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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Order! Let me explain to you. There are some serious issues that we take very lightly. Our Standing Orders demand that a Vote in the Committee of Supply shall be done in two days. Now, a day is defined in our Standing Orders as a period of debate for that particular Vote, for a period not less than three hours. That is why we begin a Committee of Supply at 3.30 p.m., just like now. Three hours will end at 6.30 p.m. Yesterday, we began at 3.30 p.m. and the debate continued until 6.10 p.m.. That is two hours and fifty minutes. So, the House rose ten minutes to time. That means that we never made the three hours. So that was a wasted day. Yesterday was totally wasted. It is no day; zero, nil! So, we have to begin afresh now and hope that you do give this Vote the three requisite hours. The consequence of not reaching that, is that we shall deal with this Ministry for the balance of your term because the law does not allow it to disappear. It will continue to be on the Order Paper as 1st Allotted Day until our term expires, if you do not make it a habit to be in the House. So, I am beseeching the House to note that this is a very serious issue. Just keep the quorum."
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