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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Order, hon. Members! I just want to make a very brief communication. You may recall that on Tuesday, 22nd May, 2007, I made a Communication inviting you to a workshop to consider the Draft Standing Orders that the Standing Orders Committee has been working on for the last eight months. A sub-committee that was appointed to consider the proposals has submitted the final draft that the main Committee will be considering tomorrow, Thursday, 21st June, at 11.00 a.m. I wish, therefore, to inform all hon. Members that as a consequence, the workshop which was scheduled to be held on Friday, 22nd June, and Saturday, 23rd June, has been rescheduled to enable the Committee to study the proposed Standing Orders, so as to guide the hon. Members from an informed position. You will all appreciate that the rules of procedure are so fundamental to Parliamentary practice that any deletion or insertion of a rule must be scrutinised with a toothcomb to ensure that the debate in the House shall not be in vain. I appeal to all hon. Members to take time to comprehend and interrogate the proposed draft, so that we can bestow posterity with the set of rules that we shall all be honoured to be associated with. Finally, may I take this opportunity to direct that every hon. Member be given a copy of the Draft Standing Orders, in order for each one of you to put down your suggestions and views on the proposed changes. I will, in due course, communicate the new date for the workshop and I hope that all of you will find time to attend and offer an informed critique of the proposed draft. All hon. Members of the Standing Orders Committee are required to attend tomorrow's meeting at 11.00 a.m. in Committee Room No.7 without fail. Thank you."
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