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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Very well! Hon. Members, that is the end of Question Time! I want to bring to the attention of the House that this morning there was no quorum for the Second Allotted Day for debate on the Financial Statement. Part of the day that was spent in discussing the Financial Statement, is now lost. It is not being counted; it was wasted. So, the whole of this morning, legally, we did nothing, as Parliament. This afternoon, we should be going to the Third Allotted Day, but because we did not do what we should have done in the morning, we are going to the Second Allotted Day, which we did this morning. If hon. Members are going to have no quorums in Motions and Business of the House that has specific timeframe, it means we could actually be on the Financial Statement for the balance of this year. I can tell you that until the time allocated is over, it will never go out of the Order Paper, however long it takes. So, I just want to caution the House that certain things have legal implications, and we must be wary about not meeting those legal implications. Your Excellency, the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, can you master, at least, your Front Bench Members? They are double the quorum required in the House. They should be able to keep the quorum throughout, even if every other hon. Member goes away. This is Government Business. So, I plead with you."
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