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    "id": 203736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "I think the matter needs to be addressed through a Communication from the Chair or a Statement from the House Business Committee. Hon. Members, when the hon. Member brought that issue to my office, I attempted to make an inquiry as to how many Bills have gone through the Second Reading and have not gone to the Committee Stage, and I managed to count up to eight. That is the Political Parties Bill, 2007, the Nutritionists and Dieticians Bill, 2007, The Fiscal Management Bill, 2007, The Employment Bill, 2007, The Labour Relations Bill, 2007, The Labour Institutions Bill, 2007, The Occupational Safety and Health Bill, 2007 and The Work Injury Benefits Bill, 2007. The House has spent a lot of time debating these Bills up to the Second Reading Stage. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the House Business Committee to ensure that these Bills be concluded by going to the Committee Stage and Third Reading, because all the time that has been spent on these Bills by this House must be justified by concluding these Bills. Therefore, I ask the House Business Committee to provide an explanation and, possibly, make the necessary arrangements to have these Bills concluded. You have heard, and I have read it from the Press, that the House has only been able to pass a few Bills, yet here we have eight Bills debated by the House, passed in Second Reading and are only waiting for Committee Stage and Third Reading. Therefore, I think the House Business Committee has some work to do on these Bills. 3922 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 13, 2007"
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