that I have described above. Thank you."
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