{"id":224182,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/224182/?format=json","text_counter":97,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"There is no reason as to why the Assistant Minister for Roads and Public Works should be barred from taking over from the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs. If he wants to do so, he can, but even the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs is competent enough to continue answering the Question. So, it is up to the two to decide. There is nothing that bars a Minister from proceeding to answer a Question when another Minister had initially stepped in for him or her. Ministers discharge their duties on the basis of collective responsibility. April 25, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 885"}